Award honors General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) who supported the launch of the Salesforce.com Foundation 10 years ago SAN FRANCISCO, Calif — Nov. 19 — Salesforce.com Foundation, the global leader in integrating philanthropy and business, today unveiled a $1 million gift to UCSF Medical Center to help build a new children’s hospital at Mission Bay in San Francisco. It was matched by a $1 million gift from salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and his family.
Author: Chris Schmidt
OAKBROOK, Ill — Joint Commission International (JCI) is marking the tenth anniversary of the first health care organization to be awarded accreditation under its globally developed international standards for hospitals.
Washington, D.C. — In the wake of an extended global economic slump, local communities are pushing ahead and expanding their green building programs. More than one in five U.S. cities with populations greater than 50,000 surveyed by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) report having a policy to promote green buildings, accounting for more than 53 million people. The AIA initially conducted this survey in 2007 for a Local Leaders in Sustainability report that has just been updated. The new report, Green Building Policy in a Changing Economic Environment, is an inventory of policies and best practices intended to help…
Innovative solution to offer world-class personalized healthcareLAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nov. 16 — Set to enhance the way healthcare is approached in Southern Nevada, K/E Centers for Advanced Medicine, in affiliation with St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, has announced its plans to open a multi-specialty facility in Las Vegas.
Medical technology investments expected to drive high acuity care focusMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Nov. 15, 2009 — El Camino Hospital, the Hospital of Silicon Valley, today completed its move into the new, technologically and seismically advanced facility. After completing several practice runs led by the activation team, hospital officials report all patients were safely transferred to the new facility. The older facility’s emergency department (ED) officially closed at 6 a.m. PST this morning as the new ED began accepting walk-ins and ambulance traffic at 6:01 a.m. PST.
(Baltimore Business Journal) — Shore Health System, the Eastern Shore affiliate of the University of Maryland Medical System, is looking for an architecture firm to help it win approval from the state to build a new 200-bed hospital.
USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Tonsager Joins Groundbreaking for Jamestown Hospital JAMESTOWN, N.D.– Nov. 11 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of a $31 million direct loan to construct a 25-bed critical access hospital in Jamestown, N.D. The announcement was made during a groundbreaking ceremony attended by dignitaries including Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager and members of the North Dakota congressional delegation. Upon completion, 22,650 local residents will have access to an 117,000 square foot high-technology medical care facility located on a 43 acre campus. The funding announcement was made by Tonsager on Vilsack’s…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nov. 11 — MedCath Corporation , a healthcare provider focused on high acuity healthcare services, today announced it has received licensure by the Arizona Department of Health Services and accreditation by The Joint Commission for its new 70-bed Hualapai Mountain Medical Center in Kingman, Ariz, which opened October 15th. The new hospital, which also has shelled space for another 36 beds, is MedCath’s biggest step in a three-year transformation strategy to expand the services offered.
University Park, Pa. — Advancing efforts to ensure that life-saving care is available for children throughout central Pennsylvania, the Penn State Board of Trustees today approved final plans for a new, free-standing Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital to be built on the campus of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey.
