Hospitals Acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, N.Y., has launched a phased opening of nine new OR suites on the second floor of its four-story Feil Family Pavilion to expand access to advanced procedures at its campus. Five new ORs are now operational, with four more slated…
St. Luke’s University Health Network has opened St. Luke’s Heart Hospital on its St. Luke’s Anderson Campus in Easton, Pa. Construction began in 2024 on the five-story, approximately 355,000-square-foot, $252 million facility—the “largest construction project in St. Luke’s more than 150-year history, both in dollar figure and square footage,” according…
NBC Chicago reports that Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin, Ill., has suspended its Level II trauma center designation due “significantly” declining trauma volumes. Owner Prime Healthcare, calling it a “carefully considered decision,” stated to the TV station that the hospital “has recently treated an average of only two major trauma…
KXXV-TV reports that Texas’ Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple is undergoing a “major expansion that will add beds, surgical suites, imaging technology and updated facilities across its campus, including McLane Children's Hospital and its College of Medicine.” Three new floors will be added to the facility’s South…
A training program administered by the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University is “bringing advanced trauma skills directly to emergency room staff who need them most.” For the last year, a team of MCG physicians “has successfully piloted a state-funded portable simulation training course, called Rural Interactive Trauma…
WVU Medicine Fairmont Medical Center (FMC) has completed its brand-new surgical services unit. Set to open on Oct. 19, FMC’s four new operating rooms and new sterile processing suite are the result of an investment of more than $27 million. “Today marks far more than the opening of four new…
The American Hospital Association’s American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) has released a new resource to “help facilities leaders modernize maintenance practices, improve operational reliability and support safe, uninterrupted patient care.” Health Care Maintenance and Operations: The Facilities Management Handbook, the newest addition to ASHE’s Health Care Facilities Management Handbook…
Adena Health has completed its acquisition of Fairfield Medical Center (FMC) in Lancaster, Ohio. The facility will now be known as Adena Fairfield Medical Center. The organizations state that they will “work together to support a smooth transition for patients and staff, with a focus on continuity of care and…
Last winter, UCI Health — Irvine America became America’s first all-electric acute care hospital. Fierce Healthcare notes that the health system described the project as a deliberate sustainability choice and moral obligation, rather than just a cost play. Now, the outlet reports, other health systems such as Kaiser Permanente, Henry…
Randy Heiser, MA, BA, closed out our final OR Business Management Summit in February with a dazzlingly forward-looking and enjoyable talk. Now we’re bringing his insight to the entire Periop Leader Week community. We’re excited and proud to announce that Mr. Heiser, president of Sullivan Healthcare Consulting, will be our…
