HIMSS 2019: Lessons and Key Takeaways
A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) 2019 Global Conference in Orlando. The theme of the event was “Champions of...
View ArticleInRow cooling infrastructure helps Saint Luke’s Health System with...
Saint Luke’s Health System is a regional health organization recognized for quality, substantiated by earning the 2010 Missouri Quality Award. At present, it includes 11 hospitals and several clinics...
View ArticleEcoStruxure™ for Healthcare helps rural hospital achieve an affordable energy...
Originally constructed in 1948, Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center, a 25-bed critical-access hospital opened its doors in 1950 in the small farming and retirement community of Odessa, Washington—just 72...
View ArticleEcoStruxure™ for Healthcare solution gives medical center potential savings...
Founded in the early 1870s, the city of Wellington, occupies almost six square miles in the prairie plains of south-central Kansas. Often referred to as the Wheat Capital of the World, the city is also...
View ArticleEcoStruxure™ for Healthcare* solution enables Regionservice Skane to save...
High maintenance costs, rising energy prices, and aging infrastructures can all have an impact on the quality of services delivered by hospitals and clinics. Regionservice Skane, the organization that...
View ArticleMersin City Hospital Optimizes Power Management with EcoStruxure for Healthcare
Mersin City Hospital is not only one of the largest healthcare facilities in Turkey, it’s also the first facility built using the country’s Public and Private Partnership (PPP) finance model. Graded as...
View ArticleMersin City Hospital: Award-winning EcoXpert Project for Improved Efficiency,...
Building Mersin City Hospital into a state-of-the-art facility Schneider Electric certified EcoXpert partner, Mas Otomasyon—a system integrator with expertise in BMS, KNX, security, and energy...
View ArticleHospital microgrids: going beyond backup generators to ensure resiliency
In the face of increasing power demand on the grid, aging electrical transmission infrastructures, and increasing numbers of violent storms worldwide, the subject of resiliency keeps many hospital...
View ArticleHospital microgrids: helping boost resilience and cost savings, on and off...
This is the second in a four-post series explaining the benefits of microgrids for hospitals. In my last post I discussed how microgrid technology is now fully mature, and the main features you can...
View ArticleDesigning the optimal hospital microgrid
This is the third in a four-post series on microgrids for hospitals. In my first post I mentioned how the news of power backup systems failing or running out of fuel during major storm events is...
View ArticleMaking hospital microgrids affordable to implement and operate
This is my last post in a four-post series on microgrids for hospitals. In my first post, I discussed the operational and budget issues driving hospitals to increasingly adopt microgrid technology. I...
View ArticleGAME CHANGING TECH! – Shielded Solid Insulated System Medium Voltage Switchgear
“Once in a while an innovative technology will catch my eye as an industry GAME CHANGER! Like when I first learned about Premset medium voltage switchgear.” Over the past 7 decades medium voltage...
View ArticleModernized Building Automation Systems: An Easier Way for Healthcare...
Jeff is the Executive Vice President at Wadsworth Solutions. Wadsworth Solutions is a Master-level BMS EcoXpert. Adherence to the regulatory requirements of the Joint Commission, the organization that...
View ArticleDigitization Bolsters Healthcare Physical Security Where It’s Needed the Most
Physical security is critical for achieving the hospital and healthcare clinic goals of patient and staff safety. According to the Joint Commission, a body that accredits more than 21,000 US healthcare...
View ArticleCoronavirus Highlights Need for Healthcare Facilities to Have Power...
As fresh reports pour in each day about the spread of the Chinese coronavirus, it should serve as a reminder to hospitals and other healthcare facilities just how important they are to the health and...
View ArticleHealthcare in Transformation – the Present and Future of the Healthcare...
According to the OECD’s ‘Health at a Glance 2019’, health spending will reach 10.2 percent of Gross Domestic Product by 2030 across OECD countries, up from 8.8 percent in 2018. In the US, the share of...
View ArticleSix Steps Hospital Facilities Can Take to Reduce the Risk of Spreading...
The recent coronavirus outbreak is a serious threat to global healthcare systems as they are put on high alert to protect their patient populations. Coronaviruses (CoV) can cause a range of illnesses...
View ArticleEcoStruxure™ for Healthcare* solution enables Regionservice Skane to save...
High maintenance costs, rising energy prices, and aging infrastructures can all have an impact on the quality of services delivered by hospitals and clinics. Regionservice Skane, the organization that...
View ArticleAssessing your options for rapid healthcare capacity expansion
Hospitals around the U.S. are facing the challenge of adding capacity faster than ever before. What once may have taken months or years of planning is now happening in weeks, even days. And yet, there...
View ArticleStronger Together, Mobilized for the Fight against COVID-19
These are unprecedented times. COVID-19 has entered our lives and disrupted the world around us. A crisis that started around health quickly became economic and social. Across the world, the rate of...
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