Facilities Management and Design

The first comprehensive recycling program in BC
The first comprehensive recycling program in British
Columbia health care

The Lower Mainland Recycling Renewal project is the first of its kind for BC health authorities. Previous recycling efforts at most of our hospitals have been uncoordinated and largely lacked appropriate support. To date, any recycling that exists in the ...


An analysis of NICU departmental ‘Plan Typologies’ in a single room care model
An analysis of NICU departmental ‘Plan Typologies’
in a single room care model

As the single room care model becomes the norm in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit planning and design, the single rooms can be arranged in a variety of configurations which have direct impacts on patient care delivery, operational efficiency and cost. Parkin ...


St. Joseph’s electronic patient records focus on improving quality of care
St. Joseph’s electronic patient records focus on
improving quality of care

St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto is excited about our progress to date as we enter the later stages of Phase 2 of our eCare project, which is one of our largest clinical undertakings in our hospital’s 90 year history. This ...


Operating Room Supply Chain: Want OR efficiency? Learn to find best locations for supplies
Operating Room Supply Chain: Want OR efficiency? Learn
to find best locations for supplies

Pilot study finds key supply chain projects like optimizing your OR inventory can reduce costs and improve staff satisfaction. This is the second installment of a three-part series examining various aspects of OR supply chain improvement projects, based on the Ontario ...


Bringing local food to health care food service
Bringing local food to health care food service

Often the struggle for health care food service is balancing a variety of dietary needs with tight budgets. This delicate balance can make it difficult to provide meals that also taste great. However, now some Ontario hospitals are making progress ...


Canada’s oldest avatars: Making healthcare smarter
Canada’s oldest avatars: Making healthcare smarter

Homes and condos wired with sensors and remotely monitored by clinicians could signal a whole new approach to healthcare that gives Canadian seniors the support they need to age safely at home. Health care organizations across Canada are urgently seeking creative ...


Getting to Green: Sustainable health care training
Getting to Green: Sustainable health care training

Canada’s first sustainable health care training workshop was successfully launched recently at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital thanks to funding support from Johnson & Johnson Medical Companies (JJMC) and the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care which provided workshop development and ...


Are you ready for the unexpected? Steps to help develop an effective contingency plan
Are you ready for the unexpected? Steps to help develop
an effective contingency plan

We all know that the unexpected usually happens at the most inconvenient times. Be prepared for these situations by working with a trusted partner to develop a formal contingency plan. A contingency plan will help your facility minimize downtime and ...

Posted: February 16, 2012|Facilities Management and Design|0 comments

Going better than green for cleaning
Going better than green for cleaning

The cost of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI’s) to both the patient and the bottom line is staggering for hospitals. Patients attend a hospital to be healed, not harmed. At the same time, the daily financial cost to the system for ...


On the record: Technology improves patient care
On the record: Technology improves patient care

The opening of a new family doctor clinic. The purchase of the latest device for a hospital diagnostic imaging department. The recruitment of specialists who can provide particular treatment in the community for the first time. These are improvements to ...


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