Jeff Ferenc
Articles
Compliance and Operations, Engineering Compliance
Managing life safety compliance regs
Children's hospital adopts systemwide life and fire safety compliance program.
Maintenance and Operations, Energy Management
Harborview Medical Center installs large solar array
100-kilowatt solar array will offset power needs, provide emergency backup power.
Maintenance and Operations, Energy Management, Water Management, Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene
Cleveland Clinic makes carbon-neutrality its newest sustainability goal
Health system plans to reach goal through renewable energy purchases, continued energy efficiency.
Architecture, Architecture Profiles
Move marks the opening of new children’s hospital in Buffalo
Family friendly John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital replaces a 125-year-old facility.
Facility Engineering, Commissioning, Energy Management, Maintenance and Operations
MD Anderson sets out to improve temp control in patient rooms
The engineering initiative was achieved via retrocommissioning and technology upgrades.
Health Care Facility Technology Systems, Medical Device Technology
New medical device innovation facility opens at Texas Medical Center
Center for Device Innovation supports collaboration to accelerate medical technology development.
Health Care Facility Technology Systems, Medical Device Technology
Mobile simulation trucks help bring EMS training home
University of Nebraska Medical Center rolls into rural areas with simulated training for first responders.
ECRI urges ES to help prevent mattress ingress
The issue landed at No. 3 on ECRI's Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2018.
Construction
Builder and hospital design virtual-reality therapy for children
Children's hospital construction site used as welcomed distraction to ease patients' anxieties.
Architecture, Architecture Profiles
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center opens hospice facility featuring warm design
New palliative and hospice care center puts a priority on patient and family comfort.