Posts by Francine Marlenee
Medical Construction & Design Magazine | HVAC & Infection Control
By Jerry McPhail, Vice President of Operations, Petra Designing for effective infection control in healthcare facilities has to begin with an understanding of how infections spread, where the high-risk areas are in a facility and the operational and logistical need of the staff, patients and visitors. There are a multitude of operational considerations to include…
Read MoreHealthcare Innovation Magazine | Why Healthcare Leaders Must Take Risks and Not Have Regrets
It’s no surprise that the culture for healthcare is one that is averse to taking risk, but we need innovation to transform and improve patient care Joe Randolph, Industry Voice In healthcare, physicians are trained to follow protocols, use evidence-based medicine, standardize processes and eliminate variation. Any variation in care delivery that results in a…
Read MoreTechNation|TKA, HTG Form Asset Management Business
The formation of an asset management firm, Healthcare Technology Group (HTG), was announced by The Innovation Institute and Tech Knowledge Associates (TKA), its subsidiary specializing in full-risk health care technology management. Drawing from decades of service and experience, HTG aims to reinvent and simplify the concept of medical equipment management. HTG will be led by…
Read MoreMedical Product Outsourcing Magazine | TKA and HTG Form Asset Management Business
Announce Steve Cannon as president and CEO The Innovation Institute and Tech Knowledge Associates (TKA) have formed Healthcare Technology Group (HTG), an asset management firm. Drawing from decades of service and experience, HTG aims to reinvent and simplify the concept of medical equipment management. HTG will be led by Steve Cannon as president and CEO. Cannon has a long and distinguished…
Read MoreMedTech Gurus | The Value of a Health System Network with Ryan Kelly, Ph.D.
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, Dr. Ryan Kelly joins us. Ryan has an amazing background with a Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from USC. Currently Ryan heads up the Innovation Lab at the Innovation Institute in Newport Beach, CA. Gurus, you are going to love listening to…
Read MoreTech Knowledge Associates and Healthcare Technology Group Announce Formation of Asset Management Business | Partnership Under Sponsorship of The Innovation Institute
La Palma, Calif. – The formation of an asset management firm, Healthcare Technology Group (HTG), was announced today by The Innovation Institute and Tech Knowledge Associates (TKA), its subsidiary specializing in full-risk health care technology management. Drawing from decades of service and experience, HTG aims to reinvent and simplify the concept of medical equipment management. …
Read MoreSouth Sound Magazine | MultiCare Health System to Launch Innovation Program
MultiCare Health System announced today a partnership with the Innovation Institute to advance its efforts to creatively address health care issues. This collaboration will provide the clinical teams and staff at MultiCare with new resources to support innovation to improve health care, reduce costs, and enhance and save lives. MultiCare entered into the agreement with the Innovation…
Read MoreHealthcare Facilities Today| Battling Infection Through Construction & Design
By Bill Eveloff and Jerry McPhail / Special to Healthcare Facilities Today Healthcare facility planning historically is based on usage rates and demand. If those telemedicine trends become the norm once we pass this pandemic, obviously we won’t need the same kinds of space. But health administrators won’t be ready to trade in all their conventional…
Read MoreHealthcare Innovation Magazine|Healthcare Innovation…A Bridge Over Troubled Waters
The environment we are in is allowing us to establish creative and innovative ways to safely move studies forward expeditiously. This pandemic is unprecedented and it’s an opportunity for us to make the world a better place. Joe Randolph, Industry Voice Overnight, the COVID-19 global pandemic caused significant disruption to all aspects of life worldwide,…
Read MoreBecker’s Hospital Review | MultiCare to Launch New Health Innovation Program
By Jackie Drees Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System is partnering with The Innovation Institute to implement a program focused on creating new medical devices and products to improve patient experiences. MultiCare tapped The Innovation Institute, which serves as a medical device incubator for experts to develop new healthcare ideas and build prototypes, to assist with…
Read MoreMultiCare Health System to Launch Innovation Program
Orange County, CA & Pierce County, WA – MultiCare Health System announced today a partnership with The Innovation Institute to advance its efforts to creatively address health care issues. This collaboration will provide the clinical teams and staff at MultiCare with new resources to support innovation to improve health care, reduce costs, and enhance and…
Read MoreFutureSense and inHealth Strategies Form Partnership
(San Rafael, CA) – Jim Finkelstein, President, CEO and Founder, FutureSense, LLC; and Dr. Stephanie Mills, President, inHealth Strategies, LLC, announced today that they have formed a strategic partnership. “The ability to partner with cutting-edge innovation to assist our clients and our team in navigating this new normal is crucial,” said Finkelstein. “We need to…
Read MoreInformatics Capstone Teams Design Device to Reduce Noise in Hospitals and Prototype for Children with Autism
Since 2013, the Innovation Institute has been collaborating with healthcare providers and the general public to bring new ideas to market that help transform care delivery. This year, the Institute tested out a new kind of collaboration, partnering with UCI students working on senior capstone projects. In particular, its Innovation Lab sponsored two student teams…
Read MoreHealthcare Facilities Today | Tips for Hospitals to Operate Safely in the ‘New Normal’
By Craig Beam, Bill Eveloff and Chris Hickman/ Special to Healthcare Facilities Today Reopening hospitals after the initial hit of COVID-19 is about more than getting people – from providers to patients – back in the door. It’s also about readying the facilities themselves to be safe environments for everyone. Hospitals should consider several key…
Read More24×7 Magazine | Inventory Your HTM Program to Understand Costs, Drive Effectiveness
By David Francoeur Federal regulators require all hospitals to track their medical equipment. The goal is modest: to ensure hospitals know what equipment they have, primarily to report and address any problems that might arise. Some hospitals think that requirement—largely met by their computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) means they know everything necessary about their equipment and…
Read MoreinHealth Strategies Supports Healthy and Safe Workplaces with New COVID-19 Symptom Monitoring Module
La Palma, Calif. — Population health solutions provider inHealth Strategies, an Innovation Institute company, has developed a new COVID-19 symptom monitoring module within their mobile app and web portal. The tool has three primary components, all with embedded algorithms based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines: The Healthy for Work Questionnaire is…
Read MoreWound Care Playbook Provides Best Practices for Improved Healing
Rock Valley, IA; and Newport Beach, Calif., – Today, Innovation Lab, a subsidiary of The Innovation Institute, announced the availability of the Wound Care Playbook, a training course for both individuals and institutions, that introduces the concept of elastic taping as an adjunct modality in the treatment of swelling, mechanical impairments and related conditions that…
Read MorePetra Helping Organizations Seek COVID-19 Relief Funds from FEMA
La Palma, CA – May 21, 2020 – Petra, a subsidiary of The Innovation Institute, that specializes in health care design and construction management capabilities, as well as value-added supplemental services, announced today that they are working with health care providers to help them secure FEMA reimbursements and navigate the process efficiently. Petra has over…
Read MoreThe Practice of Optimism: How to Stay Grounded in the Face of a Crisis
By Dr. Michael O’Brien, O’Brien Group Founder & President I read a Tweet yesterday that jokingly mused: “‘When this is all over’ must be the most used phrase of 2020.” How many times have you said those words these past few months, either aloud or silently to yourself? It’s comforting in a way, to…
Read MoreStephenville Empire-Tribune |Covenant Volunteers Make Face Shields for Caregivers Facing Covid
Workers and volunteers at Covenant Health have begun crafting thousands of face shields in Lubbock to help supply more personal protective equipment for healthcare workers facing the coronavirus. The use of face shields has become crucial in the fight against the virus as it protects the eyes, nose and mouth of the wearer and keeps…
Read MoreFox34 |Covenant Healthcare Workers Develop New Face Shields
Healthcare workers at Covenant are developing new face shields. The shields are made in the Arnett Room at Covenant Children’s Hospital. Caregivers who have had their units closed due to the halting of elective surgeries have been assigned to the production team. After some trial and error they were able to find a design that…
Read MoreMedical Product Outsourcing | COVID-19 Pandemic Brings Fast-Track Innovation to Forefront
A look at the ways in which The Innovation Institute and its community is introducing new technologies for the effort against the virus. Joe Randolph, President and CEO, The Innovation Institute 04.28.20Overnight, our national organization, The Innovation Institute, and our family of companies have shifted and adapted to the new environment with COVID-19. The Innovation…
Read MoreOrange County Business Journal | Startups & Innovations: Coronavirus Update
By Jessie Yount | The Innovation Institute, a La Palma-based incubator with a Newport Beach lab owned by five nonprofit health systems, is springing into action to solve COVID-19 challenges. Amid the pandemic, “we’ve seen strategic innovation catapult to the forefront, no longer in the shadows, and we’ve doubled down to expedite projects that can…
Read MoreLost Coast Outpost | St. Joseph, Redwood Memorial Hospital Employees Using 3D Printers to Make Dozens of New Face Shields Each Day
St. Joseph Health:Jeremy Westkamper, BioMed director for St. Joseph & Redwood Memorial Hospitals (through Tech Knowledge Associates), is spearheading an effort to produce face shields in Humboldt. Westkamper and John Hudson, an imaging specialist in BioMed, repurposed their 3D printer in the Biomed shop so it could create the plastic headbands that attach to the…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Pandemic Brings Fast-Track Innovation to Forefront
By Joe Randolph, President & CEO, The Innovation Institute Overnight, our national organization, The Innovation Institute and our family of companies have shifted and adapted to the new environment with COVID-19. The Innovation Institute was launched in January 2013 with the strategic intent of focusing on innovation and growth. Today we are owned by five…
Read MoreCatholic Health World | Immunologist Shares Tips on How to Boost Your Immune System to Fight Covid-19
By Ryan Kelly, PhD, MBA, Innovation Lab After years of working in immunology research and health care innovation, I have learned that it really it comes down to some commonly known, but sometimes difficult, ways to stay healthy during times like this. First and foremost, washing your hands and practicing good hygiene is paramount. This…
Read MoreImmunologist Shares Tips on How to Boost Your Immune System to Fight COVID-19
By Ryan Kelly, PhD, MBA, Innovation Lab General Manager After years of working in immunology research and health care innovation, I have learned that it really comes down to some commonly known, but sometimes difficult, ways to stay healthy during times like this. First and foremost, washing your hands and practicing good hygiene is paramount.…
Read More2020 Values Recognition Awards Recipients
TEAMWORK: Michele Genet Senior Director, Far West Staffing Services (FWSS) Michele Genet was nominated by several of her peers and all have praised her for her perseverance and teamwork during very challenging times, especially the loss of a beloved colleague. She has the diplomacy and expertise to create a perfect balance between the needs of…
Read MoreFutureSense and Talent Plus Form Strategic Partnership
Jim Finkelstein, President, CEO and Founder, FutureSense, LLC; and Makenzie Rath, President, Talent Plus, Inc., announced today they have formed a strategic partnership. “The ability to partner with a long-term business and trusted advisor with know-how and expertise in areas that complement the types of services and solutions Talent Plus wants to be able to…
Read MoreWRAL TechWire | These are The Top 8 Chronic Health Conditions – How Data Can Help You Manage Your Modifiable Risk Factors
By Latisha Catchatoorian An individual can reverse or prevent certain chronic conditions by making lifestyle changes. These conditions are influenced by modifiable risk factors (such as smoking) that can increase your chances of getting a condition (like lung disease). Living healthy lives requires intentional choices about what we eat, how physically active we are, what kind…
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