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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 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 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 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 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 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…
Read MoreTechNation | Biomed 101: Clinical Safety Begins with Equipment Cleanliness, Maintenance Program
By Dave Francoeur Where is it?Is it being used?Is it broken?Is it clean? Every day, hospital clinical staff waste valuable time asking these questions about portable clinical devices – questions an established clinical equipment maintenance program would render moot, because staff would have what they need when they need it. Without a clinical equipment cleanliness…
Read MoreWAFB9 |Special Box, App Designed by Doctor at Our Lady of the Lake Helps Heart Failure Patients Live Their Best Lives
By Graham Ulkins BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Thinking outside the box comes naturally to Dr. Kenny Civello. But, it’s what he’s putting in some boxes that helps patients diagnosed with heart failure. “When you come in the hospital, you’re sick, it’s a diagnosis for you, it’s very overwhelming for you to take in new…
Read MoreBecker’s Hospital Review | 18 Hospital Innovation Initiatives launched in 2019
Innovation became more of an organizational imperative than ever before in 2019, with many hospitals and health systems creating innovation centers, programs and investment funds throughout the year. Here are 18 organizations that launched new innovation programs and projects in the second half of the year, when Becker’s began documenting these efforts on a dedicated…
Read MoreHealth News Digest | Why Injuries to the Ulnar Nerve at the Elbow are Not Easily Healed By Surgery or Medication
As an athlete, most don’t have time to wait for the injury to heal properly so they take desperate measures like medications that can be addicting or surgeries that are invasive and are not guaranteed to work. Dr. Martino said that while trying to heal, it wasn’t easy because when he slept or sat at…
Read MoreTechNation | Biomed 101: Four Reasons Inventory Management is Mission-Critical
By Gus Guevara, CHTM Over my career spanning more than three decades in healthcare technology management, I’ve learned a thing or two. One thing I’ve learned is that proper management of your inventory of medical devices and equipment will help you improve patient care, strengthen patient safety, reduce risk, and save time and money. Is…
Read MoreHIT Consultant | Valley Children’s Healthcare Launches Healthcare Innovation Lab
– Valley Children’s launches healthcare innovation lab named George’s Idea Lab to accelerate new digital health solutions that will transform pediatric healthcare. – Innovation program builds off Valley Children’s recent partnership with The Innovation Institute and will operate as part of The Innovation Lab. Valley Children’s Healthcare, one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in…
Read MoreBecker’s Hospital Review | Valley Children’s Healthcare Launches Innovation Program
Madera, Calif.-based Valley Children’s Healthcare announced Oct. 16 a new partnership between its innovation program and The Innovation Institute. Valley Children’s innovation program, known as George’s Idea Lab, will operate as part of The Innovation Institute’s Innovation Lab. The Innovation Institute is a national medical product incubator and healthcare services provider. Its Innovation Lab staff…
Read MoreFresno Bee | Valley Children’s Launches Initiative to Push Pediatric Care to the Next Level
Valley Children’s Healthcare in Madera on Wednesday announced a new partnership it hopes will help transform pediatric care. Valley Children’s entered into an agreement with The Innovation Institute, a for-profit healthcare company, for this endeavor, according to a newsrelease. The institute has a an Innovation Lab, which houses scientists, doctors, and commercialization experts who are…
Read MoreMedical Construction & Design | 3-Story Wing Integral to NorthBay Modernization
NorthBay Medical Center’s three-story North Wing, located in Fairfield, California, has been completed. The 77,000-square-foot wing includes 22 patient rooms, eight high-tech surgical suites, a 16-bed post-anesthesia care unit, diagnostic imaging, a new kitchen and café and a new central sterile department. The $200-million project was integral to a five-year modernization project. The project team…
Read MoreConnect California Commercial Real Estate News | Brea MOB Leased to St. Jude Medical Sold
JLL closed the sale of 2767 East Imperial Highway, an 89,650-square-foot, single-tenant, net-lease medical office property in Brea, CA. The buyer was LaSalle Investment Management, through its medical office fund. The seller was a joint venture between Healthcare Property Advisors and The Innovation Institute. The MOB is fully leased to St. Jude Hospital for 14…
Read MoreReal Estate Business Online | LaSalle Investment Management Buys 89,650 SF Medical Office Property in Orange County
BREA, CALIF. — LaSalle Investment Management, through its medical office fund, has acquired a medical office property located at 2767 E. Imperial Highway in Brea. A joint venture between Healthcare Property Advisors and The Innovation Institute sold the asset for an undisclosed price. St. Jude fully occupies the 89,650-square-foot property on a net-lease basis with…
Read MoreDHIS: Healthcare is Hard | A Podcast for Insiders | Innovation Institute CEO Joe Randolph Shares How to Build a Sustainable Model for Creating New Ideas
It takes a lot of time and resources for health systems to drive innovation, but the investment has to happen if providers want to adapt to the fast pace of change on their own terms. Starting an internal innovation program can require a $10 million hit to the P&L in year one, and then many…
Read MoreLinkedIn Hard Cases | When Physician Whiplash Gets in the Way of Good Medicine
By Michael O’Brien, Ed.D., Founder & President, O’Brien Group This article is part of LinkedIn’s Hard Cases series, where healthcare professionals share the toughest challenges they’ve faced in their careers. You can read more about it here and follow along using hashtag #HardCases. One emerging challenge in the health care industry as of late has been the phenomenon of “physician’s…
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