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June '08

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"Measures of Success", (c) Amy Eagle, Health Facilities Management, June, 2008

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"Rescuing ‘the Castle’ From Some Dark Days, Architecturally and Medically", (c) Michelle York, The NY Times, April 29, 2008 

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"Trends in Long Term Healthcare", (c) Judy Spalding, The Othello Outlook, June 16, 2008 

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"Wrong Prescription: How the Emptying of State-Run Mental Hospitals Produced a Social Disaster", (c) Paul McHugh, The Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2008

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"Three Bills Advance on Psychiatric Hospitals", (c) The Newark Star Ledger, June 13, 2008

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"Green Chemistry Drives Opportunities for Innovation: Promising Results Challenge the Mindset that Green Cannot Be High Performing", (c) Bernard Tulsi, Laboratory Equipment, April 1, 2007

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"An Expression of Solar Research", (c) Martha Walz, R&D Magazine, June, 2008

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"Local Hospital Projects May Need Green Seal - Officials Propose Environmentally Friendly Standard", (c) Stephen Smith, The Boston Globe, June 12, 2008

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"Trends in Long Term Healthcare", (c) Judy Spalding, The Othello Outlook June 16, 2008 

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"The Long View", (c) James Berklan, McKnight's Assisted Living, June 01, 2008

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"Pushing Productivity: How Imaging is Building Efficiency & Cutting Costs", (c) Beth Walsh, Health Imaging & IT, June 1, 2008 

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"Productivity and Workflow in Today's Radiology Practice: An Attempt to Eliminate the Paper Chase and Recapture Image Quality", (c) Paola Accalai, Medicexchange.com, May 20, 2008

May '08

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"Inflationary Pressures - Planning for Price Increases in Capital Construction Projects", (c) Scott Nolin, Health Facilities Management, May 2008

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"Managing Outcomes Helps a Children’s Hospital Climb in Renown", (c) Reed Abelson, The New York Times, September 15, 2007 

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"Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In", (c) Conor Dougherty, The Wall St. Journal, April 15, 2008

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"The Perfect Reading Room: Doing It Your Way", (c) Amy Buttell Crane,  Health Imaging & IT, April 1, 2008

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"How BIM Helped a Hospital Go Green", (c) Todd Bovey, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, April 24, 2008

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 "Digital Mammography a Leap Forward for Women; New Screening Method Faster, More Accurate, Produces Less Radiation", (c) Johanna King, Albuquerque Journal, 29 April 2008

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"For the Elderly, Being Heard About Life’s End", (c) Jane Gross, The NY Times, May 5, 2008

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"Aid to Make Homes 'Accessible'", (c) Theo Francis, The Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2008

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"Full Spectrum of Chemistry to be Served by State-of-The-Art Building", (c) Science Centric, 3 May 2008

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"Labs Wait for Funding to Be Ratified - Billions of Dollars in Future Laboratory Construction Remain in Limbo", (c) Bruce Buckley, McGraw Hill Construction, May 2008

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"Scientists Call for Biolab Safety Study", (c) Stephen Smith, Boston Globe, May 3, 2008 

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"Pharmacy Design Impacts Work Flow" (c) Chain Drug Review, 29 January 2001

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"A Firsthand Look at Successful USP <797> Compliance", (c) CleanRooms Journal, 01 February, 2007

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Inside a pharmacy where a fatal error occurred”, © Oscar Sosa, USA TODAY, 2/12/08

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"Humanizing Behavioral Healthcare Design", (c) Jay W. Schneider, Building Design and Construction, 02/01/08

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"Crowded Hospitals Turn Patients Away" (c) Michael Biesecker and Pat Stith, The News And Observer, 3/2/08

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Severe Shortage of Psychiatric Beds Sounds National Alarm”, © PR Newswire, Mar 17, 2008

March '08

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"Two Cities, Two Besieged Hospitals, Two Startlingly Different Results", (c) Richard G. Jones, The New York Times, (2/10/08)

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"Functional Flexibility", (c) Tom E. Harvey Jr, Health Facilities Management, February 2008

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"Controlling Critical Indoor Air", (c) Laura Rygielski and Maureen Lally, Facility Care, February 2008

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"Enterprise Image Management Makes the Grade", (c) Lisa Fratt, Health Imaging &IT, February 1, 2008 

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"The For-Profit Side of Cancer Treatment", (c) Andrew Pollack, The New York Times, December 26, 2007

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"Finding The Right Radiation Facility Is Critical For Cancer Patients", (c) Medical News Today, 10 Jan 2008

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"How to Improve Lab Project Delivery With Early Contractor Involvement", (c) Ramin Cherafat, Laboratory Design, March, 2008

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"The Office as Architectural Touchstone", (c) David W. Dunlap, The New York Times, March 2, 2008

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"Efficient Laboratory Design", (c) Ron Warikes, Medical Laboratory Observer, 8/1/06

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"For Patients, More Comfort and a Bigger Dose of Respect", (c) Kate Stone Lombardi, The New York Times, 2/17/08 

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"Feds List Worst-of-the-Worst Nursing Homes", (c) Jacob Goldstein, The Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2008

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"Mourning the Medicine Man", (c) Jake Mooney, The New York Times, February 3, 2008

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"Drug Study Results Hidden by the Food and Drug Administration May Lead to Mistreatment", (c) Pharmacy Choice.com, 2/28/08

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"Mail Order Pharmacies Growing More Popular", (c) Pharmaceutical News, February 26, 2008

October '07

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"Gold Star", (c) Amy Eagle , Health Facilities Management (7/07)

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"The High-Tech Solution to Wayfinding", (c) Mark VanderKlipp, FacilityCare.com, August 2007

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"Creating an Ergonomically Sound Work Environment", (c) Joyce Bromberg, Healthcare Design Magazine, September 2007

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"Ergonomic Furniture Gains Importance in Filmless Environment", (c) Leslie K. Anderson, Health Imaging & IT, September 1, 2007

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"Radiology Reading Room Design: The Next Generation", (c) Eliot Siegel, MD, and Bruce Reiner, Applied Radiology Online, April 4, 2002

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"How to Improve Lab Project Delivery With Early Contractor Involvement", (c) Ramin Cherafat, Laboratory Design, 10/07

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"Collaborative Laboratory Building Goes Platinum", (c) John Muir Institute of the Environment, July, 07

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"Better Care for Elders", (c) James D. and Linda S. Henry, Hospital and Health Networks, 6/19/07

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"Risk Management Feature: Springboard", (c) Julie E. Williamson, McKnight's Assisted Living, 10/9/07

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"IT’s Elder Care Intervention", (c) Robin A. Felder, Ph.D., and Majd Alwan, Ph.D., HHN Most Wired Magazine 11/05

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"Implementing MTM: Getting Your Game Plan Together" (c) Melissa Somma McGivney, Pharmacist.com, August, 2007

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"FDA Considers Expanding Drug Sales", (c) Associated Press, 10/3/07

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"Ergonomics in an Order Entry Facility", (c) Jack D. Cronk, M.S., D.Ph., U.S. Pharmacist, 9/15/02

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"Report Advises Health Systems on Disaster Response", (c) Mark Moran, Psychiatric News, August 2007

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"Substance Abuse Treatment: A Great Investment", (c)  Rich Daly, Psychiatric News, 12/16/05

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"Hospitals' Psychiatric Services Are Threatened Despite Critical Functions", (c) American Journal of Psychiatry, 9/30/07

August '07

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"In Search of Evidence - Uncovering Information on Hospital Design", (c) D. Kirk Hamilton,  Health Facilities Management (8/07)

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"In Case of Fire: Are You Prepared?", (c) Jeffrey White, PE, FacilityCare.com, August 2007

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"Free Lunch On Health? Think Again", (c) David Leonhardt, The New York Times, 8//8/07

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"Design Do’s for the Imaging Department", (c) Morris A. Stein,  Health Imaging & IT, 8/1/07

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"Square Feet: Blueprints; Medical Offices Designed for This Century", (c) Claire Wilson, The New York Times, 6/3/7

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"DRA encourages imaging center PACS deployment", (c) Health Imaging News, 8/8/07

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"Housing for People With Mental Illness: Update of a Report to the President's New Freedom Commission" (c) Ann O'Hara, Psychiatric Services, July 2007

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"Guiding Light" (c) Amy Eagle, Health Facilities Management, 12/06

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"Little Rebuilding Evident in New Orleans MH System", (c) Aaron Levin, Psychiatric News July 20, 2007

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"Transform Your Practice to Focus on Patient Care", (c) Joe Sheffer, Pharmacy Today, 3/21/07

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"Drugstore Clinics Spread, and Scrutiny Grows", (c) Sarah Kershaw, The New York Times, 8/23/7

May '07:

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 "Environmental and Therapeutic Issues in Psychiatric Hospital Design: Toward Best Practices", (c) Bradley E. Karlin, Ph.D. and Robert A. Zeiss, Ph.D., Psychiatric Services, 10/06.

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"Psychiatric Hospital Design Reflects Treatment Trends", (c) Aaron Levin, Psychiatric News, 9/2/6

April '07:

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"The OR Challenge - New Technologies Lead to Increased Complexity", (c) Constance Nestor, Health Facilities Management (4/07)

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"Lean's New Meaning - Concept Developed by Toyota Can Improve Scheduling", (c) Patrick Totty, Healthcare Construction & Operation News, March/April 2007

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"Hospitals Build A Better 'Healing Environment' - Outdated Facilities Redesign Patient Areas To Lift Quality Of Care", (c)  Laura Landro, The Wall St. Journal, March 21, 2007"

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"Dream Reading Rooms Require Team Effort", (c) Cheryl Hall Harris, Health Imaging.com, 4/07

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"Interiors Feature: Dignified Design", (c) Liza Berger, McKnight's Assisted Living, 1/8/07

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"Hospital Finds New Life in Senior Housing", (c) Health Facilities Management Magazine, 3/07

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"Retirement Homes Go High-Rise and Urban", (c) Linda Baker, The New York Times, 4/1/07

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"Scientific Advances Push Lab Design in New Directions", (c) Thomas Harvath, AIA, Laboratory Design, 4/07

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"Bringing Laboratory Space Back to New York", (c) Alison Gregor, The New York Times, 2/21/07

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"Increased Funding For Life Sciences and Strong Industrial Partnerships Crucial To Develop Knowledge-Based Economy In Europe", (c) Laboratory Network.com  12/11/2006

March '07:

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"Dining in Style", © John Andrews, McKnight's Assisted Living, 12/05 - Featuring and Interview with William Bernstein, AIA, the principal of Bernstein & Assoc., Architects"

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 "Hospital and Nursing Home Construction Remain Strong", © Jim Haughey, Building Design and Construction, 9/1/06

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"Creative Housing Ideas for an Aging Population", (c) Elizabeth Abbott, NY Times, 11/26/06

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"Image Workflow in the ED Health", (c) Erin Chesson,  Health Imaging.com, 3/1/07

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"Bush’s and Spitzer’s Budgets Hit New York Hospitals Hard", (c) Richard Peres-Pena, New York Times, 2/6/07

February '07:

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Report: Continued Surge Seen for High Field MRI”, © Health Imaging News, February 1, 2007

January '07:

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"Creating comfort", (c) Laura Rygielski and Dave Uden, Health Facilities Management (1/07)

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"Built to last", (c) Joseph G. Sprague, FAIA, FACHA, FHFI, Health Facilities Management, (1/07)

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"New at E.R.'s: More Sense of Urgency", (c) Kate Stone Lombard, NY Times (1/22/06)

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"Trends We’re Seeing in Health Care Facilities" (c) Health Facilities.net (11/06)

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"Streamlining Healthcare Spaces", (c) John Cooper, AIA, ACHA, FacilitiesCare.net (1/07)

December '06:

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"A Plan to Stabilize and Strengthen New York's Healthcare System - Final Report of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century", (c) New York Healthcare Commission, (12/06)

August '06:

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"Demolition Dangers", (c) Daniel Dancause, HEM, Health Facilities Management, (8/06)

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"Quieter Than Mice", (c) By Patrick Totty, Healthcare Facility.net, (8/06)

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"2006 NFPA 101, Life Safety Code - A review of the healthcare occupancy-related revisions", (c) Michael A. Crowley, PE, and William M. Dorfler, Facility Care, (8/06)

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"Major New Survey Examines Current, Future State of Lab Design", (c) R&D Magazine (8/06)

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"The Demand for More Exacting Test Results—Fast!—Reformulates Hospital Labs" (c) Richard Haugh, Hospitals & Health Networks, 1/17/06

July '06:

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"Bedrails Can Cause Deaths in Frail, Elderly"  © Joseph Shapiro, Morning Edition, June 29, 2006

June '06:

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June '06 Newsletter - Healthcare Version

April '06:

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"Design of a State-of-the-Art Research Radiology Center" © William N. Bernstein, AIA, 2006

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"Examining NFPA's Standard for Health Care Facilities", Facility Care, (c) Burton Klein, PE, 4/06

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"The Test of Time - As health care evolves, so does Planetree ", Health Facilities Management, (c) Dana Dubbs, 4/06

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"FDA Unveils Project to Advance Medical Product Innovations", (c) Health Imaging News, 3/23/06

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"Green on a Budget: Low-To No-Cost Sustainable Solutions for Labs", Laboratory Design, (c) Laura Carlson, 4/06

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"Planning Tips for the Marine Biology Research Laboratory", Laboratory Design, (c)  S. Keith Bailey, AIA , 4/06

March '06:

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"P&G says Pfizer lying about mouthwashes", Associates Press/New York, (c) Larry Neumeister, 3/20/05

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"Preparing for the Reality of Unannounced Surveys",  © Ode Keil, FacilityCare, 03/06

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"Cold Comfort", Health Facilities Management, (c) Michael Kuechenmeister, C.P.E., FASHE, 3/06

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"The demand for more exacting test results—fast!—reformulates Hospital Labs", Health Facilities Management, (c) Richard Haugh, 1/17/06

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"Detecting and Preventing Drug Theft", Health Facilities Management, (c) David Yarin, 3/15/06

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Planning for the Worst”, Health Facilities Management, © Frank Zilm, D.Arch., FAIA, FACHA, 3/06

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"Staying Out of the Nursing Home", Health Facilities Management, (c) Hunter Hurst, 12/18/05

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What to know about JCAHO”, Health Facilities Management, © Susan McLaughlin, 3/06

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"Designing facilities that support rapidly changing equipment technology", Laboratory Design, (c) Jerry Percifield, RA, 3/06

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"Solving the design equation: Major laboratory trends of this decade", Laboratory Design, (c) Richard Reitz, 3/06

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"Average price per bed soars in assisted living market", (c) McKnights Assisted Living, 3/8/06

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"Fire sprinklers are now officially required in all nursing homes, according to the National Fire Protection Association.", (c) McKnights Assisted Living, 8/25/5

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"Laundry/Housekeeping Feature: Bugging out", McKnights Assisted Living, (c) Liza Berger, 10/3/06

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"A Doctor in the House? Yes, and He Owns It, Too", The New York Times, ©By Vivian Marino, 3/5/06

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"Fluoride varnish found to cut cavities in children", The New York Times News Service, (c)  Nicholas Bakalar, 1/7/06

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"Pharmacists Say Drug Plan Threatens Their Livelihood", New York Times, (c) Robert Pear, 3/13/06

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"Southampton Hospital Talks to an Old Suitor", The New York Times © Julia C. Mead, 3/5/06

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"Morning-After Pill Comes to Wal-Mart", The Wall St. Journal, (c) Ann Zimmerman, 3/18/06

February '06:

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Should Doctors Own Hospitals? Controversy builds over a fast-growing, profit-driven business”, Business Week, © Arlene Weintraub, 2/20/06

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Updated Infection-Control Guidelines Address Both Patients and Health Care Personnel in the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory”, The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, ©Kathy Boyd, 12/5/05

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Few New York Hospitals Cited Among Best in Death-Risk Study”, The New York Times, © Richard Perez-Pena, 2/6/06

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Hospitals Rethink Recruiting Tactics”, The Wall St. Journal, ©

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Digital Mammograms Excel in Study”, The Wall Street Journal, © Kathryn Kranhold, 9/17/05

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The boom goes on”, Health Facilities Management, © Dave Carpenter, 2/06

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Making the case”, Health Facilities Management, © Jennifer Kearney and Michael Scorrano, 2/06

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What’s New in the LSC?”,  Health Facilities Management, © Michael A. Crowley, P.E., 2/06

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Cancer Study to Focus on PET Scans”, Wall St. Journal, © Jennifer Corbett Dooren, 2/21/06

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"Balance conflicting priorities to create great academic labs”, Laboratory Design, © By Steve Gifford, AIA, and Stephen McDaniel, AIA, 2/06

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Designing facilities that support rapidly changing equipment technology”, Laboratory Design, © Jerry Percifield, RA, 2/06

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Wrapping a Wisdom Tooth Around That Little Finger”, The New York Times, © Amanda Schaffer, 2/21/06

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Chewing Over Sweetener Claims”, The Wall St. Journal, © Laura Johannes, 2/7/06

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Bottled Water and Tooth Decay: Kids May Not Be Getting Enough Fluoride”, The Wall St. Journal, © Betsy McKay, 1/24/06

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The Independent Drugstore Goes the Way of the Soda Fountain”, The New York Times, © Jane Gordon, 1/22/06

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Many Seniors Do the Math and Decide Not to Sign Up for the Drug-Benefit Plan”, © The Wall St. Journal, © Vanessa Fuhrmans, 2/21/06

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Wal-Mart Considers Stocking Emergency-Contraception Pills”, The Wall St. Journal, © Kris Hudson, 2/15/06

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Foreign Prescriptions Pose Risk”, © Dow Jones Newswires, 1/12/06

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Nursing Homes Confront New Drug Plan's Hurdles”, The New York Times, © Jane Gross, 1/15/06

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Profile: A balanced approach -- Margaret “Peggy” Mullan, AAHSA board chair”, McKnight’s Assisted Living, © Julie E. Williamson, 2/6/-06

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Therapy cap exception may soon ease regulation’s blow”, McKnight’s Assisted Living, © Liza Berger, 2/8/06

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60 Seconds with … Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., CEO of AgeWave” , © McKnight’s Assisted Living, 2/8/06

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Finance Feature: Re-raising the roof”, McKnight’s Assisted Living, © John Andrews, 2/8/06

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Court rules arbitration ‘unconscionable’”, © McKnight’s Assisted Living, 2/8/06

January '06:

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"Lessons Learned", Health Facilities Management, © David L. Stymiest, P.E., CHFM, 12/05

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"Site Selection in six steps", Health Facilities Management, © Steve Wiser, AIA, 12/05

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"Sneak Preview", Health Facilities Management, © By Joseph G. Sprague, FAIA, FACHA, FHFI 12/05

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"Eight steps to quality", Health Facilities Management, © By Tom Peck 12/05

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"New workbenches provide flexibility, security for engineering department", Health Facilities Management, 12/05

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"A building boom for labs" © By Jennifer S. Forsyth and Betsy McKay, The Wall Street Journal, 12/28/05

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"Collaborative lab designed to foster Alzheimer’s breakthroughs", © Ted Sutherland, AIA, and Huntington Potter, Laboratory Design, 12/05

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"Designing clean environments: conventional vs. manufactured", © Scott McClure, AIA, Laboratory Design, 12/05

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"Are joint lab construction projects the wave of the future?", © Barry Hawkins, Laboratory Design, 12/05

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"USP Refutes American College of Radiology Response to Today’s National Report on Medication Errors", © Sherrie Borden, US Pharmacopoeia, 1/18/6

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"The USP Performance Test: Mechanical Calibration vs. a Periodic Performance Verification Test with Chemical Tablets (Calibrators)", © US Pharmacopoeia, 1/17/06

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"Design Feature: ‘Home’ stretch", © James M. Berklan, McKnight's Assisted Living, 1/13/6

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"LTC Long-timers: A commitment that lasts a lifetime", © John O’Connor, McKnight's Assisted Living, 1/13/6

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"News Analysis: Disasters teach again -- prep even more", © James M. Berklan,  McKnight's Assisted Living, 12/30/05

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"Help for Seniors at Home", © Andrea Petersen, Wall St. Journal, 1/15/6

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"Oh the Parts Have Nasty Teeth, Dear", © Coeli Carr, New York Times, 1/16/06

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"Dental Health: Brush and Floss (to Save Your Heart, of Course)" © Nicholas, Bakalar, New York Times, 1/10/06

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"Celebrity Teeth" © Rebecca Skloot, New York Times, 12/11/05

 

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