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In the summer of 2017, CME stood at the foundation of what would become the newest 740,000 square foot New York-Presbyterian facility, the David H. Koch Center for Ambulatory Care. The facility would be home to twelve operating suites, six interventional radiology procedure rooms, and eleven endoscopic rooms. With such size and complexity, this project was just the type the CME team has come to enjoy. Of course, as Cindy Juhas recently explained to Healthcare Business Today, this type of project carries several logistical challenges. 

Today, 1 out of 25 hospital patients in the U.S. will contract a healthcare-associated infection (HAI). This rate of infection results in an alarming 90,000 deaths annually.

We're pleased to announce we recently increased our national sales team by more than 25 percent and established two territories offering market-leading healthcare equipment and direct-to-site logistics solutions. In response, we have reorganization to provide better customer service to our growing client roster.

“Enhancing the partnership with Intalere National Health Alliance opens many doors for CME as we continue to expand across the nation and bring our world-class healthcare equipment solutions to facilities,” said K.C. Meleski, Vice President of Sales for CME. “This year, a major focus for us is saving money for our customers, and this agreement is a critical part of that strategy to help facility operators find efficiencies and streamline their operations.”

Opening a new healthcare facility on-time is the number one goal of all those involved in planning a new construction project. Every day a new healthcare facility opening is delayed can cost the healthcare system 100s of thousands of revenue dollars. CME Corp has been helping healthcare systems open their new facilities on time for over 20 years.

As anyone involved in new construction knows, a myriad of issues can impact the overall plan, many outside of the healthcare system’s control. Permits, strikes, floods, accidents, bad inspections are just a few of the more drastic problems. In a recent Medical Construction & Design (MCD) survey over 50% of the responders said their projects do not finish on time.

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There are 5,534 registered domestic hospitals, according to the American Hospital Association. Each one of those facilities is esti­mated to generate up to 25 pounds of waste per day per patient. The math seems to indicate that health care centers produce an endless stream of garbage at an unsustainable rate.

Furthermore, it’s only one industry and one waste source in an ever-growing country, struggling to find solutions to land­fill overload. As regulations tighten to relieve the burden trash puts on our ecosystem, planners and buy­ers are searching for eco-friendly solutions to medical facility equip­ment and materials.

Value-Based Healthcare is a healthcare delivery model in which providers are paid based on patient outcomes. Its purpose is to improve quality while lowering healthcare costs. This has been around since 2010 and has been steadily gaining momentum. Healthcare systems that have embraced this concept have been focusing on 3 things: improving outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction, and lowering costs.