Kaiser Hospitals Embrace New Technology To Avoid Getting ‘Stuck On The Realities Of Today’
Kaiser Permanente wants to be ahead of the curve when it comes to how technology can help its patients and is pushing companies to be creative instead of just using what's available on the market.
Bloomberg:
Taking Bids On The Hospital Of The Future
As Silicon Valley’s principal hospital system and insurer, Kaiser has a history of focusing on advances rooted in technology, but in the past few years, instead of forcing its 10.6 million patients to use the systems on offer, it’s begun pushing hardware and software makers to respond to patient demands, and supply what it thinks they’ll want in 10 years. “It frees us up so we don’t get so stuck on the realities of today,” says Chief Executive Officer Bernard J. Tyson.
The auditions take place in a spartan 37,000-square-foot warehouse in the Oakland suburb of San Leandro. (Chen, 7/22)
In other hospital news —
Mercury News:
Stanford Hospital Expansion On Target
Construction of the $2 billion expansion of Stanford Hospital is three-quarters complete. Hospital officials announced Monday that the new facilities are on schedule to open for patient care in 2018. The project is designed to be a model of environmental sustainability and is expected to use 35 percent less energy than the average hospital, according to the Stanford University Medical Center. (Lee, 7/21)
Sacramento Bee:
Three Sutter Facilities Make Best Places To Work List
Three Sutter Health hospitals have made a list of best places to work. Sutter Amador Hospital, Sutter Davis Hospital and Sutter Center for Psychiatry were named by Modern Healthcare magazine as three of the 100 best places to work in healthcare in 2016. It is the 8th year in a row that Sutter Davis Hospital has made the list, the fifth year for Sutter Center for Psychiatry and the first time for Sutter Amador Hospital. (Lindelof, 7/20)