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Reflections on CES 2024

In January, two SSR colleagues — Zac Hillyard, RSM, SmartScore AP, Principal, and Ryan Young, Technology Innovation Consultant — attended the annual Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The week-long event is the most powerful tech event in the world — the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. The 2024 theme – […]

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Mobile Charging Brings Flexibility

Gone are the days of clipboards and pens — technology is integrating increasingly into all aspects of healthcare. Everyone from doctors to nurses, support staff to facilities are dependent on mobile devices (tablets, laptops, smart phones). Managing these mobile devices can be a daunting task —inventory, storage, and charging.   After seeing charging stations and […]

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Designing a World-Class Teaching Hospital in Saudi Arabia

SSR recently entered a unique partnership with Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC), a non-profit higher education university consortium based in Austin, Texas. Contracted by TEIC, SSR is engaged to serve on the main steering committee for a new, world-class teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia. Colleagues Debbie Gregory and Zac Hillyard are the chair and co-chair […]

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What is Intelligent Lighting?

Understanding The Future of Facility Lighting Systems Imagine lights being used for more than simply illumination—used to track orders in a warehouse, send coupon codes to passersby, or automatically change to match a guest’s favorite color when they enter a room. With the evolution of lighting controls, these concepts are becoming realities. Smart lighting is […]

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Clinical Consulting: Hospital Construction Survey Affirms Rise in Clinical Voice: Designing for Efficiency and Staff Workflow

Every year, when Health Facilities Management and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association release their Hospital Construction Survey results, I am always intrigued about what it will reveal. The 2017 report is out, and I’m happy to see the connection between designing healthcare facilities and the clinical workflow highlighted. Hospitals […]

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Clinical Consulting: The Intersection of Lean Thinking and Healthcare Technology Planning

As the landscape in healthcare is continually changing, increasing pressures for hospitals to perform leaner is becoming commonplace. By definition, lean thinking is the concept of finding value and eliminating waste in a process. Waste is anything that does not bring value to your “customer” or the end recipient of your service. Lean comes from […]

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Clinical Consulting: Clinical Leadership- Sorting Out Competing Priorities

The clinical voice is sometimes overshadowed by other “voices” that are slowly making an entry into clinical processes. I was struck recently by the fact that electronic health records dictated the workflow in one recent incident. In another situation a patient education/entertainment system was a driving force in workflow. Creating an organizational structure to accommodate […]

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CLINICAL CONSULTING: WHAT VALUE DO CLINICIANS BRING TO THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES?

Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in 2010, there have been continuing transformations in hospital financial, technological, and clinical practices. These transformations have in some cases led to the establishment of competing priorities for hospital decision makers. Two of the biggest issues facing hospitals that cross financial, technological, and clinical lines […]

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Clinical Consulting: Ebola: Designing Solutions for an International Crisis

Resources for information on Ebola Preparedness The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Ebola to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on August 8, 2014. This extraordinary event has created worldwide awareness and panic of the threat of such an epidemic. Generations of the past have been touched by such epidemics as yellow […]