De-escalation Training is Critical for Safety in Healthcare

De-escalation Training is Critical for Safety in Healthcare

Leading organizations understand that workplace violence mitigation includes a holistic approach to workforce safety strategy. In a perfect world, healthcare organizations would have unlimited resources to address the growing violence challenging other sectors, including education and social services. Sadly, the stark reality is that workers in healthcare facilities are increasingly affected by violence, and the…

Sutter Health Buys Five Radiation Oncology Centers

Sutter Health Buys Five Radiation Oncology Centers

The five radiation oncology centers were operated by GenesisCare. Sutter Health has purchased five GenesisCare radiation oncology centers to keep high-quality cancer services rooted in California’s Central Coast, Central Valley and Silicon Valley for years to come. The radiation oncology centers are in Modesto, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Stockton and Templeton. The centers will…

How Building Resiliency is Changing with a Changing World

How Building Resiliency is Changing with a Changing World

With wildfires and other extreme weather events on the rise, buildings, and their materials, must adapt It will be news to few that last year was a record wildfire season in Canada, with more than 45 million acres burned – nearly doubling the previous record from 1989. Cities across the United States from Bismarck, North…

5 Steps to Decarbonize Facilities

5 Steps to Decarbonize Facilities

Follow these tips to convince building owners to make the investment The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has set 2050 as the year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 90 percent relative to 2005 levels. “The approach requires significantly increasing building energy efficiency, reducing onsite building emissions, transforming the grid edge at buildings, and reducing building…

Tenant lounge reborn from vacant retail space

Tenant lounge reborn from vacant retail space

A former convenience store, adjacent to the lobby inside a downtown Toronto office tower, has been transformed into a private 1920s-style Art Deco lounge for tenant meetings and events. The warmth of the space evokes the intimacy of a speakeasy, but instead of being shrouded in secrecy, this spot wants to be discovered. Interior design…

Keeping Innovative Projects Aligned With Strategy

Keeping Innovative Projects Aligned With Strategy

Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Growth-oriented companies that seek to foster a culture of innovation have no shortage of good project ideas. However, many of them will fall outside the control of existing business lines or the organization’s formal structures for managing innovation, such as the R&D department. As a result, potentially valuable programs…