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Jupiter Medical Center (JMC) broke ground on its second hospital, marking a expansion of access to care across western Palm Beach County. The “Jupiter Medical Center Neighborhood Hospital at The Health Park at Avenir” is designed to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population, bringing emergency and specialty services closer to where patients live…

Behind every successful hospital, university or large facility is a team solving problems most people never see. From navigating construction chaos to leading major healthcare facility operations, this episode of Facilities in Focus pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to keep complex buildings running smoothly. Host Mackenna Moralez sits down with Brian…

If you look around most offices at midday on a Tuesday, you will likely see a variation of the same scene: employees sitting at their desks with headphones in and responding to Slack messages while eating lunch. The physical environment of the workplace may still be thoughtfully designed, with ergonomic furniture, curated lighting and acoustic…

A building’s public safety communication system passes inspection. The certificate of occupancy stays intact, the fire marshal signs off, and the facilities team moves on. Twelve months later, the same system fails recertification. Nothing was touched. Nothing was changed. And yet, somewhere between last year’s pass and this year’s test, the building quietly lost coverage….

It is hard to believe there was a time when people left their doors open and unlocked at all times. Doing this now — especially for a business — is practically unheard of, and more facilities executives now rely on access control systems to monitor the movements of occupants and visitors in institutional and commercial…

Kaiser Permanente has opened its first two medical offices in northern Nevada as part of its joint venture with Renown Health. This expansion comes as Hometown Health — now jointly owned by Kaiser Permanente and Renown Health — is becoming Kaiser Permanente. Members can obtain primary care and other medical services at the Kaiser Permanente…