Special Systems Support or Traditional Architectural and Engineering
Bartholomew Hospital, Indiana:
Design development of fiber optic backbone, premises distribution system
additions (PDS), networks and LAN related issues for medical diagnostics systems
on a retrofit construction project.
Catherine McCauley Health Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan:
Design development of medical campus outside and underground plant
linking multiple buildings with PDS cabling systems and networks with associated
transmission electronics.
Delnor Hospital, Illinois:
PDS and technical infrastructures design development through construction
documents, bid and contractor selection for new 200 bed hospital, Medical Office
Building and campus construction for all communication systems including ER, OR,
and specialty lab environments.
Duluth Clinic, Minnesota:
Quality review and redesign of systems requirements and documentation
relating to proprietary LANs, data systems, medical imaging, low voltage
grounding and cold weather site related infrastructure and PDS installation
practices. Chronic recurring issues
affecting reliability concerns related to grounding issues were resolved, with
successful remediation recommendations implemented.
Edwards Hospital, Illinois:
Design development and specifications support, cabling and fiber optics
installation consultation and Quality Control support.
Evangelical Health System, (later, Advocate Health Care)
Christ Hospital, Illinois:
Design development of premise distribution systems cabling to support
PBX, nurse call, computer network, medical record keeping, x-ray, MRI, telemetry
and other diagnostic systems. Coordinated
4th tier
support with Bell Labs for a field study on the analysis of EMI susceptible
environments and cable communications construction placement Quality Control
review relating to this study. As Advocate
Heath Care: Work with this health care systems’ Clinical Engineering
Manager (formerly the CE Manager for Northwestern Memorial Hospital) of this
newly formed 10 hospital group, on wireless CE site safety and medical frequency
use, initial planning on the PACs systems implementation issues and voice
recognition dictation for the Radiology.
Greenville Hospital, North Carolina:
Design support of a replacement hospital for LAN and communications
infrastructure related issues relating to cut over planning in the main facility
and campus.
Methodist Hospital Campus, Indianapolis, Indiana:
Relocation strategy and design support of an in place 40,000 pair data
equipment room and related building monitoring systems with continuous service
to a new area and upgrade of cross connects including cable record system in
support of MIS and Facilities Departments.
Riverside Hospital, Illinois:
Design development for remodeling and electrical upgrade project of new
riser system and new fiber optic backbone.
Rush Presbyterian Health Care Centers, Illinois:
Cabling standards prototype for all 22 existing remote clinics to support
a wide variety of dial-up imaging and remote diagnostics and telemedicine
including records and radiology applications.
Walter
Reed Army Hospital Complex, Washington, DC:
Collaborative separate design and specifications related discussions on
nurse call and wireless communications and patient safety issues for patient
cardiac and other telemetry monitoring related issues with Clinical
Engineering-Bio-Medical Department Chief. Discussions
and direct input to national hospital frequency safety standards issues on
medical wireless with this CE team, who served as the US Federal Regulatory
teams local technical resource (Concepts from these activities used with
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Advocate Health Care and Middletown Projects).
University
of Iowa Telemedicine Project
Support of Hospital Staff in ascertaining future direction and possible
alternatives in conjunction with construction of the State Wide Iowa
Communications Network. (Similar Technical support planning discussions work was
done with the Informatics Department of UC Davis Medical Center in a planning
and second opinion role for the Informatics and Radiology Department Sacramento
based technical support team.