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 On Sunday, September 23, 2007, together with the employees of Tangram, our clients, family and friends, we are participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure of Cancer in Fashion Island, Orange County. This is the second year Tangram has participated and donated money and time for this worthwhile cause. Joe Lozowski, President and CEO of Tangram is very passionate about this cause and will pay the entry fees for a total of 168 participants. If you would like to participate or donate to this organization, please go to http://www.komenoc.org |
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| Feng Shui: A Practice for the Office? |
A science of placement and space design, feng shui is all about protecting and channeling positive "qi" (pronounced CHEE) or energy. Feng shui means wind and water, thus employing the complementary opposites of "yang" and "yin" of feng shui philosophy. This is not a practice based on intuition. In fact, it contains a precise set of calculations based on astronomy, astrology and hard data. Not unlike many forward-thinking Western offices that practice techniques like network analysis, feng shui consultants must learn hierarchical positions and map desk placements to understand the relationship between people and place.
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| Design for Healing |
Many health care facilities are obsolete, nurses are an endangered species and the current aging generation expects more hands-on care. Fortunately the topic of patient healing is increasingly being recognized as an integrated endeavor. Thoughtful designers and educated facilities managers understand that a health care space must be designed to capture the elements that encourage healing. Some of these elements include family gathering spaces, artwork, contemplation areas and access to daylight. One might expect that such amenities would increase hospital costs, but results demonstrate that evidence-based design can actually save a considerable amount of money.
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| Rethinking the Nurses Station |
Work processes in nurses stations have changed over the years: there's more technology, new patient care delivery modes, a whole new set of work processes, yet the basic configuration remains static. Even when hospitals renovate or build new patient units, the changes are primarily aesthetic. Hospitals don't have time to rethink how work flows and how best to support it. But it doesn't have to be this way. "You can't predict many changes in technology, work processes, or government regulations,"says Kingshuk Das, healthcare consultant at Steelcase. "But you can plan for them." An architect and a strategic design planner with the company's Healthcare Team, Das studies and consults with hospitals and clinics around North America.
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NURTURE BY STEELCASE NAMED TOP PREMIER PERFORMER
Premier Pinnacle Award recognizes performance and efficiency
Grand Rapids, MI - June 22, 2007 - Nurture by Steelcase, a healthcare environments company, today announced that it has earned the Premier healthcare alliance 2007 “Pinnacle Award” for supplier performance that meets and exceeds the expectations of Premier and its members. This is the second consecutive year that Nurture earned the Pinnacle award for consistent performance excellence with the Premier alliance.
Jeffrey Fredricksen, corporate sales manager for Nurture, accepted the award at the 2007 Premier Annual Breakthroughs Conference & Exhibition in Orlando on June 19. The award is based on performance data collected during the year and shared with contracted suppliers through the Premier business line review process.
“The Premier Pinnacle Award honors elite suppliers who understand the importance of collaboration and strive for performance excellence. These suppliers are setting the standard for all of Premier’s contracted suppliers as we work together to improve the healthcare of our communities, and we are proud to bestow this honor upon Steelcase’s healthcare company – Nurture,” said Mike Alkire, president of Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P.
The 2007 Premier Pinnacle Award was awarded to 13 suppliers out of 720 eligible contracted suppliers who have consistently achieved 2006 scorecard ratings of 95 percent or higher.
“Receiving the Premier Pinnacle Award reinforces our commitment to continuously strive to offer the highest quality products at the best possible price to the Premier alliance,” said Michael Love, president of Nurture.
Nurture officially launched as a company last year, but the company is not new to healthcare. Years of research and partnerships with leading healthcare providers allow the company to tailor a wide variety of environmental solutions to specific settings. The Nurture by Steelcase family of companies, including: Brayton, Designtex, Details, Metro, PolyVision, Softcare, Steelcase, Turnstone, and Vecta provides a comprehensive portfolio that supports a wide variety of healthcare environments.
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| About Nurture |
Nurture by Steelcase is a company focused on healthcare environments and how products within these environments can help make them more comfortable, efficient and conducive to the healing process. For more information, visit www.nurturebysteelcase.com.
About Premier, 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 46,000 other healthcare sites, Premier is the largest healthcare alliance in the United States dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates the nation's largest healthcare purchasing network, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C. and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com.
[6/11/2007] - Nurture Strikes Gold Again At Neocon
Chicago, Ill. – June 11, 2007 – The Opus™ Overbed Table, from Nurture™ by Steelcase won the Gold Award in the Healthcare: Furniture category in the Best of NeoCon 2007 competition, which recognizes state-of-the-art product design, technological innovation and environmental sustainability. This is the second straight year that Nurture by Steelcase, a company dedicated to healthcare environments, has taken the Gold Award in Healthcare Furniture. In 2006, Nurture’s Opus™ Casegoods were recognized with the Gold award in Healthcare: Furniture.
Opus™casegoods, which combines the convenience of traditional freestanding casegoods with the flexibility of modular furniture, provide a unique solution for the healthcare environment. The array of components combines in a multitude of configurations including storage, seating, display, and even a sink unit to support various activities in healthcare facilities. The design allows for flexibility to adapt over time to changing needs. Components are available in laminate and veneer with hardware choices to complement any décor.
“This product is a testament to the philosophy Nurture is built upon.” said Michael Love, president of Nurture. “We develop research-driven, evidence-based solutions that become integral parts of the healing process.”
Nurture officially launched as a company at this year’s NeoCon, but the company is not new to healthcare. More than two years of research and partnerships with leading healthcare providers allow the company to tailor environmental solutions to specific settings. With a full line supplemented with products from the Steelcase family of companies, Nuture draws on years of experience and proven product lines to deliver effective solutions for healthcare providers.
Sponsored by Contract magazine, the International interior Design Association (IIDA), Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI) and the McMorrow Report, the Best of NeoCon awards recognize the top new products displayed at NeoCon.
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