Older medical center wins award with modern efficiencies
When aging, outdated systems at Hardin Medical Center (HMC) provided inadequate cooling and insufficient humidity control, hospital administrators undertook a number of upgrades. The Savannah, TN, medical facility, built in 1952, sought to improve the environment of care — especially in its labor and delivery area — to increase patient, physician, and staff comfort while also helping to reduce the chance of medical errors and infection. HMC also wished to increase the efficiency of its systems in order to combat rising operational and energy costs.