It’s Not Just Furniture!

Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., Inc. and Herman Miller Healthcare have signed a new three-year contract for Clinical Modular Casework. This contract includes Lab and Pharmacy casework, Caregiver Work Stations, the Co/Struc® Material Handling System, and the complete line of Mobile Clinical Carts. The new agreement is effective July 1, 2009. (more…)

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June 24, 2009

Herman Miller, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLHR), today announced that it has acquired Nemschoff , Inc. (“Nemschoff”).

Nemschoff is a manufacturer of high-quality, leading-edge design and is recognized as a market leader in healthcare furnishings, with specific strength in soft seating and the patient care environment. Many of the Nemschoff family of products are also specified in the commercial office and education markets. The company’s headquarters and largest operations are located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, with additional manufacturing in Sioux Center, Iowa. Nemschoff has distribution across the United States and in Canada. More..

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Bretford’s Intelligent Laptop Computer Cart line features two carts: a 20-unit model with horizontal storage and a 30-unit model with vertical storage. The carts incorporate a power management system, or “brain,” which charges laptops simultaneously, turns on color-coded LED lights to remind users what the cart is doing and even turbo charges a specific bank of computers for quick use. The cart includes auxiliary outlets for other technology products and a lockable “cable closet” that arranges all the cords into special compartments for safety and organization.
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HERMAN MILLER’S ROLE IN ER ONE, AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE READINESS

ER1 in Washington D.C.

Herman Miller recently published a solution essay based on the ER One project piloted at Washington Hospital Center in the U.S. Capital that explains how design can afford a normally overcrowded space the adaptability to adjust to an influx of patients in the event of a natural catastrophe or terrorist attack.

Transforming the Emergency Department Solution Essay

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T6 COW Solution Features Improved Cable Management, Sleek New Aesthetic
Posted: humanscale.com Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

T6 Technology Cart

NEW YORK, March 23, 2009 — Humanscale Healthcare will unveil the T6 Point-of-Care Technology Cart at the HIMSS09 Conference & Exhibition. A follow-up to Humanscale’s hailed T5 Technology Cart, the T6 features improved cable management and sleek new aesthetics while teaming unmatched mobility and comfort with a high-performance power system for both laptops and PCs.

Available exclusively through EnovateIT, a leading provider of mobile wireless solutions and a premier global systems integrator for the healthcare industry, Humanscale’s T line of carts provide the first truly ergonomic healthcare computer-on-wheels solution. Extensive research and interviews with regular COW users led to the development of key features of the T5 and T6, including comfort for a wide range of users, ease of mobility, maximum maneuverability in confined spaces, and long-lasting power.

Designed to meet the ergonomic requirements of 99% of users in both sitting and standing postures, the T6’s keyboard, monitor, and work surfaces are each independently adjustable for maximum user comfort. Humanscale’s patented one-touch adjustable keyboard support technology ensures healthy typing and mousing, and dynamic height adjustability operated via foot pedal allows for instant overall changes in the cart’s height.

Offering one of the smallest footprints available, the T6 is designed to ensure effortless maneuverability in tight corridors, around hospital beds, and in other small spaces.

The T6’s energy-conscious and quick-charging internal power system stays cool without a fan, which helps limit the spread of contagions. Available with a 40-amp/hour battery and three outlets, the T6 provides up to twelve hours of continuous use between chargings, depending on the hardware in use. The T6 also features a unique remote power management system that relays battery information to a central location within a healthcare facility, allowing remote monitoring of the device to maximize run time and battery life.

Designed by the Humanscale Design Studio, the T6 contains more than 50% recycled materials and is itself 95% recyclable. Its unique features and sleek design aesthetic are among the many details that complete this innovative cart solution.

For more information about Humanscale products, including the Humanscale Healthcare range of products, please contact Corporate Environments at 610-974-7990.

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Humanscale V3 Station

NEW YORK, February 5, 2009

Humanscale’s V3 Wall Station has earned a 2008 International Design Award in the Medical Furniture category. The artists and entrepreneurs who created and judge iDA strive to recognize and celebrate visionary designers in architecture and interior, fashion, product, and graphic design. 2008 winners were selected from more than 1,000 applicants from 52 countries, and will be featured in the iDA Gallery and at a gala in Los Angeles in March.

The V3 Wall Station is a wall-mounted, track-based technology product for healthcare environments, designed to support a CPU, monitor, keyboard and mouse. Teaming ergonomic comfort and safety with maximum space savings for easy computer access, the V3’s perfectly counterbalanced spring mechanism provides adjustments with less than a pound of force. And unlike traditional wall-mounted arms, which only allow repositioning from a fixed point, the V3’s smooth vertical track enables an unprecedented 51-inch total adjustment range to accommodate 99% of users in both sitting and standing positions.

The V3 offers sleek good looks and a contemporary color palette to complement any medical environment. The device also includes an integrated cable management system that spans the length of the track, and boasts 75% recycled and 95% recyclable content. The V3 will be available in the second quarter of 2009.

Previously, the V3 won a prestigious GOOD DESIGN award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, and will be featured in the GOOD DESIGN show this June in Chicago. It was also recognized by Interior Design magazine’s Best of Year awards.

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The Nala Chair from Brandrud

Brandrud’s newest high-performance patient chair closely follows the introduction of Cente. Developed through the people and resources of Herman Miller for Healthcare, Nala establishes a new reference point for patient comfort while enabling enhanced caregiver access.

Leveraging the research, technologies and engineering applied to its ergonomic task chairs, Herman Miller for Healthcare partnered with Boston-based Design Continuum to create a patient chair that provides the comfortable support and ergonomic principles and technologies first demonstrated in Herman Miller’s industry-leading work chair designs.

Beth Nickels, President of Herman Miller for Healthcare, notes that Nala has been long awaited by healthcare practitioners who were asking for ergonomic innovation in patient seating. “We’ve had great success with Herman Miller’s ergonomic task chairs, but we knew it was time to develop a health-positive seating product that dramatically improves the patient experience,” she says. “Nala clearly distinguishes itself from all other traditional patient seating.”

Nala’s development over the past year incorporated evidence-based design principles and ongoing prototype analysis with caregivers and ergonomists. “Herman Miller’s Research and Design team consulted with over 200 caregivers and hospital staff from around the country and with over 70 healthcare A&D professionals,” says Tom Granzow, senior program manager with Herman Miller for Healthcare. “We actively pursued their feedback and carefully considered how we could apply it to the final design of the chair.”

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