The Southern Nevada Health District, with Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican, UNLV School of Nursing, UNLV School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada School of Medicine and United Way of Southern Nevada, launched a Healthy Southern Nevada website at HealthySouthernNevada.org. This website is a source of community health information and population data.
ArrowData, which specializes in high-definition video, data collection, transmission, analytics and distribution services, received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate drones for electronic news gathering. ArrowData is the first company in the country to receive such approval and the first Nevada company to receive an exemption by the FAA to fly unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes.
Gaudin Jaguar was among 16 Jaguar retailers awarded the 2014/15 Pride of Jaguar Retailer Excellence award.
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican, Siena Campus is hiring an estimated 300 employees for its new patient tower, which will increase the hospital’s capacity to 326 private rooms. The tower is being built by Kitchell and was designed by Orcutt | Winslow Partnership. The tower is expected to be completed this fall. The 220,000-square-foot project includes 56 emergency bays, six operating suites, separate entrances for cardiology and cardiovascular services, and expanded space for admitting, nutrition services, radiology, lab, pharmacy, endoscopy suites and other services.
The Las Vegas Pain Relief Center is partnering with Skin Fitness. Located in the pain relief center at 58 N. Pecos Road, Henderson, Skin Fitness offers skin care treatments, facials, waxing and spa treatments.
CraftHaus Brewery now offers its craft beer in cans. Four-packs of the company’s flagship beers, Evocation, a Saison-style ale, and Resinate, an India Pale Ale, are available at local retailers.
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican and UNLV received $14,885 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in Washington, D.C. for the Engaging Terminally Ill Patients with Palliative Care project. It is one of 47 new community-building projects to receive funding from the institute.