How do you ensure patient and staff safety, operational capabilities and an acceptable visitor experience during the renovation of your healthcare facility? Whether your organization is worried about.....READ MORE
An academic medical center/medical school in Dallas tasked my team with renovating its medical student study carrels. This project includes approximately 20,000 SF of interior renovation of six.....READ MORE
Topics: renovation, mock-ups
Often, when a client is moving a physician group to new space, we, as designers, need to move very quickly to have the desired space move-in ready so there is no disruption of patient services. I.....READ MORE
Topics: renovation, Design Challenges, Building Conditions
Featured in HealthTechZone.com, December 2014
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations have been an important diagnostic tool since the first commercial MRI became available in 1981. [1],[2]
Topics: technology, renovation, hospitals, MRI
Published in Medical Construction & Design, January 2014
The many benefits of caring for patients within a private room have been proven for decades.
Often, the benefits may be clear, but the...
...READ MORETopics: Planning, Architecture, Lean, Healthcare Design, renovation, Patient Environment, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
Recent studies in Health Affairs (1) and supported by the Advisory Board Company (2) express the efficiency of using observation units. These units can be more efficient for providing care to certain.....READ MORE
Topics: Planning, Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), renovation, hospitals, Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Advisory Services, Emergency Services
Impact of Millwork Design
When designing the interiors of a healthcare facility, there are a myriad of opportunities to create, affect and improve the experience, functionality and outcomes for all.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, renovation, hospitals, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
While Building Information Modeling (BIM) is widely accepted as a means to improve our construction documents and aid in field coordination, I saw little value to my teams during the early design.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Healthcare Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), renovation, hospitals, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Architects, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare, Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD)
Healthcare facilities can be places of great hope and healing. Through their design they can offer patients, family members and staff access to restorative spaces, nature, respite and community all.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, renovation, hospitals, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Architects, Healthcare, Integrated Project Design/Delivery (IPD)
I believe strongly in the healing power of art. I recently had the opportunity to revisit one of Array’s projects that opened back in November. It was incredibly rewarding to hear the hospital’s.....READ MORE
Topics: Architecture, Specialty Architecture, Healthcare Design, Interior Design, Affordable Care Act (ACA), renovation, hospitals, Exterior Design, Architects, Art and Healthcare, Continuous Improvement, Healthcare
