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Trends in Offsite Laboratories for Growing Health Systems

Posted by Guest Contributor on Aug 18, 2016

As healthcare systems expand their reach and acquire more hospitals, the case for the development of offsite or independent laboratories is becoming increasingly viable to institutions

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Topics: Collaboration, Laboratory Design

Overbuild Project: Unlimited Questions, Limitless Design Opportunities

Posted by Guest Contributor on Aug 05, 2016

When the need arises for a healthcare system to expand its real estate, realign its programmatic adjacencies or analyze its lack of available land for expansion, the ensuing conversations may..

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Topics: Healthcare Design, Project Considerations

Pausing to Reflect on the Importance of Knowledge Sharing

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jul 28, 2016

Array's healthcare industry experts understand and embrace the movement to share information for mass consumption. Easily digestible blogs, in-depth videos, quick-hitting podcasts and the like are..

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Topics: Knowledge Sharing, Management Series, video

Infusing Efficiency in a Lab with No Downtime

Posted by Wendy Jaffe on Jul 19, 2016

A hospital laboratory is one department which is relied upon by almost every other department throughout the facility. There is often no time for downtime, which results in complicated construction..

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Topics: Operations Improvement, Laboratory Design

Innovative Practices: an Emerging Professional’s Outlook on Firm Culture

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jul 08, 2016

Featured in the Fall 2016 issue of The American Institute of Architecture Students' CRIT Magazine.

During the 2016 AIA Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I had the opportunity to serve as a..

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Topics: mentor, firm culture

Keep on Swimming: an Artist’s Journey to Public Space Mural Design

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jul 01, 2016

As an artist, photographer and designer for 35+ years, I’ve developed a broad range of creative skills across multiple media for a variety of healthcare, educational, informational, corporate and..

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Topics: Art and Healthcare, Environmental Graphic Design, Kimak Design

The Time is Now for Array Facility Informatics

Posted by Guest Contributor on Jun 17, 2016

Over the past few years, it has become my advanced position that reality can be captured, augmented and made virtual through big data to create a digital mirror of the physical world and maintained..

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Topics: Building Information Modeling (BIM), Building Informatics

Experience Design in Senior Behavioral Healthcare

Posted by Stephanie Story on Jun 06, 2016

Many of us will need to evaluate senior care for a loved one at some point in our adult lives. We also may need there to be a behavioral health component as part of that care model. My intuition of..

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Topics: Interior Design, patient experience, Behavioral Health Design

Continuous Improvement Opportunities with Healthcare Door Hardware

Posted by Jonathan Bykowski on May 12, 2016

Doors, their hardware, and access control are critical components of all healthcare projects. New construction or renovation, the complexity of healthcare can been seen in the doors. As a result,..

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Topics: Continuous Improvement, video, door hardware

New Care Model for Veterans' Outpatient Behavioral Healthcare

Posted by Guest Contributor on May 04, 2016

As a healthcare architect, I am often on-site at hospitals and health centers. Most projects give me the opportunity to get to know the facility’s staff and experience a bit of their day-to-day. One..

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Topics: veterans affairs, Behavioral Health Design

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