An emerging best practice for behavioral health environments is to design spaces that minimize or eliminate areas where patients are secluded or restrained. The aim is to develop an environment.....READ MORE
Behavioral healthcare remains an underfunded service line, and Array strives to promote the important work of our clients who are focusing on this stigmatized specialty. In recent years, we’ve worked...
...READ MORETopics: Behavioral Health Design, pediatric design
Recently, Pat Malick and I were invited to present a webinar sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and their Academy of Architecture for Health. We focused the presentation around our.....READ MORE
Topics: Pediatrics, Behavioral Health Design, webinar
In recent years, Mt. Sinai Health System identified an increased need for behavioral health services in the neighborhoods of Morningside Heights and Harlem, which surround the St. Luke’s campus. To.....READ MORE
Topics: Behavioral Health Design, pediatric design, school-based therapy
In my previous post, I described the importance of Experience Mapping and my realization that if we would have filled the behavior and resource gaps, we could have achieved an even more robust...
...READ MORETopics: Evidence Based Design (EBD), patient experience, Behavioral Health Design
I was introduced to healthcare architecture while contributing to the completion of a new adult inpatient behavioral center that redefined how a patient’s environment of care can enhance their.....READ MORE
Across the US, the demand for inpatient behavioral health services continues to surge, particularly within the child and adolescent demographic. According to a CDC/NCHS study, 6% of youth ages 12 to.....READ MORE
Topics: Pediatrics, Behavioral Health Design
The FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction has been used for decades to implement minimum standards for healthcare buildings. What began as a federal document to implement Congressional.....READ MORE
Topics: FGI, Behavioral Health Design
This blog was featured in MC+D's December 2018 E-Newsletter. Read that version here.
As part of a multi-site Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) for Mercy Health, Array converted a shuttered med/surg.....READ MORE
Topics: Patient Environment, case study, Behavioral Health Design
In an effort to provide a full spectrum of health services to each of its communities, Mercy Health System identified Behavioral Health as a priority service line for improvement. As mentioned in the
...READ MORETopics: Cost Reduction Strategies, bulk purchasing, Behavioral Health Design
