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# Welcome to our Knowledge Community

## [Top 8 Considerations When Redesigning MRI Suites](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/top-8-considerations-when-redesigning-mri-suites)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Dec 23, 2014

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Featured in [HealthTechZone.com](http://www.healthtechzone.com/topics/healthcare/articles/2014/12/12/395126-top-8-considerations-when-redesigning-mri-suites.htm), December 2014

[Magnetic resonance imaging](https://ispub.com/IJRA/11/1/10637) (MRI) examinations have been an important diagnostic tool since the first commercial MRI became available in 1981. [\[1\]](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/hospitals#_ftn1),[\[2\]](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/topic/hospitals#_ftn2)

..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/top-8-considerations-when-redesigning-mri-suites)

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## [Atria - from Courtyard to Front Door and Other Places Inbetween](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/atria-from-courtyard-to-front-door-and-other-places-in-between)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Feb 21, 2014

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An Atrium, as technically defined by the International Building Code (IBC) is an opening within a building connecting two or more stories, other than enclosed stairways, elevators, hoist ways,..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/atria-from-courtyard-to-front-door-and-other-places-in-between)

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## [Adapting for the Future](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/adapting-for-the-future)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on May 07, 2013

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As an architect working for Array, with their focus exclusively on healthcare, I am very interested in how the technological advances in medicine are influencing the design of hospitals. I had the..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/adapting-for-the-future)

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## [ACA Reform: Patients have Higher Expectations for Healthcare Settings](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/aca-reform-patients-have-higher-expectations-for-healthcare-settings)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Apr 11, 2013

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***By Kristin Zeit, Editor-in-Chief Healthcare Design***

As more and more patients prefer retail health such as alternative medicine and healing options for their medical treatments, the trend toward fewer..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/aca-reform-patients-have-higher-expectations-for-healthcare-settings)

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## [Beyond the Healing Garden](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/beyond-the-healing-garden)

 Posted by [Kent Doss](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/kent-doss) on Apr 05, 2013

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***Healing the Body by Healing the Earth as Part of a Comprehensive Cancer Program***

*Featured by Medical Construction + Design in February 2014.*

The term “biophilia,” which literally translates as “love..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/beyond-the-healing-garden)

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## [Lean Applied to Designing a Dialysis Unit](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/lean-applied-to-designing-a-dialysis-unit)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Oct 17, 2012

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Recently engaged to design a new Dialysis Unit for a large New York City Hospital, Array approached the client to see if they would be open to us observing clinicians in the workspace to gain an..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/lean-applied-to-designing-a-dialysis-unit)

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## [How the Proposed Revisions to the 2014 FGI Guidelines Will Affect Behavioral Health](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/how-the-proposed-revisions-to-the-2014-fgi-guidelines-will-affect-behavioral-health-part-1)

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Many of the changes to Chapter 2.5 for the design of Psychiatric Facilities are benign.There are a few subtle wording changes that do affect the meaning of the sections of the Guidelines they alter,..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/how-the-proposed-revisions-to-the-2014-fgi-guidelines-will-affect-behavioral-health-part-1)

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## [Avoiding the Landfill: Upcycling/Recycling in Healthcare Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/avoiding-the-landfill-upcyclingrecycling-in-healthcare-design)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Oct 05, 2012

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There are so many methods to deal with construction waste these days that it can make your head spin.Have you really stopped to think about what happens to all of that stuff once it leaves your site?..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/avoiding-the-landfill-upcyclingrecycling-in-healthcare-design)

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## [Greater Efficiency and Savings Through Observation Unit Utilization](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/greater-efficiency-and-savings-through-observation-unit-utilization)

 Posted by [Guest Contributor](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/guest-contributor) on Sep 28, 2012

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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](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/greater-efficiency-and-savings-through-observation-unit-utilization)

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## [IMMERSIVE DESIGN: Enhancing the Emotional Content of Lean Design](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/immersive-design-enhancing-the-emotional-content-of-lean-design)

 Posted by [Kent Doss](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/author/kent-doss) on Sep 28, 2012

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*The text below is a condensed version of Kent Doss’s White Paper, “IMMERSIVE DESIGN: Enhancing the Emotional Content of Lean Design.”*

The operational (and associated long-term fiscal) benefits of..[...READ MORE](https://blog.array-architects.com/kc/immersive-design-enhancing-the-emotional-content-of-lean-design)

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