Sunday, December 26, 2010

Phlebotomy Design by Bernstein & Associates, Architects

Bernstein and Associates, Architects is pleased to announce it has been hired to prepare a new phlebotomy design in New York.

This phlebotomy design project involves the design of phlebotomy exam rooms, and phlebotomy equipment rooms. Additional phlebotomy room design is being provided for a phlebotomy reception and phlebotomy waiting.

Additional phlebotomy consulting services include phlebotomy interior design, and phlebotomy equipment planning.

For Medical Office Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-medical-offices/


For more information about phlebotomy design, phlebotomy designs, phlebotomy interior design, and phlebotomy equipment purchases, please contact well-known healthcare design architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Phlebotomy Design in New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Phlebotomy Design in Connecticut:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Phlebotomy Design in New Jersey:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Phlebotomy Design in California:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Radiology Design by Bernstein and Associates, Architects in Boston, MA

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the completion of construction of a new outpatient radiology center, designed by the firm, in Boston, MA.

The project includes radiology planning and radiology room design of multiple radiology modalities including ultrasound room design, digital mammography room design and digital radiography room design. In addition, there is a separate women's center will have typical support space such as dressing rooms, offices, reception and waiting.

An important consideration in the design of this radiology renovation, is the requirement that the radiology center remain in continuous operation throughout the renovation. This requires careful consideration of the new radiology plan, in terms of how the radiology plan can be phased to allow the facility to remain in continuous operation.

The project was designed to reinforce the important role of the community health center in the health of the surrounding community.

About Bernstein and Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including radiology design and construction. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design. Amongst the firm’s specialty radiology consulting services are: radiology master plans, hospital radiology departments, outpatient radiology facilities, and radiology room design including: ct room design, MRI room design, mammography room design, linear accelerator room design, cat scan room design, and
nuclear medicine room design.

The firm’s radiology work has been published extensively.

For Radiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/

For further Information about planning, designing and building a state-of-the-art radiology facility, contact Bernstein and Associates, Architects:

Radiology Office Design in New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Saturday, December 25, 2010

New Endoscopy Office Design

New Endoscopy Office Design by Bernstein & Associates, Architects

Bernstein and Associates, Architects is pleased to announce it has been hired to prepare a new Endoscopy office design in New York.

This Endoscopy office design project involves the design of Endoscopy operatories, Endoscopy exam rooms, and Endoscopy procedure rooms. Additional Endoscopy room design is being provided for an Endoscopy prep room, Endoscopy recovery room, Endoscopy offices, Endoscopy reception and Endoscopy waiting.

Additional Endoscopy consulting services include Endoscopy interior design, Endoscopy equipment planning, Endoscopy equipment bidding, and Endoscopy equipment procurement.

For Endoscopy Office Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-endoscopy/

For more information about Endoscopy office design, Endoscopy office designs, Endoscopy interior design, and Endoscopy equipment purchases, please contact well-known healthcare design architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Endoscopy Office Design in New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Endoscopy Office Design in Connecticut:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Endoscopy Office Design in New Jersey:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Endoscopy Office Design in California:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Dental Office Design

New Dental Office Design by Bernstein & Associates, Architects

Bernstein and Associates, Architects is pleased to announce it has been hired to prepare a new dental office design in New York.

This dental office design project involves the design of dental operatories, dental exam rooms, and dental procedure rooms. Additional dental room design is being provided for a Panorex room, dental sterilization center (aka dental steri-center), dental prep room, dental recovery room, dental offices, dental reception and dental waiting.

Additional dental consulting services include dental interior design, dental equipment planning, dental equipment bidding, and dental equipment procurement.

For Dental Office Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-dental/

For more information about dental office design, dental office designs, dental interior design, and dental equipment purchases, please contact well-known dental office design architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Dental Office Design in New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Dental Office Design in Connecticut:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Dental Office Design in New Jersey:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Dental Office Design in California:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Healthcare Design for Rehabilitation Medicine

Rehabilitation Medicine Construction Scheduled for 2011

Healthcare design firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that a Rehabilitation Medicine facility is scheduled to go into construction in 2011.

The project includes a large, outpatient detox treatment facility. The project’s healthcare design addresses the needs of patients who need outpatient treatment for medical problems related to alcohol and substance abuse. Project components included rehabilitation medicine exam rooms and counseling rooms, as well as additional clinical and administrative support spaces.

Healthcare design consulting services will address best practices in healthcare design, state of the art healthcare technology utilization, patient safety in a healthcare facility, and maximizing the efficiency of a state of the art outpatient healthcare practice.

For Rehabilitation Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-rehabilitation-alcohol-narcotics-physical-therapy-occupational-therapy-recreation-therapy/

For more information about the design, architecture and engineering of state-of-the-art rehabilitation medicine design, including the design of outpatient detox and substance abuse facilities, please contact well-known healthcare design architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Healthcare Design in New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Email: info@bernarch.com

Healthcare Design in Connecticut:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
Email: info@bernarch.com

Healthcare Design in New Jersey:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Email: info@bernarch.com

Healthcare Design in California:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
Email: info@bernarch.com

Friday, December 24, 2010

Occupational Therapy Design News Release

Occupational Therapy Design

Bernstein and Associates, Architects is pleased to announce it has been selected to design a new hospital-based occupational therapy suite in Westchester, NY.

For Occupational Therapy Design see,
http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-rehabilitation-alcohol-narcotics-physical-therapy-occupational-therapy-recreation-therapy/

For more information about the design, architecture and engineering of state-of-the-art occupational therapy suites, please contact well-known occupational therapy architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Occupational Therapy Design in New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Occupational Therapy Design in Connecticut:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Occupational Therapy Design in New Jersey:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Occupational Therapy Design in California:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Gross Anatomy Lab Design and Construction

Gross Anatomy Lab Design Considerations

Gross Anatomy Lab Design Stresses Functionality, Durability, and Flexibility

Gross Anatomy lab design requires a thorough understanding of the unique needs and challenges of a large space where medical and allied healthcare profession students learn about physiology through actual, physical dissection. Imagine an environment where you have 100 Gross Anatomy students, working in one large room, on multiple dissections, and you will start to envision the challenges facing an architect of a Gross Anatomy lab.

So well-known lab design architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects, approached the design of a new university Gross Anatomy lab with a view to creating a state-of-the-art lab that would meet the particular needs of this university lab building type.

The first step in the lab design process was a careful look at the existing Gross Anatomy lab. The reason? First to evaluate the pluses and minuses of the existing lab. And second, because the new lab was proposed for the same location as the existing lab, it was important to determine how the new lab could be built in a way that would minimize the period of time that the university would not have a functioning gross anatomy lab.

Following the due diligence of looking at existing conditions, the architect drew up a written Program, summarizing the room-by-room requirements of the lab. Once approved, there were numerous lab design meetings with the university administration and the Gross Anatomy lab department, to review adjacency and flow concepts, as well as the appropriate size for each of the lab components.

The design of the Gross Anatomy lab that resulted, incorporates the following lab components in a logical relationship and room-to-room flow: the main anatomy lab itself with 25 worktables designed for 6 students at each table, male and female locker rooms, faculty office, virtual Gross Anatomy computer lab, general storage room and AV storage room.

The overall finishes of the lab space are designed for maximum durability. Within the lab, there are two plumbing hose bibs, to allow the university to bring in spray washers and spray wash the entire lab space, including floors, walls and ceilings. This potential water saturation of all surfaces dictated not only an extensive floor drain system, but also waterproof surfaces and light fixtures, as well as ground fault interrupters on all electrical outlets.

The mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems are sophisticated, in keeping with the demanding nature of Gross Anatomy lab usage. The HVAC system is designed as a laminar flow system, with air distributed from the ceiling and exhausted through low returns in the wall (similar to the HVAC design of operating rooms and clean rooms). All of the electrical as mentioned had to be waterproof, including flex-coil outlets suspended from the ceiling. The plumbing system is critical for hand-washing, instrument washing, and drainage of the entire space in a safe manner. Lighting in particular was developed with multiple lighting levels, to allow alternmate uses of the space requiring high vs. low ambient lighting levels.

All-in-all, state-of-the-art Gross Anatomy lab, resulting from careful study of this university lab building type, as well as close coordination between architect, engineer, university administration and Gross Anatomy lab teaching staff.

For Lab Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-laboratories/

For more information about the design, architecture and engineering of state-of-the-art Gross Anatomy labs, including the design of virtual Gross Anatomy labs, please contact well-known lab architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Assoc. Architects - PLLC
(Lab planning, lab design, lab architecture, and lab engineering)
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Hospital Design Expert Witness Services

Attorneys who litigate cases involving hospital design are increasingly obtaining their expert witness services for hospital design from Bernstein & Associates, Architects

Recent Hospital Design Cases Where Expert Witness Services have been provided include: a Medical Office Building in Brooklyn, NY; an Acute Care Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina; a Dialysis Center in New York, NY, an Acute Care Hospital in Charlotte, NC, and an Outpatient Surgery Center in Long Island, NY.

The Hospital Design Expert Witness division of Bernstein & Associates, Architects offers a full range of expert analysis and expert witness services related to hospital design and hospital design. The hospital design expert witness services provided by Bernstein & Associates, Architects include hospital design expert witness analysis, hospital design expert witness report, and hospital design expert witness testimony on: hospital design archive records, hospital design building codes, hospital design change orders, hospital design code and standards research, hospital design codes, hospital design bid documents, hospital design contract documents, hospital design contract drawings, hospital design cost estimates, hospital design depositions, hospital design drawing exhibits, hospital design drawings, hospital design expert report, hospital design expert reports, hospital design field conditions, hospital design hospital design fire-rated design assemblies, hospital design industry standards, manufacturer's project, hospital design meeting minutes, hospital design payment requests, hospital design progress schedules, hospital design project files, hospital design project file documents, hospital design submittal logs, hospital design technical investigations, and hospital design technical reports.

Hospital design expert William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, PMI, CSI, AIA is the President of Bernstein & Associates, Architects and the head of its hospital design expert witness division. Mr. Bernstein is a well-known expert in hospital design, and leads a team of licensed architects, engineers and contractors with an average of twenty years experience in the expert witness industry. Bernstein & Associates, Architects provides a comprehensive hospital design expert witness solution for design and design industry cases.

For Hospital Design Expert Witness Services see, http://bernarch.com/hospital-design-expert-witness/

For more information on hospital design expert witness services, contact:

New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Emergency Department Design Trends

Emergency Department Design Trends - New Article to be Published

Well known hospital architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on current emergency department (ED) design trends. Topics discussed include:

- Trends in ED patient type and volume.
- How to start the ED design process.
- The impact of built-in design flexibility on ED longevity and quality of care.
- Different types of ED layouts.
- Advantages of “linear” and “pod” ED layouts.
- Prerequisites for a successful pod layout.
- Trends towards standardized exam rooms and “flexible-use planning”.
- Trends away from departmentally dedicated spaces within the ED.
- How to design and equip a flexible-use exam room.
- Specialties which need individualized spaces.
- Pre-admission rooms and pre-release observation units.
- The basics of Lean design guidelines.
- How to perform a pre-design Lean analysis.
- Advantages of optimizing workflow as the first step of the design process.
- Input required for a successful Lean analysis.
- The importance of minimizing cross-traffic and walking distances.
- The importance of promoting patient calm and comfort.
- The balance between visibility and patient privacy.
- Lighting considerations.
- Shielding of entryways for ambulance patients.
- Designing family and visitor-friendly exam rooms.
- The importance of proper technology selection.
- Self-service kiosks for registration and other purposes.
- The advantages of wireless PC technology linked to the ED network.
- The use of RFID tags and scanners to track patients and instantly update records.
- Importance of designing for possible disaster capacity scenarios.
- Inclusion of multiple entry portals for disaster situations.
- Isolated entrances for contaminated patients.
- Independent power and water systems.
- Engineering and support “modules” to enable more effective quarantine.
- Requirement for air-isolation rooms.
- Using waiting and parking spaces as care spaces in dire situations.

© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of hospital architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart hospital renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals

For more information about emergency department design, emergency department planning, emergency department architecture, and emergency department interior design, go to http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-emergency-departments/. Or please contact:

Hospital Architects in New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 59 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hospital Architects in Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hospital Architects in Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 Email: info@bernarch.com

Hospital Architects in Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 1405 Woodruff Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024
Email: info@bernarch.com

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Ambulatory Surgery Center Design

Ambulatory Surgery Center Design by Bernstein & Associates Architects

Healthcare Design News Release

Design of a new ambulatory surgery center is a new project underway at healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects.

Ambulatory surgery centers are healthcare facilities, based outside of a hospital, usually owned by a physician’s group, where patients undergo surgical procedures which can be done on an outpatient basis, and do not require an overnight stay. However, ambulatory surgery centers are highly technical, highly regulated facilities, with many requirements and checkpoints to maximize patient safety.

The ambulatory surgery center program revolves around the operating rooms. There are Class A operating rooms, Class B operating rooms and Class C operating rooms --- each addressing different surgical parameters, and each involving different technical and regulatory requirements. Additional ASU program elements are the patient prep areas, patient recovery areas, clean utility, soiled utility, clinical staff support areas, patient support areas, and administrative support areas.

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates Architects is approaching the design of this ambulatory surgery center with an eye towards patient safety, patient comfort, staff comfort and efficiency, and current ASU regulatory requirements. Additional areas the firm is focusing on are: flexibility, future growth, future changes in this area, security, and ergonomics.

Ambulatory surgery center design consulting services provided by Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) will address best practices in healthcare design, state of the art healthcare technology utilization, patient safety in a healthcare facility, and maximizing the efficiency of a state of the art outpatient healthcare practice.

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About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare interior design, healthcare design, healthcare design, healthcare architecture, medical office design, medical office interior design, healthcare interior design, medical interior design and health care interior design.

The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design.

With healthcare design offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles, Bernstein & Associates, Architects is known for innovative healthcare planning, healthcare design, healthcare architecture and healthcare interior design.

For Ambulatory Surgery Center Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-ambulatory-surgery-centers/

Additional ways to follow the firm's healthcare design philosophy and healthcare design news, is through the firm’s healthcare design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s healthcare design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
For more information about healthcare planning, healthcare architecture, and healthcare interior design, please contact:

Healthcare Design in New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
www.bernarch.com

Healthcare Design in Connecticut:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
www.bernarch.com

Healthcare Design in New Jersey:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
www.bernarch.com

Healthcare Design in California:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
www.bernarch.com

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Electronic Medical Records Department Design

Electronic Medical Records Department Design by Bernstein & Associates Architects

Hospital Design News Release

Design of a new electronic medical records department is a new project underway at hospital architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects.

Electronic medical records are of course the future of hospital record keeping, and the subject of numerous government programs supporting this initiative. Although much attention has been paid to the software component of EMR, less has been paid to the question of ow to design an electronic medical records department.

Hospital architecture firm Bernstein & Associates Architects is approaching the design of this new electronic medical department with one eye to current EMR department needs, and another eye to the future of EMR department needs. Amongst the areas the firm is focusing on are: flexibility, future growth, future changes in this area, security, ergonomics, and privacy vs. collaborative active amongst the EMR department employees.

EMR design consulting services provided by Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) will address best practices in hospital design, state of the art hospital technology utilization, patient safety in a hospital facility, and maximizing the efficiency of a state of the art outpatient hospital practice.

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About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this hospital architecture firm specializes in hospital interior design, hospital design, hospital design, hospital architecture, medical office design, medical office interior design, hospital interior design, medical interior design and health care interior design.

The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known hospital architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art hospital design.

With hospital design offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles, Bernstein & Associates, Architects is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design.

Additional ways to follow the firm's hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com , as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact:

Hospital Design in New York (Headquarters):

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hospital Design in Connecticut:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hospital Design in New Jersey:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hospital Design in California:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Clinical Lab Design

Clinical Lab Design Trends - New Article to be Published

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on current clinical lab design trends. Topics discussed include:

-Advantages of open lab layouts.
-The importance of flexibility in lab design.
-The importance of designing for future increased capacity.
-Cost/benefit analysis of laboratory automation.
-Selecting between total lab automation (TLA) and modular automation.
-Consolidating processes and services through automation.
-Customizing services using automated modules.
-Examples of specific automated products available today.
-The need for electromagnetic interference studies prior to automation.
-The use of a separate automated track for STAT samples.
-The best layout for an automated lab.
-The fundamental goals of Lean.
-How to apply lean to the clinical laboratory environment.
-Types of analyses needed for a pre-design Lean study.
-Examples of Lean-based design ideas.
-Optimal organization of an individual workcell according to Lean.
-The competitive advantage offered by Lean.

For Lab Design see, http://bernarch.com/laboratory-design/

© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), a healthcare and laboratory architecture firm founded in 2000, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning and design, including innovative laboratory planning and design. Mr. Bernstein is also the president of Empire Projects, Inc. (www.empireprojects.com, a healthcare project management firm) and Equipment Planning, Inc. (www.equipmentplanning.org, healthcare and lab equipment planning). Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hospitals.

For more information about lab design, lab planning, lab architecture, and lab interior design, please contact:

New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 59 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011 T: 212-463-8200 F: 212-463-9898 Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103 T: 860-616-2200 F: 860-616-0018 Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 T: 609-309-7005 F: 609-309-7006 Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 1405 Woodruff Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024 T: 213-330-0340 F: 213-330-0450 Email: info@bernarch.com

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Mobile Hospital Design

Mobile Hospital Design - New Article to be Published

Designing Mobile Hospitals

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on design challenges and strategies for mobile hospitals, including hospital trailers, hospital ships or hospital boats, and airborne hospitals or hospital planes. Topics discussed include:

-Advantages and limitations of trailer-based facilities
-Designs to maximize patient capacity, operational efficiency, and organization in trailer hospitals
-Future large mobile hospitals comprised of specialized multi-trailer units
-Advantages and limitations of marine hospital platforms
-Changing roles of hospital ships
-Optimal size and hull design for a hospital ship
-The importance of near-shore anchoring and river navigation capability for hospital boats
-Utilization of a tent-based hospital shore facility to improve patient capacity
-Use of compartmentalization to decrease hospital ship deployment time and increase functionality
-Air handling and stability concerns pertaining to hospital ships
-Advantages and limitations of airborne hospitals and/or hospital planes
-Design differences between general care and specialty airborne hospitals
-Organizations of rooms within these hospitals planes
-Strategies to use limited fuselage space effectively in a hospital plane
-Security concerns for a hospital plane
-Managing the aircraft's center of gravity
-Air handling mechanisms to fight hospital infections
-The need for increased renal care capacity in all types of mobile hospitals
-Selecting equipment for a mobile hospital based on space and weight limitations
-The importance of carrying all hospital equipment necessary for basic mobile hospital operation
-The educational value of mobile hospitals
-How mobile hospitals can improve the quality of care for patients they do not directly treat
-Examples of mobile hospitals which have had success in the past, and analysis of the strategies which contributed to their success

© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specialized in hospital design and laboratory design. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable hospital facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.

For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals

For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects as follows:

New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200 / F: 212-463-9898 / Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200 / F: 860-616-0018 / Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005 / F: 609-309-7006 / Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340 / F: 213-330-0450 / Email: info@bernarch.com

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Hospital Design in the Developing World – New Article to be Published

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of an article on hospital design in the developing world. The article will be published in the Hospital Newspaper.

The article discusses the following points, as they apply in a developing world setting:

-The role hospitals play in medical education
-The unique organization and catchment areas of district hospitals and clinics
-The importance of planning for future growth
-Financial constraints which can hinder hospital construction and operation
-Why sustainability must be prioritized
-Factors that can affect hospital accessibility
-The advantages of utilizing passive air conditioning solutions
-How to maximize interior ventilation
-The impact of building shape on ventilation
-Designs used to maximize interior floor space as well as ventilation and sunlight penetration
-The impact of window placement on ventilation
-Using building orientation to change exposure conditions in extreme environments, thereby regulating temperature
-The use of greenery to direct airflow into a structure, improving ventilation
-The use of landscaping to regulate temperature and create a more stable microenvironment surrounding the hospital
-The use of secondary structures such as awnings to regulate temperature
-Room occupancy considerations
-The advantages and disadvantages of using an open ward design as opposed to one consisting of many smaller rooms
-How to organize hospital departments to allow for non-disruptive growth of the structure
-How the use of repetitive, undifferentiated blocks can promote flexibility
-Advantages of using local labor and construction materials
-Energy efficiency strategies for construction and building maintenance
-The impact of high and low-tech methods on sustainability
-Energy generation and water collection methods
-Considerations pertaining to disaster preparedness
-How architectural style can affect patient comfort and the effectiveness of care
-Past projects which have used the aforementioned design strategies to great effect

The article was written by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specialized in hospital design and laboratory design. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable hospital facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.

For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals

For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects as follows:

New York (Headquarters):
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Spine Institute Expansion Designed by Bernstein & Associates Architects Opens in New York

Healthcare Design News Release

For Immediate Release (04/01/10)

Spine Institute Expansion Designed by Healthcare Architect Opens in New York

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that an orthopedic facility providing pain management services for spine-related conditions, has opened in New York. The project’s healthcare design component involves the expansion of a prominent, existing Spine Institute. Project components included the design of a C-Arm suite for pain management, design of the orthopedic preparation and recovery area, as well as additional clinical and administrative support spaces.

Healthcare design consulting services will address best practices in healthcare design, state of the art healthcare technology utilization, patient safety in a healthcare facility, and maximizing the efficiency of a state of the art outpatient healthcare practice.

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About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare interior design, healthcare design, hospital design, hospital architecture, medical office design, medical office interior design, hospital interior design, medical interior design and health care interior design.

The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known hospital architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art hospital design.

With healthcare design offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles, Bernstein & Associates, Architects is known for innovative healthcare planning, healthcare design, healthcare architecture and healthcare interior design.

Additional ways to follow the firm's healthcare design philosophy and healthcare design news, is through the firm’s healthcare design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com , as well as the firm’s healthcare design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/healthcare

For Orthopedics Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-orthopedics/

For more information about healthcare planning, healthcare architecture, and healthcare interior design, please contact:

Healthcare Design in New York (Headquarters):

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Healthcare Design in Connecticut:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Healthcare Design in New Jersey:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Healthcare Design in California:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Pharmacy Architect Consults on Pharmacy in New York

For Immediate Release (03/30/10)

Pharmacy Architect Selected to Provide Pharmacy Design Consulting on New USP 797 Compliant Pharmacy in New York

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased that it has been selected to provide pharmacy design consulting for a new hospital in New York. Pharmacy design consulting services include: pharmacy plan review, pharmacy equipment review, and design review of the project to confirm compliance to USP 797.

The pharmacy project is a complete new pharmacy. The project includes all new USP 797 compliant anteroom, new USP 797 compliant hazardous compounding room, and new USP 797 compliant non-hazardous compounding room.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in healthcare and lab design and construction since the firm's founding in 1990. This architecture firm is well-known for pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy construction, including usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known architect of pharmacies. He has written extensively on pharmacy design and construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website www.usp797.org/, and his pharmacy design articles can be found on the pharmacy design website www.pharmacydesign.org.
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For USP 797 see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-usp-797-compliant-pharmacy-design-and-consulting/

For more information about healthcare and hospital design and construction, including pharmacy design and construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:

New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Behavioral Health Design Commission

For Immediate Release (03/25/10)

Behavioral Health Design Commission Awarded to Prominent Healthcare Architect

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the commission to provide behavioral health design services, as well as behavioral health planning services, for a large, free-standing behavioral health center in New York.

Behavioral health is an important part of the continuum of health care services in our society, and Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to be chosen the designer of this behavioral health facility.

The services provided include behavioral health master plan, design of comprehensive psychiatric emergency program (CPEP) services, inpatient behavioral health facilities, and outpatient behavioral health facilities. The focus of the design effort is to create a state-of-the-art behavioral health facility, focused on behavioral health patient safety, patient comfort, and best practices in behavioral health design. The focus on patient safety included a comprehensive effort to create a suicide resistant design, with a particular focus on areas that are reachable by the patient particularly in private areas such as bedrooms and bathrooms.

This state-of-the-art behavioral health facility promises to be a leading example of behavioral health planning and behavioral health design when complete.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including behavioral health planning and behavioral health design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and behavioral health architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design.

For Behavioral Health Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/

For further Information about planning and design of a behavioral health facilities, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A
New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Bernstein & Associates Awarded Design of New Nuclear Medicine Facility

For Immediate Release (03/20/10)

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates is pleased to announce the award of a new healthcare design commission to design a state of the art nuclear medicine facility, including a PetCT diagnostic treatment suite, in New York.

The design of this nuclear medicine facility will incorporate best radiology design practices, including patient flow, patient privacy, patient comfort, and patient safety. The nuclear medicine department will be designed as well to maximize staff efficiency. The environment will be designed to accommodate the PetCt imaging equipment, as well as the nuclear lab, special prep holding rooms, and other required support spaces.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and healthcare design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for healthcare, cost reduction strategies for healthcare, healthcare safety and patient safety.

With offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles, Bernstein & Associates, Architects is known for innovative healthcare planning, healthcare design, healthcare architecture and healthcare interior design.

For Radiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/

Additional ways to follow the firm's healthcare design philosophy and healthcare design news, is through the firm’s healthcare design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com , as well as the firm’s healthcare design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/healthcare
For more information about healthcare planning, healthcare architecture, and healthcare interior design, please contact:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

Healthcare Design Consulting Commission Awarded to Bernstein & Associates, Architects

For Immediate Release (03/10/10)

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide healthcare design consulting services on a prominent, new university health services facility involving student healthcare and radiology facility design.

Healthcare design consulting services will address best practices in healthcare design, state of the art healthcare technology utilization, patient safety in a healthcare facility, and maximizing the efficiency of a state of the art outpatient healthcare practice.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and healthcare design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for healthcare, cost reduction strategies for healthcare, healthcare safety and patient safety.

With offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles, Bernstein & Associates, Architects is known for innovative healthcare planning, healthcare design, healthcare architecture and healthcare interior design.

For Medical Office Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-medical-offices/

Additional ways to follow the firm's healthcare design philosophy and healthcare design news, is through the firm’s healthcare design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com , as well as the firm’s healthcare design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/healthcare

For more information about healthcare planning, healthcare architecture, and healthcare interior design, please contact:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Pharmacy Design Consulting Project to Bernstein & Associates, Architects

For Immediate Release (02/28/10)

Pharmacy Architect Selected to Provide Pharmacy Design Consulting on New USP 797 Compliant Pharmacy in New York

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased that it has been selected to provide pharmacy design consulting for a new hospital in New York. Pharmacy design consulting services include: pharmacy plan review, pharmacy equipment review, and design review of the project to confirm compliance to USP 797.

The pharmacy project is a complete new pharmacy. The project includes all new USP 797 compliant anteroom, new USP 797 compliant hazardous compounding room, and new USP 797 compliant non-hazardous compounding room.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in healthcare and lab design and construction since the firm's founding in 1990. This architecture firm is well-known for pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy construction, including usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known architect of pharmacies. He has written extensively on pharmacy design and construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website www.usp797.org/, and his pharmacy design articles can be found on the pharmacy design website www.pharmacydesign.org.

For Pharmacy Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/

For more information about healthcare and hospital design and construction, including pharmacy design and construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:

New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Hospital Design - A Smart Renovation Approach

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new hospital design article focused on a smart renovation approach. The article was published in the Hospital Newspaper.

Highlights of this hospital architecture article :

- The meaning of the term “smart renovation”
- How to increase efficiency and create a healthier hospital building for the patients, staff, and the environment
- Often a synonym for “green renovation”
- Best way to cut hospital energy costs is to use smarter hospital design to utilize water, electricity, and fuels more efficiently
- Healthier workplaces and homes can also result in healthier, more productive staff, visitors and owners
- “Retro-commission” of hospital architecture
- Reasons to utilize green design in hospital planing
- Green renovations, by increasing the efficiency of existing lighting and HVAC systems, cost the consumer considerably less to maintain.
- U.S. Federal Government has jumped on the green renovation bandwagon.
- There are numerous ways that hospital architects can design a hospital can be improved to reduce costs and lessen environmental impact.
- Hospital Lighting Cost Reduction: better lighting is one of the easiest ways to cut costs. - Basic improvements include fluorescent light bulbs, motion sensors to turn lights off when not needed, light sensors to dim the lights when natural lighting is sufficient, and individual desk lamps in place of overhead lighting.
- Break the lighting grid of hospital buildings into more sections so workers only need to turn on the necessary overhead lights.
- A design technique for a hospital architects to use natural lighting more
- Hospital HVAC Cost Reduction: installing better insulation and sealing heat leaks (which are found using an infra-red scanner,) fixing faulty mechanisms within the HVAC systems, and installing better-sealed windows, radiant in-floor heating, machines for recovering heat from used hot water, ventilation controls for individual desks, and programmable thermostats, energy-efficient appliances and hands-free faucets, which can be charged by ambient light.
- Some of the most popular and extravagant green ideas are solar panels and wind turbines for supplemental energy, geo-thermal heating, and Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs,) but these are all large investments.
- A number of hospitals have reaped the rewards of investing in better light and climate conditions and have seen huge returns on this investment.
- Smart renovations may mean adapting to modern technologies as well.
- The emphasis on smart design for hospitals and smart renovation for hospitals has been a growing trend in recent years.
- Implications for hospital plans
- For hospital facilities, the same rules apply as they do for other buildings. The facility must have room for, and money to fund, the necessary hospital planning. Surface changes to a medical facility can have a large impact, though, and shouldn’t be overlooked. Working to improve lighting conditions can make medical professionals’ jobs much easier and make the hospital experience friendlier and healthier for patients. Also, careful troubleshooting of HVAC systems can save a facility a significant amount of money.
- In terms of improving workflow, it can be a difficult but rewarding process for medical facilities. - With the new digital technologies, radiology rooms and other parts of hospitals can and should be decentralized to facilitate access to important medical information.
- Pneumatic tubing for the easy distribution of drugs is another way that hospitals can speed up many processes to save time and labor and, therefore, money.

© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Ian Janer. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.

For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals/

For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact:

William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Hospice Interior Design Commission Awarded to Prominent Healthcare Architecture Firm

Hospice News Release

For Immediate Release (02/11/10)

Architect Receives New Hospice Interior Design Commission

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the commission to provide hospice interior design services, as well as hospice furniture selection, for a state-of-the-art hospice being built in New York.

The hospice movement is an important part of the continuum of health care services in our society, and Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to be chosen the designer of these hospice interiors.

The hospice facility design includes the private hospice bedrooms, hospice sitting areas, and hospice bathrooms. Public hospice spaces to be designed include hospice reception, hospice great room, and hospice dining room. Additional hospice program areas include a hospice spa and hospice study areas.

Hospice interior design services include: hospice flooring materials, hospice wall coverings and hospice finishes, hospice hardware, hospice tile layout, hospice kitchen and hospice panty areas, hospice plumbing fixtures, hospice window treatment design and fabric selection, hospice bedding fabrics, hospice lighting fixtures, hospice furniture, and hospice color scheme.

This state-of-the-art hospice promises to be a leading example of hospice planning and hospice design when complete.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including hospice planning and hospice design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design.

For Hospice Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospices/

For further Information about planning and design of a hospice, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A
New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.comW: www.bernarch.com

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Architect Receives New Cardiac Center Commission

For Immediate Release (02/07/10)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design a new cardiac center --- for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, ablations and other cardiovascular interventions --- within a prominent hospital in New York.

The project includes cardiology planning and cardiology design of multiple Electrophysiology (EP) Labs, including the incorporation of Stereotaxis equipment, which allows for remote magnetic navigation. The arrhythmia center design includes a cardiology procedure wing, cardiology prep/recovery wing, cardiology reception/waiting, cardiology office wing, and cardiology education wing.

The planning of the cardiology procedure wing allows for: four Electrophysiology (EP) Labs, including the remote navigation equipment by Stereotaxis as indicated, as well as typical patient and staff support. The planning required for this cardiac equipment required coordination amongst numerous parties.

The design of the cardiology prep/recovery wing allows for the proper ratio of prep/recovery beds to procedure rooms, as well as nursing station, nourishment station, clean utility, soiled utility, and other typical support spaces.

The design of the arrhythmia center waiting/reception includes a reception area, waiting for arrhythmia patients and their families, arrhythmia patient education center, pantry and consulting.

This state-of-the-art arrhythmia center has been featured on the cardiology business website www.cardiologybusiness.com), as well as the Hospital Newspaper. It promises to be a leading example of arrhythmia center planning and design when complete.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including cardiology planning and cardiology design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design. Amongst the firm’s specialty cardiology consulting services are: design of arrhythmia center master plans, design of hospital arrhythmia center departments, design of outpatient arrhythmia center facilities, and design of arrhythmia center room design including remote navigation system equipment by Stereotaxis.

For Cardiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-cardiology/

For further Information about planning and design of an arrhythmia center, cardiology department, and/or cardiology clinics, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A
New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Saturday, February 6, 2010

New Radiology Design Article Published

For Immediate Release (11/15/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new radiology design article focused on universal room design. The article was published in Hospital Newspaper.

Highlights of this radiology planning article :

Differing requirements for detailed medical equipment specifications by architect and client, especially in terms of schedule of medical equipment purchase
- Healthcare clients need flexibility in the timing of their medical equipment purchase
- Impact on design and construction process of changes to medical equipment specs
- Some equipment spec changes impact project more than others
- In general, the later the change in spec, the greater the potential impact
- Medical equipment changes during a construction project: small and early is good, big and late is bad.
- Option for mitigating impact of equipment changes on a healthcare construction project
- “Universal Room” concept for minimizing impact of changes to medical equipment
- Methodology for Universal Room design process
- Pluses and minuses of the “Universal Room” concept
- Types of room design that could benefit from this unique approach to medical equipment planning: ct room design, radiology room design, mri design, mammography design
linear accelerator design, mri room design, nuclear medicine design, cat scan design
mammography room design, linear accelerator room design

The above article was written by radiology architect William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, of the well-known healthcare design and hospital design firm of Bernstein & Associates, Architects. The firm’s principle, Mr. Bernstein, is a well-known architect and radiology consultant in radiology department planning and design. Mr. Bernstein is a graduate of the Yale University School of Architecture, who has specialized in healthcare design and construction for over 30 years.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.

For Radiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/

For more information about radiology department planning, design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.comwww.bernarch.com

Friday, January 1, 2010

Pharmacy Design Architect Featured in List of USP 797 Consultants

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, a nationally known healthcare design and hospital design architect, is pleased to announce that the firm has been featured for their usp 797 design expertise, in a list of usp 797 consultants in the November 2009 issue of Pharmacy Purchasing & Products.

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is well-known for pharmacy plans, pharmacy designs, pharmacy interior design, and pharmacy architecture, including a sub-specialty in pharmacy 797 projects. This pharmacy design group has designed over twenty new usp 797 compliant pharmacies, pharmacy renovations, and pharmacy relocations in the past five years. The firm is featured on the pharmacy design website, www.pharmacydesign.org, and the usp 797 website, www.usp797.org. The firm's principal architect --- William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy planner. He has written extensively on pharmacy design and pharmacy construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's pharmacy design articles can be found on www.pharmacydesign.org, and his usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website www.usp797.org.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in the following areas since the firm’s founding in 1990: healthcare design, hospital design, medical design, medical office design, healthcare architects, hospital architecture, health care design, healthcare architecture, hospital buildings, and healthcare interior design. Amongst the firm’s healthcare design specialties is
. This architecture firm is well-known for the planning, design and construction of pharmacies, including usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy architect who has written extensively on pharmacy design and construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website http://www.usp797.org/.

For Pharmacy Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/

For more information about healthcare architecture and healthcare interior design, hospital, including pharmacy layout design and pharmacy architecture, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212.463.8200
Fax: 212.463.9898
email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com