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Medical Office Design for Radiology Practice

2011-11-30T03:41:00.001-08:00

A medical office design for a radiology practice is underway at healthcare architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects. See http://www.bernarch.com/Healthcare-Radiology.htm for more information about radiology office design.

This radiology office suite in New York is focused on outpatient radiology, and includes multiple radiology exam rooms, radiology consulting offices, and radiology support spaces.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

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

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

New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Medical Office Design for Cardiology Practice

2011-11-30T03:35:00.000-08:00

A medical office design for a cardiology practice is underway at healthcare architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects. See http://www.bernarch.com/Healthcare-cardiac_cath.htm for more information about cardiology office design.

This cardiology office suite in New York is focused on outpatient cardiology, and includes multiple cardiology exam rooms, cardiology consulting offices, and cardiology support spaces.

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 cardiology design.

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

New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Medical Office Design for Rehabilitation Medicine

2011-11-30T03:00:00.000-08:00

A medical office design for rehabilitation medicine, prepared by Bernstein & Associates, Architects, recently completed the construction phase, and is now fully occupied and successfully functioning. See http://www.bernarch.com/Healthcare-Rehabilitation.htm for more information about rehab medicine design.

This rehabilitation medicine facility in New York is focused on outpatient detox, and includes multiple rehab exam rooms, rehab consulting offices, and rehab medicine support spaces.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including rehab medicine planning and rehab medicine 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 rehab medicine design.

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

New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Laboratory Design for New EP Labs Entering Construction

2011-11-26T16:49:00.001-08:00

Laboratory architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects announces that its laboratory design for new electrophysiology labs in New York is about to go into construction.

The project includes laboratory planning and laboratory design of multiple Electrophysiology (EP) Labs, including the incorporation of Stereotaxis equipment, which allows for remote magnetic navigation.

For further Information about laboratory design, laboratory planning and laboratory architecture, contact laboratory architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
Email: info@bernarch.com

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

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

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

Lab Design for New Anatomy Lab Results in Successful Project Completionpleted and Occupied

2011-11-26T14:52:00.000-08:00

Lab Design for New Anatomy Lab Results in Successful Anatomy Lab Project

A lab design for a new anatomy, by lab architect Bernstein & Associates Architects, has resulted in a successful, completed installation. This anatomy lab design, for a university in Connecticut, is now 100% completed and being used by the university’s students for its intended purpose.

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 anatomy students, working in one large room, on multiple dissections, and you will start to envision the challenges facing an architect of an anatomy lab.

So well-known lab design Bernstein & Associates, Architects (http://www.bernarch.com/Labs.htm) approached the design of a new university 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 anatomy lab, resulting from careful study of this university lab building type, as well as close coordination between architect, engineer, university administration and anatomy lab teaching staff.

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

Contact lab architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects as follows:
New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Lab Design Project for Virology Research Lab Completed in New York

2011-11-25T13:30:00.000-08:00

Lab Architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that a lab design project for virology research was recently completed and occupied in New York. See http://bernarch.blogspot.com/2011/11/lab-design-project-for-virology.html

The lab design project involved the creation of a state-of-the-art research lab, for virology research. Scope of this lab design project included a complete gut rehab of an existing hospital space to provide a complete installation of lab casework, lab equipment, appropriate lab materials, and new mechanical and electrical infrastructure appropriate to a state of the art research lab.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this lab architecture firm specializes in all lab design types, including research lab design, clinical lab design, pharmaceutical lab design, biosafety lab design, medical device lab design, flavor and fragrance lab design, plant lab design, animal lab design, electronics lab design, and incubator lab design. Amongst the firm’s lab design publications are “Clinical Lab Design Trends” published in the Hospital Newspaper.

For further Information about planning and design of a lab, see http://bernarch.com/Labs.htm, or contact lab architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
New York, Hartford, Princeton, and Los Angeles
T: 212.463.8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Lab Design Project for Virology Research Lab Completed in New York

2011-11-25T13:08:00.001-08:00

Lab Architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that a lab design project for virology research was recently completed and occupied in New York.

The lab design project involved the creation of a state-of-the-art research lab, for virology research. Scope of this lab design project included a complete gut rehab of an existing hospital space to provide a complete installation of lab casework, lab equipment, appropriate lab materials, and new mechanical and electrical infrastructure appropriate to a state of the art research lab.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this lab architecture firm specializes in all lab design types, including research lab design, clinical lab design, pharmaceutical lab design, biosafety lab design, medical device lab design, flavor and fragrance lab design, plant lab design, animal lab design, electronics lab design, and incubator lab design. Amongst the firm’s lab design publications are “Clinical Lab Design Trends” published in the Hospital Newspaper.

For further Information about planning and design of a lab, see http://bernarch.com/Labs.htm, or contact lab architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
New York, Hartford, Princeton, and Los Angeles
T: 212.463.8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Hospital Design Expert Witness Services in New Jersey

2011-11-25T08:55:00.001-08:00

Hospital Design expert witness experts Empire Projects, Inc. (www.empireprojects.com) is pleased to announce that it has been hired to provide expert witness services for a Hospital Design case in Camden, New Jersey.

This is the 4th hospital design expert witness case, and the 7th healthcare design expert witness case in the same period. See http://www.bernarch.com/Hospital-Design-Expert-Witness.htm

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 or are being provided include: an Acute Care Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina; an academic medical center/hospital in Charlotte, NC, and an academic medical center/hospital in Philadelphia, PA.

Recent Healthcare Design Cases where Expert Witness Services have been provided or are being provided include: a medical office building in Brooklyn, NY; a medical office in New York, NY; 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 more information on hospital construction expert witness services, contact:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Pharmacy Design Architects (www.bernarch.com) Awarded New Prefab Pharmacy

2011-11-13T07:33:00.000-08:00

Pharmacy Design Architects Bernstein & Associates (www.bernarch.com) Selected for New Prefab Pharmacy Cleanrooms

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide pharmacy design consulting for a new USP 797 compliant prefab pharmacy. Services will include pharmacy programming, pharmacy adjacency diagrams, pharmacy flow diagrams, pharmacy equipment planning, and USP 797 pharmacy design.

The pharmacy project is a complete new pharmacy. The project includes all new ISO 7 anteroom, ISO 7 hazardous compounding room, and ISO 7 non-hazardous compounding room. The facility is a state-of-the-art pharmacy that includes the latest pharmacy automation equipment.

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 http://www.usp797.org/.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC

New York:
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
T: 212.463.8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
Email: info@bernarch.com

Cardiology Office Design Commission Awarded to Bernstein & Associates

2011-10-02T12:31:00.000-07:00

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design new cardiology offices for a prominent cardiology practice in New York.

The project includes cardiology planning and cardiology design of cardiology exam rooms, nuclear camera room, stress test room, cardiology device room, cardiology consulting offices, and typical cardiology office support spaces.

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

New York (Headquarters)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway-803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
F: 860-237-3751
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
F: 609-241-7371
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
F: 213-568-4611
Email: info@bernarch.com

Dialysis Facility Design Trends

2011-08-27T19:17:00.001-07:00

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, creator of state-of-the-art healthcare and laboratory environments is pleased to announce the publication of an article on current dialysis facility design trends in the September 2011 issue of Renal Business Today. Topics discussed include:

- General dialysis facility layout strategies
- The importance of family-conscious dialysis design
- Balancing an open dialysis plan with patient privacy
- Flexibility to accommodate future advances in dialyzer technology
- The use of wing walls to subdivide a larger dialysis space
- Efficient use of dialysis facility space
- Customizing dialysis design for children, the elderly, or other patient populations
- The use of real or simulated natural lighting
- Optimal surface color palettes
- Patient entertainment
- Design strategies to reduce risk of infections
- HVAC system requirements
- The use of heat-sealed vinyl wall coverings
- Improving staff hand sanitization through design
- Waterless hand sanitization solutions
- The importance of proper water purification
- Water supply system requirements
- Alternatives to PVC plumbing
- Disposal areas for liquid waste
- The importance of environmentally friendly design
- The use of recycled building materials
- The competitive advantage provided by proper facility design

© 2011 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Manu Venkat. Healthcare and lab design expert William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, PMI, CSI, AIA is the President of Bernstein & Associates, Architects Mr. Bernstein is a well-known expert in healthcare and laboratory design.

For more information on healthcare and lab design, contact:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@rx3d.com
W: www.rx3d.com

Pharmacy Design Project Awarded to Pharmacy Architects Bernstein & Associates, Architects

2011-08-07T15:57:00.000-07:00

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to provide pharmacy design consulting for a new USP 797 compliant outpatient pharmacy in New York. Services will include pharmacy programming, pharmacy adjacency diagrams, pharmacy flow diagrams, pharmacy equipment planning, and USP 797 pharmacy design.

The pharmacy project is a complete new pharmacy. The project includes all new ISO 7 anteroom, ISO 7 hazardous compounding room, and iso 7 non-hazardous compounding room. The facility is a state-of-the-art pharmacy that includes the latest pharmacy automation equipment.

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 http://www.usp797.org/.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC

New York:
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
T: 212.463.8200
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Hartford

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-237-3750
Email: info@bernarch.com

Princeton

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-241-7370
Email: info@bernarch.com

Los Angeles

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-568-4610
Email: info@bernarch.com

Lab Design Project Awarded to Well Known Lab Architect

2011-07-14T18:47:00.001-07:00

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design a new clinical lab for a prominent hospital in Pennsylvania.

The lab design project involves the creation of a state-of-the-art clinical lab, providing a full range of clinical tests. The lab design will stress lean lab design, lab automation, efficiency, and flexibility.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, this lab architecture firm specializes in all lab design types, including research lab design, clinical lab design, pharmaceutical lab design, biosafety lab design, medical device lab design, flavor and fragrance lab design, plant lab design, animal lab design, electronics lab design, and incubator lab design. Amongst the firm’s lab design publications are “Clinical Lab Design Trends” published in the Hospital Newspaper.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
New York, Hartford, Princeton, and Los Angeles
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Hospital Design Expert Witness Services

2011-07-10T15:05:00.000-07:00

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 or are being provided include: an Acute Care Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina; an academic medical center/hospital in Charlotte, NC, and an academic medical center/hospital in Philadelphia, PA.

Recent Healthcare Design Cases where Expert Witness Services have been provided or are being provided include: a medical office building in Brooklyn, NY; a medical office in New York, NY; 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 more information on hospital construction expert witness services, contact:

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
P: 212.463.0800
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

Phlebotomy Design by Bernstein & Associates, Architects

2010-12-26T09:05:00.001-08:00

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 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

2010-12-26T06:43:00.001-08:00

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 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

Radiology 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

Radiology 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

Radiology 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

New Endoscopy Office Design

2010-12-25T10:50:00.001-08:00

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 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

2010-12-25T06:48:00.000-08:00

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 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

2010-12-25T05:15:00.000-08:00

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 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

Occupational Therapy Design News Release

2010-12-24T09:08:00.000-08:00

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 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

2010-12-24T07:33:00.000-08:00

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 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

Hospital Design Expert Witness Services

2010-11-07T15:20:00.001-08:00

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 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

Emergency Department Design Trends

2010-09-04T05:12:00.000-07:00

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://www.bernarch.com/Healthcare-EmergencyDepartment.htm. 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

Ambulatory Surgery Center Design

2010-08-29T07:02:00.000-07:00

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.

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

Electronic Medical Records Department Design

2010-08-28T12:35:00.000-07:00

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

Clinical Lab Design

2010-08-14T11:43:00.000-07:00

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.

© 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

Mobile Hospital Design

2010-07-18T07:09:00.000-07:00

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 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

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

2010-06-22T11:09:00.001-07:00

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 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

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

2010-04-17T16:10:00.000-07:00

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 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

Pharmacy Architect Consults on Pharmacy in New York

2010-04-04T20:01:00.000-07:00

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 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

2010-04-04T13:30:00.000-07:00

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 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

Bernstein & Associates Awarded Design of New Nuclear Medicine Facility

2010-04-03T15:46:00.000-07:00

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.

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

2010-04-03T12:41:00.000-07:00

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.

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.

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

Pharmacy Design Consulting Project to Bernstein & Associates, Architects

2010-02-28T13:58:00.001-08:00

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.
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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

Hospital Design - A Smart Renovation Approach

2010-02-27T16:45:00.000-08:00

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 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

Hospice Interior Design Commission Awarded to Prominent Healthcare Architecture Firm

2010-02-13T13:42:00.000-08:00

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 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

Architect Receives New Cardiac Center Commission

2010-02-09T03:50:00.000-08:00

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 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

New Radiology Design Article Published

2010-02-06T15:55:00.000-08:00

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 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

Pharmacy Design Architect Featured in List of USP 797 Consultants

2010-01-01T16:05:00.000-08:00

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 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

Bernstein & Associates Featured on Therapeutic Environment Website

2009-11-14T17:21:00.000-08:00

Well known healthcare design firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects has been featured on the therapeutic website found at www.therapeuticenvironment.com.

The Therapeutic Environment website which can be found at www.therapeuticenvironment.com has been launched as a tool for the healthcare industry.

Those consumers and administrators interested in the Therapeutic Environment will find this site very useful.

Therapeutic Environment offers consumers, facility managers purchasing agents, and business owners a comprehensive directory for all products and services needed to design build and equip healthcare and laboratory facilities.

What you fill find on Therapeutic Environment:- Therapeutic Environment Design Services for the Early Planning and Design Phases - Therapeutic Environment Construction Services for the Construction Build-Out - Therapeutic Environment Project Management Services to Manage the Design and Construction Process - Therapeutic Environment Building Products - Therapeutic Environment Equipment - Therapeutic Environment Furniture - Therapeutic Environment Software

For more information about the therapeutic environment, visit www.therapeuticenvironment.com .

For more information about hospital design and medical office design, visit Bernstein & Associates, Architects at www.bernarch.com.

New Article on USP 797 Compliance Published

2009-10-19T11:10:00.000-07:00

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article about USP 797 compliance. The article was published on USP 797 (www.usp797.org), the website focused on design, construction and operation of USP 797 compliant pharmacies.

The article discusses the following:

- An interesting survey of USP 797 compliance in the United States in 2009 was recently published in Pharmacy Purchasing & Products magazine (www.pppmag.com).
- The survey looks at various areas of USP 797 compliance.
- It begins with results of the most basic question: how many directors of pharmacy have read the USP 97 regulation
- Partial or full pharmacy compliance with USP 797 has also grown
- Full compliance with USP 797 is measured differently
- The approach of regulatory bodies towards USP 797
- State boards of pharmacy and USP 797 compliance
- JCAHO and USP 797 compliance
- Hospitals reporting a patient incident involving a compounding error during the past five years
- Continuing improvement in USP 797 compliance in pharmacies in the United States, as well as increased focus on USP 797 compliance by state pharmacy boards and JCAHO.

About the Author:

William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA is the principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) and president of Equipment Planning, Inc. (www.equipmentplanning.org). This architecture firm and equipment planning firm are well-known for pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy architecture, including a sub-specialty in usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. These pharmacy consulting firms have designed and equipment planned over twenty new pharmacies, pharmacy renovations, and pharmacy relocations in the past five years. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy architect and pharmacy equipment 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.

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

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

For more information about pharmacy equipment planning, and pharmacy automation equipment specifications and planning, contact Equipment Planning, Inc. at:

Equipment Planning, Inc.
59 West 19th Street - 6A, NY, NY 10011
T: 212.463.08200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@equipmentplanning.org
www.equipmentplanning.org

New Article Published on How Office Based Design Regulations Impact Medical Office Design

2009-10-19T11:02:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (10/10/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article on medical office design, entitled “Impact of the New Office Based Surgery Regulations on Design of Medical Offices”. The article has been published in the November 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.

- Over the last 20 years, as the practice of office based surgery has increased, so have the regulations adapted by state health departments.
- The goal of these new office based surgery regulations
- Medical staff must now follow certain regulations when performing invasive or surgical procedures that use more than minimal sedation.
- a large part of these new guidelines pertains to the design, planning and construction of an office based surgery center
- Each state has its own rules and regulations governing medical procedures performed in the office: some, like Florida, spell out their own requirements, while others, including New York as of July 14, 2009, have medical offices turn to outside accreditation agencies.
- In New York, the three organizations selected by the government for accreditation are the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF), the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), and the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
- Other states add Medicare Guidelines as an option for certification. While these various regulatory agencies agree on most of the criteria needed for office based surgery accreditation, they each emphasize different points and have different specific rules and environmental requirements, so it is important to understand the differences between the various regulations prior to selecting one for application on a particular project.
- Excerpts from guidelines provided
- AAAASF excerpts re Office Based Design
- AAAHC excerpts re: Office Based Design
- JCAHO excerpts re: Office Based Design
- Conclusion: important differences between the regulations of three main accreditation agencies --- AAAASF, AAAHC, and JCAHO --- in terms of the design of an accredited office based surgery facility. The individual regulations should be carefully studied to evaluate which if the three regulations is most appropriate for a particular practice and facility.
The article was written by the firm’s principle, a well-known expert in green healthcare design, William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning healthcare architectural firm specializing in healthcare design, including medical office design, as well as how the new Office Based Surgery guidelines impact medical office design. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of sustainable healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.

For more information about medical office design, as well as how the new Office Based Surgery guidelines impact medical office design, please contact:

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

Architecture Firm Featured in RSNA News in Article on Radiology Planning and Design

2009-10-18T08:07:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (10/15/09)

Architecture Firm Featured in RSNA News in Article on Radiology Planning and Design

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased that the firm’s principle, radiology architect William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, has been featured in the latest edition of RSNA News, a monthly publication by the Radiological Society of North America.

The article is entitled “Radiology Architects Forecast the Facility of the Future”, and has been published in the October 2009 edition of RSNA News. To view this article on radiology architects, go to: http://www.rsna.org/Publications/rsnanews/October-2009/RadiologyArchitects_feature.cfm.

Amongst the interesting points made in the article about planning and designing a radiology facility, whether a hospital radiology department or an outpatient imaging center, are the following:
- Radiology facilities of the future will look different from those of the present
- There is a need to look ahead, when planning a radiology facility.
- Amongst the factors driving change in radiology design: “changes in practice, technology, referrals and revenue streams”
- Convergence of surgical and medical imaging, both in full blown OR’s as well as in procedure rooms with less invasive procedures
- Trend towards additional control rooms and additional electronic equipment rooms in surgical suites
- The importance of working with radiology architects: "It is extremely important to work with a radiology architect and facilities management personnel when redesigning or building new spaces," said Dr. Horii, a professor of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia
- Importance of proper reading room design – affects diagnostic speed, accuracy and overall work performance. Focus on reading room ergonomics, as well as how radiologists work today.
- Other key issues for radiology design are good lighting, focus on workflow, and reduction of noise
- Location of radiology equipment , as well as turnover rate, are key factors in efficient utilization of radiology equipment
- Radiology planner William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, is quoted extensively in the article, on subjects such as timing of radiology equipment selection in the design process, infrastructure support for radiology facilities, universal room design, flexibility in design process, consideration of equipment entry at the beginning of project as well as equipment replacement in the future, and the value that radiology architects bring to the process.

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’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.
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 more information about radiology department planning, design and construction, please contact:

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

Architect Selected to Design New Office Based Surgery Facility

2009-09-27T11:40:00.000-07:00

Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) has been selected to design a new, private medical office suite, to conform to the new office-based surgery regulations.

Many states have adopted the new office based surgery regulations into law. Specific regulations and deadlines vary by state.

New York State office based surgery regulations, as an example, were adapted into law through NYS Public Health Law section 230-d. This law pertains to "Licensees” (physicians, physician assistants and specialist assistants) who perform invasive or surgical procedures using more than minimal sedation.

The deadline for office based surgery facilities to conform to the new regulation occurred on July 14, 2009. So a licensee who fails to practice in an accredited setting after July 14, 2009 may be guilty of professional misconduct. Regulated practices, as defined in the new law, include any "surgical or other invasive procedure, requiring general anesthesia, moderate sedation, or deep sedation, and any liposuction procedure, where such surgical or other invasive procedure or liposuction is performed by a licensee in a location other than a hospital [...] excluding minor procedures and procedures requiring minimal sedation."

In New York State, as in many states, practitioners have the option of conforming to one of three accreditation bodies, each of which has its own set of guidelines: The Joint Commission (JCAHO), the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities (AAAASF), or the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in hospital design, healthcare design and medical office design. Within the specialty of medical office design, this healthcare architecture firm has developed an understanding and expertise in design medical offices to meet the new office based surgery guidelines. For more information about the office based surgery, please contact well known healthcare architect, William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA at:

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

New Article on Mail Order Pharmacy Design Published

2009-09-01T14:57:00.000-07:00

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article about mail order pharmacy design. The article was published on Pharmacy Design (www.pharmacydesign.org), the website focused on pharmacy design.

The article discusses the following pharmacy design concepts for a mail order pharmacy:

- an aesthetically pleasing pharmacy environment, combined with a focus on pharmacy workflow and pharmacy functionality
- creation of pharmacy “pod” workstations
- pharmacy pod storage
- pharmacy pod touch screen computer
- use of pharmacy counting machines, located close to each pod for increased prescription workflow
- an efficient pharmacy storage and pharmacy shelving system to house drug overstock
- provision of excess pharmacy shelving to accommodate company and stock volume growth
- custom controlled substance cabinets disguised to look identical to regular cabinets to prevent theft in the event of a break in. These cabinets are located in a central, clear area for constant monitoring and easy access.
- provision for future addition of pharmacy automation technology, as well as the addition of new pharmacist/technician teams.

To view this article: go to www.pharmacydesign.org

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, *Bernstein & Assoc., Architects - PLLC* is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories, with a sub-specialty in the design and construction of USP 797-compliant pharmacy facilities. Over the last three years, the firm has designed over (20) usp 797-compliant pharmacies.

For more information about pharmacy design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA
Principal
Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
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

Impact of Recession Easing on Hospitals

2009-08-22T18:38:00.000-07:00

From a story on Reuters, 19 Aug 2009:

Thomson Reuters Study Finds Impact of Recession Easing on U.S. Hospitals

Total Margins, Liquidity Increase Significantly From Third Quarter of 2008; 30 Percent of Hospitals Remain Unprofitable

Ann Arbor, MI - August 19, 2009 - The median profit margin of U.S. hospitals increased from 0.17 percent in the third quarter of 2008 to 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009, according to an analysis of hospital finances published today by Thomson Reuters.

The recovery has been broad-based, with all classes of hospitals - small, medium and large community hospitals, teaching hospitals and major teaching hospitals - showing positive median margins.

The study tracks two dozen key financial indicators, using proprietary and public data to dissect the balance sheets of more than 400 hospitals nationwide. It evaluates trends in revenue and profit, employment levels, closures, inpatient volume, days cash on hand, and charity expenses to gauge the fiscal health of the nation's hospitals.

Following are the key findings of the analysis:

Total Margins Increase: Hospitals' median total margins were near zero the last time this analysis was conducted, which captured data through Q3 2008. In Q1 2009, all classes of hospitals had positive operating margins, reaching an average of 3.1 percent.
30 Percent of Hospitals Still in the Red: In Q1 2009, 30 percent of hospitals had negative profit margins. This is an improvement from Q3 2008, when 50 percent of hospitals were operating in the red.

Liquidity Holding Steady: Amidst fears of a hospital credit crunch, it appears that hospitals' "median days cash on hand" is holding steady. On average, hospitals had 90 days cash on hand in Q1 2009, a decline from the highs seen in early 2007, but an increase from Q3 2008.
Running at 90 Percent Capacity: In Q1 2009, more than 90 percent of licensed beds were in operation in a typical hospital. This number has held relatively steady since 2005.

Labor Costs Down: Hospitals have cut labor costs by approximately 3 percent year-over-year through Q1 2009, while non-labor-related expenses have decreased by approximately 2 percent year-over-year.
"The financial situation has improved dramatically for U.S. hospitals," said Gary Pickens, chief research officer for the Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters and lead author of the study. "When we published our first analysis of hospital economic health in the fall of 2008, hospitals were facing unprecedented economic stress and staring down a real crisis. Through a combination of aggressive cost controls and overall improvement in the economy, we're beginning to see a recovery, but it will be critical to watch these metrics to make sure that recovery is sustainable.

For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com

New Cardiology Business Website Features Equipment, Products & Services

2009-08-09T11:14:00.000-07:00

Cardiology Business (http://www.cardiologybusiness.com/) is a new website that has been developed to assist cardiology administrators and cardiologists in creating state-of-the-art facilities for their cardiology department, cardiology clinic and/or cardiology office.

The site features extensive resources for cardiology equipment, cardiology software, cardiology products and cardiology services.

This cardiology website also features articles by cardiology consultants, such as well-known cardiology architect, William N. Bernstein, AIA, principal of the healthcare architecture firm of Bernstein and Associates, Architects.

Additional topics on Cardiology Business include: Cardiology Planning and Facility Design Services, Facility Construction Services, Cardiology Project Management Services, Cardiology Products, Cardiology Equipment, Cardiology Suite Furniture, and Cardiology Software.

Cardiology Business

CardiologyBusiness.com

59 W 19, NY, NY 10011

P: 212.463.0800

F: 212.463.9898

E: info@cardiologybusiness.com

W: www.cardiologybusiness.com

Pharmacy Design Website Established

2009-08-02T09:46:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (08/01/09)

Pharmacy Design Website Features Latest Information for the Hospital Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy.

Looking to design a pharmacy, purchase pharmacy equipment, or hire a pharmacy architect? Then you may be interested in a new pharmacy website which focuses on the all of the components that go into designing, building and maintaining a state-of-the-art pharmacy.

An important component of today’s pharmacy is pharmacy automation. This is one area that Pharmacy Design (www.pharmacydesign.org) features, including the latest pharmacy equipment and pharmacy machines.

Another area of focus is trends in pharmacy architecture, pharmacy layout design, and pharmacy interior design. As an example, a recent article published on the site, written by well-known pharmacy designer William N. Bernstein, AIA --- of the prominent pharmacy design group Bernstein & Associates, Architects --- explores how design for pharmacy can contribute to the efficiency and success of the pharmacy operation.

An additional area of focus is usp 797 design.

For further information about pharmacies design, visit the pharmacy design website:
Pharmacy Design at www.pharmacydesign.org.

Architecture Firm Spins Off Equipment Planning Services into New Firm

2009-07-01T06:13:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (07/01/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has established a new equipment planning firm to serve its existing hospital, healthcare and laboratory clients. The firm has a history of over nineteen years of equipment planning expertise.

The new company --- Equipment Planning, Inc. --- is dedicated to providing quality equipment planning services to a wide range of facilities around the country. We serve a variety of clients, from large to small, public to private, medical to non-medical. The company prides itself on its ability to combine the best business and design practices available today and on its talented and diverse staff. Having had years of experience in equipment planning and project management, we can guide your facility through the process of re-evaluation and re-installation of equipment, making the job easier and the outcome better.

Catering to Your Needs

Equipment Planning, Inc. is prepared to cover any and all of your equipment planning needs. Our services include, but are not limited to, equipment and facility assessment, budgeting, schematic design, drafting of construction documents, assistance procuring and installing equipment, and planning for improved workflow. We can work with you from beginning to end of a project, or we can help just where you need it most; we can manage and oversee the entire equipment planning process, or we can work as consultants to facilitate it.

A Unique Perspective

As a firm dedicated to seeing the big picture, Equipment Planning, Inc. does not just seek to satisfy its customers: we seek to exceed their expectations. Our knowledge and expertise stretch far beyond equipment planning, so we can help you both meet the necessary expectations and improve your facilities in the process. Better spaces can mean better workflow, so we will do everything we can to acquire and install better equipment as well as design and retool the spaces to meet your ever-changing needs.

Practice Makes Perfect

Without experience, we wouldn’t be able to provide you with the comprehensive services that are available today. Our experience allows us to provide you with some of the most knowledgeable and resourceful techniques available today.

Cost Savings

Equipment Planning, Inc. also seeks to minimize costs and save you money. We benefit from having happy clients, so one of our most important goals is not only to help you acquire the best equipment at the cheapest prices, but to keep your operational costs to a minimum. Our experience with project management and design for improved workflow qualify us to recommend cutting-edge technologies and design options that will save you money in the long-term.

An Objective Approach

Unlike many equipment planning services, Equipment Planning, Inc. seeks only to benefit our clients: Equipment Planning, Inc. team members do not have ties to equipment manufacturers, vendors, or contractors. We do not accept gifts, not even lunch, from these suppliers, which allows us to provide absolute objectivity when selecting equipment and installation services. Our only goal is to make each project as simple and inexpensive as possible for the client.

The president of the company, William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, is a well known healthcare and laboratory architect. He was educated at the Yale University School of Architecture, where he received a Master of Architecture. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, American College of Healthcare Architects, Construction Specification Institute and Project Management Institute. He is one of the few architects in the United States to receive the American Hospital Association Construction Management Certificate. He has written many articles on hospital and healthcare design and construction, and his healthcare and lab projects have won numerous awards and been published widely.

For further information about equipment planning services for your company or institution, please contact:

William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA –
President
Equipment Planning, Inc.
59 West 19th St. - 6A, NY, NY 10011
P: 212-463-0800
F: 212-463-9898
E: info@EquipmentPlanning.org
W: www.EquipmentPlanning.org

What to Do Today to Maximize Your ARRA Funding

2009-06-29T19:57:00.000-07:00

What to Do Today to Maximize Your ARRA Funding
Ian Janer and William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
June 25th, 2009

Overview of ARRA: Opportunities and Challenges

The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has been instituted under President Obama to encourage economic stimulus. For healthcare providers, the bill seeks to encourage advancement and development by providing incentives for converting from paper records to EMRs (electronic medical records) and for better patient care through improvements in data infrastructure. In order for hospitals and other healthcare providers to maximize their ARRA funding and ultimately cut costs, it is essential that they begin the process of upgrading their systems now to reach the first deadline at the end of 2010.
Another important motivator in adapting these technologies is the nature of the diminishing incentive rates. Every year the incentives will decrease for those facilities still attempting to get up to par with their peers, and any facility that has not adapted EMR by 2015 will begin to see penalties taken out of their Medicare refunds. With the deadline approaching so soon, healthcare providers that haven’t already adopted EMR must act now to see the necessary improvements.

The Realities of Meaningful Use

The government has allotted $77B dollars for medical incentives, and the largest payments will be made to hospitals and practices that are up to the standards of “meaningful use” by the end of 2010. While the term “meaningful use” generally means clear improvements in workflow and patient care thanks to the adoption of EMR, the official definition is still being determined by the CCHIT (Certification Commission for HIT). However, there are a few digital technologies that are expected to be necessary to prove “meaningful use.” Among other systems, hospitals should have PACS (picture archiving and communication systems), CDSS (clinical decision support systems), and, most importantly, CPOE (computerized physician order entry) systems installed throughout their facilities. These electronic methods are essential to the type of patient care improvements that are expected to come out of the ARRA.

Gap Assessment

To be able to make the switch over to digital, medical professionals should go through their workflow and search for gaps: do nurses have to go back and forth between the patients’ rooms and nurses’ stations to enter data? One of the purposes of EMR is to minimize physical workflow constraints, so this would be one area to improve. Another area to investigate is whether the information technologies are available throughout the facility or just in one department: it’s essential that the entire facility be up to standards to receive ARRA funding. What if the IT system goes down? All healthcare providers should have system redundancies (backup computers, servers, workstations, etc.) in case something happens to part of the system – a hospital should never be in a situation where all of radiology is on a single server that could crash without having a backup. The last area to investigate before preparing for the transition is staff readiness: it is important that the doctors, nurses, administrators, and other staff members are behind the transition and prepared to proceed smoothly. The best way to ensure this is through offering monetary incentives and paid training.

Qualified EMR Systems

In order to reach the standards set by CCHIT, which will be announced in about 6 months, facilities should try to start work now, even before the final requirements have been laid out. The main goal should be to reach what is considered by Dr. Richard Howe, vice president of Healthcare Informatics Associates, to be the minimum required to see a large difference in patient care: fully-operational CPOE. Because this is what enables doctors to interact with patients’ files and records digitally, this is one of the most important aspects of a good EMR system. Without CPOE, it’s impossible for any hospital to advance to full digitization and difficult for any hospital to see any significant improvements in patient care.

Evaluating the IT Infrastructure

It’s important that hospitals looking to update to enable CPOE first evaluate their current systems to see if they will be able to support CPOE and other basic digital technologies. In some cases, facilities may need to go through the expensive, time-consuming, but ultimately rewarding process of replacing their old computer systems with modernized ones and starting from scratch. Another option, for hospitals that have EMR systems that are relatively up-to-date but not quite up to par, is to simply refurbish what they already have. This may not be possible or even preferable in many cases, however, because new technologies can mean large changes in workflow and user-interface that could be more easily negotiated with an entirely modern system.

Measuring the Investment

Healthcare providers should make sure not to see this transition as an obligatory inconvenience, but as a way to both improve patient care and cut costs. EMR significantly increases accountability and reduces error, which can save lives and eliminate mistakes that cost money. The investment in a good EMR network is well worth it. To put together a more specific cost-benefit analysis, there are calculators online that hospitals and practices can use to approximate their ARRA stimulus packages, which can be found at the CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) or HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) websites. Healthcare providers must then estimate how far they are from their goal and how large the investment to reach that goal will be, and they must not forget to include the significant operational cost of training in that estimate.

Action Steps to Take Today

Although the task of switching to digital records may be daunting, there is no time like the present to get started. The first thing that providers seeking to get ARRA checks by the end of 2010 should do is set their “meaningful use” goals: see what systems (PACS, CPOE, CDSS, etc.) can be installed now, and what can follow immediately after. Next, facilities should check on their existing IT infrastructures to see if they can carry the transition and whether they have redundancies or, on the negative side, disparate systems/networks. Hospitals and practices should also immediately eliminate any non-standard procedures, including shortcuts taken by staff to save time. Any procedures that aren’t industry best practices can lead to inconsistencies, which will interfere with the switch to digital. Basically, facilities should be filling in the gaps now to prepare for the transition.

For further information on ARRA, contact healthcare and hospital architecture firm:

William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal
Bernstein & Assoc. Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
C: 917.747.2924
F: 212.463.9898
E: wb@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
NEW YORK - HARTFORD - PRINCETON

Architect Initiates New Hospital-Oriented Twitter Account

2009-06-26T08:51:00.001-07:00

For Immediate Release (06/26/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased that the firm principal, well-known healthcare and hospital architect --- William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA --- has initiated a new Twitter account with news about hospital and healthcare subjects.

This hospital Twitter account can be found at: www.twitter.com/hospitals

The Twitter account will focus on the many aspects of specialized design and construction required by hospitals and healthcare facilities, as they improve their aging hospital infrastructure and/or add new programs and technologies to stay up to date with the fast moving world of the healthcare marketplace.

Mr. Bernstein is well equipped to author this Twitter account. He was educated at the Yale University School of Architecture, where he received a Master of Architecture. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, American College of Healthcare Architects, Construction Specification Institute and Project Management Institute. He is one of the few architects in the United States to receive the American Hospital Association Construction Management Certificate. He has written many articles on hospital and healthcare design and construction, and his healthcare and lab projects have won numerous awards and been published widely.

In addition, Mr. Bernstein is a principal of a healthcare and laboratory architecture firm --- Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com).

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories. For more information about hospital and lab design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA
Principal
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

New Article To Be Published on Trends in Radiology Design and Operations

2009-06-11T13:19:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (06/10/09)

New Article to Be Published on Trends in Radiology Design and Operations

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of an article on recent trends in radiology design and radiology planning.

The article will be published in the July 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.

The article discusses the latest trends in radiology design and radiology planning, including the following issues:

- The fields of radiology and design for radiology have undergone numerous changes due to groundbreaking advances in technology,
- Development of digital imaging and PACS (picture archiving and communication systems)
- Rethinking the radiology environment from the point of view of patients, radiologist and staff, with the general goals of radiology facilities which increase patient and staff comfort, patient privacy, staff safety, and greater efficiency, speed, and through-put in the radiology workflow..
- Significant increases in worker productivity and improvements in the radiology workflow
- Eliminating film developing facilities, and also eliminating --- or at least drastically reducing --- the need for physical storage of hard copy films.
- Increases in legibility and reliability of scans
- Quicker responsiveness to patients.
- Reading room design.
- Ergonometrics for the new digital reading room
- Contemporary reading room must allow for future adaptability.
- Making the radiologists’ reading stations more comfortable, easier to use, and allowing for more control over the environment. Some more specific reading room design initiatives are listed below:
- Limiting Distractions
- Climate Control
- Seating and Positioning Adjustability
- Lighting specifications
- Unification of Systems
- Advances in scanning technologies. Among the most significant: 3.0T MRI’s are the upcoming standard in MRI design, multi-slice CT’s are the same for cat scan design, and digital mammography in the latest in mammography design.
- Mobile scanning equipment, such as portable CT
- Improvements in patient’s experience
- Philips “Ambient Experience”
- Relative growth of private practice radiology over academic, hospital-based radiology
- Opportunities for further development and improvement in the design of radiology facilities
- Patient comfort within the scanning machines s
- Advantages to separating healthy outpatients from very sick inpatients
- Separating women into a women’s center vs. co-mingling male and female throughout
- How the equipment will be changed out in future vs. concern exclusively with initial equipment access to space
- Green design --- eco-friendly design that is good for the environment as well as the patient --- is working its way through the healthcare environment, including the radiology department.
- Increased use of interventional radiology and surgical codes

The above article was written by the Ian Janer and William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, of the well-known healthcare 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 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.com
www.bernarch.com

Pharmacy Design Trends Article Published

2009-06-11T05:31:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (06/10/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on recent trends in pharmacy design and pharmacy planning.

The article was published in the June 2009 edition of Pharmacy Design, the pharmacy design and pharmacy planning website, located at http://www.pharmacydesign.org/.

The article discusses the latest trends in pharmacy design in the following areas:

- Pharmacy design has been undergoing dramatic changes in recent years
- A main trend has been the need to modernize and automate the production, packaging, distribution, and provision of drugs, particularly of prescription drugs, which have to be monitored and secured at all times.
- Clients looking to design a pharmacy will want to be cognizant of these trends.
- The movement towards pharmacy automation has been spurred by a number of factors
- The new electronic systems mean fewer medication errors and tighter security, not to mention more reliably safe drugs.
- Successful pharmacy plans from now on
- Clean rooms in pharmacies
- USP 797 for pharmacies
- automated drug management
- Pharmacy automation equipment within the pharmacy
- Swisslog PillPick
- McKesson ROBOT-Rx
- Pharmacy automation equipment connecting the pharmacy to other hospital departments
- Pyxis Medstation
- Bedside pharmacy dispensers
- Pneumatic tube systems in the pharmacy
- Future of the retail pharmacy
- Latest trends in retail pharmacy interior design

The above article was written by the Ian Janer and William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, of the well-known healthcare and hospital design firm of Bernstein & Associates, Architects. The firm’s principle, Mr. Bernstein, is a well-known architect and pharmacy consultant in pharmacy 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:

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 architecture, including a sub-specialty in usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm has designed over twenty new pharmacies, pharmacy renovations, and pharmacy relocations in the past five years. The firm is featured on the pharmacy design website, http://www.pharmacydesign.org/, and the usp 797 website, http://www.usp797.org/. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA --- is a well known pharmacy architect. 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 http://www.pharmacydesign.org/, and his usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website http://www.usp797.org/.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A, NY, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
NEW YORK - HARFTFORD - PRINCETON

New Article Published on Radiology Facility Planning and Design

2009-05-29T20:10:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (05/27/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of an article on how the concept of universal room design can address the commonplace problem that decision-making on the purchase of major medical equipment often lags the schedule for upfront planning and design of the radiology department or radiology practice.

The article has been published in the June 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.

The article is entitled: “Utilizing Universal Room Design in Fast Track Healthcare Projects Involving Major Medical Equipment Purchases”.

The article discusses the latest trends in radiology design and radiology planning, including the following issues:
- Why does the architect need the equipment specs for radiology room design?
- Types of engineering infrastructure involved in a radiology project
- What happens when radiologists and/or radiology administrators change their minds about equipment specifications
- How much impact do changes to medical equipment specifications have on a design and construction project schedule and budget?
- If you do change your mind about a major medical equipment purchase, when is the best time to do it?
- How can the design of what is called a "universal room" mitigate to some degree the costs (both financial and in terms of schedule delay) of equipment changes.

The article was written by the firm’s principle, a well-known architect and radiology consultant in radiology department planning and design, William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA. 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 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.com
www.bernarch.com

Architecture Firm Receives New Outpatient Radiology Center Commission

2009-05-16T19:55:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (05/11/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design a new outpatient radiology center, within a prominent community health center, 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 will be designed to reinforce the important role of the community health center in the health of the surrounding community.

About Bernstein & 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 --- see section below on Radiology Publications.

Representative Radiology, Healthcare and Laboratory Publications:
- "Design of a State-of-the-Art Research Radiology Center"© William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Universal Room Design Can Mitigate Change Costs", © William N. Bernstein, Aunt Minnie.com
- “The Planetree Approach”, © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- “Trading Spaces”, © William N. Bernstein, Advance for Imaging and Oncology
- “Ten Points of the New Healthcare Design", © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Facility Planning Implications of the New MRI Safety Guidelines", © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Finding the Right Space for a New Imaging Center", © William N. Bernstein, AuntMinnie.com
- "On the Front Lines: A NYC Hospital Engineer's First Hand Account of Sept. 11", Health Facilities Management, © William N. Bernstein (with Michael Rawlings)
- "Floor Planning In a Nutshell", © M. J. Tamas, Advance for Administrators in Radiology
- “Architects Double-Team the Future of Radiology with Experience and a Can-Do Attitude”, © P. Rohland, Advance for Administrators in Radiology
- "Renovated Space, Skywalk `Reconnect' - 4 Floors Up", Health Facilities Management

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

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

New Article Published on Greening the Healthcare Environment

2009-04-25T03:48:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (04/24/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article on greening the healthcare environment.

The article has been published in the May 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.

The article discusses opportunities to introduce green or sustainable design principles into a healthcare environment. The article references the LEED for Healthcare Green Building Rating System, as well as the Green Guide for Healthcare (GGHC). The principles discussed can be used to create sustainable healthcare design and/or sustainable hospital design. The article includes discussion of the following areas: Sustainable Sites for Healthcare, Water Efficiency for Healthcare, Energy & Atmosphere for healthcare, Materials & Resources for healthcare, Environmental Quality for healthcare, and Innovation & Design Process for healthcare.

The article was written by the firm’s principle, a well-known expert in green healthcare design, William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA.

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

For more information about green design for healthcare, 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

Architect Selected to Provide Pharmacy Design Consulting on New Pharmacy in Santa Barbara

2009-04-11T16:02:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (04/07/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased that it has been selected to provide pharmacy design consulting for a new hospital in Santa Barbara. Services will include pharmacy programming, pharmacy adjacency diagrams, pharmacy flow diagrams, pharmacy equipment planning, and pharmacy design.

The pharmacy project is a complete new pharmacy. The project includes all new iso 7 anteroom, iso 7 hazardous compounding room, and iso 7 non-hazardous compounding room. The facility is a state-of-the-art pharmacy that includes the latest pharmacy automation equipment.

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 http://www.usp797.org/.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
New York:
59 West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
Hartford:
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com

New Article Published on Reducing Design and Construction Costs on Hospital Projects

2009-03-28T03:12:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release (03/23/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article on ways to reduce hospital design and construction costs.

The article has been published in the April 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.

The article discusses opportunities to reduce capital costs for hospital administrators, at the key milestones of any project: programming, planning, design, bidding, and construction. Other topics include: Hospital Capital Budget, Hospital Financing, Specialty Hospitals, Planned Projects by Department, Patient Safety and Quality Improvements, Patient Room Improvements, Sustainable Design, and Reducing Capital and Operational Costs.

The article was written by the firm’s principle, a well-known expert in hospital design and hospital construction, William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories. 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 more information about hospital 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.com
www.bernarch.com

New Article Published on Trends in Hospital and Healthcare Design

2009-02-28T13:24:00.001-08:00

For Immediate Release (02/28/09)

New Article Published on Trends in Hospital and Healthcare Design

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article on hospital and healthcare design trends.

The article has been published in the March 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.

The article discusses the latest healthcare design trends, and hospital design trends, in the following areas: Hospital Capital Budget, Hospital Financing, Specialty Hospitals, Planned Projects by Department, Patient Safety and Quality Improvements, Patient Room Improvements, Sustainable Design, and Reducing Capital and Operational Costs.

The article was written by the firm’s principle, a well-known expert in hospital and healthcare design, William N. Bernstein, AIA.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories. 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 more information about hospital and healthcare design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, 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
http://www.bernarch.com/

Architect's New Medical Office Building Featured in New York Times

2009-01-30T04:03:00.000-08:00

For Immediate Release (01/31/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that a new medical office building, designed by the firm for a location on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, has been featured in an article in the New York Times.

The new medical office building is currently under construction, and occupancy is expected in 2009. The building is a state-of-the-art medical office building, which will be used by a variety of medical specialties. The building exterior, which features a multi-hued brick and cast stone ornament, has been designed to harmonize with its residential surroundings.

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 the planning, design and construction of medical offices, including medical office buildings. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known healthcare architect who has written extensively on healthcare design and construction issues. He currently is writes a monthly column entitled “Hospital Design and Construction” for the Hospital Newspaper. A list of healthcare design articles can be found on the firm’s website: www.bernarch.com.

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

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

Architect Selected to Write “Hospital Design and Construction” Column

2009-01-26T16:26:00.001-08:00

For Immediate Release (02/01/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased that the firm principal, well-known healthcare and hospital architect --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- has been selected to write a column entitled “Hospital Design and Construction” for the publication Hospital Newspaper.

The column will focus on the many aspects of specialized design and construction required by hospitals and healthcare facilities, as they improve their aging hospital infrastructure and/or add new programs and technologies to stay up to date with the fast moving world of the healthcare marketplace.

Mr. Bernstein is well equipped to write the column. He was educated at the Yale University School of Architecture, where he received a Master of Architecture. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects, American College of Healthcare Architects, Construction Specification Institute and Project Management Institute. He is one of the few architects in the United States to receive the American Hospital Association Construction Management Certificate. He has written many articles on hospital and healthcare design and construction, and his healthcare and lab projects have won numerous awards and been published widely.

In addition, Mr. Bernstein is a principal of two healthcare and lab specialty companies: a healthcare and laboratory architecture firm --- Bernstein & Associates, Architects (http://www.bernarch.com/) --- and a healthcare and lab project management firm --- Empire Projects, Inc. (http://www.empireprojects.com/).

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories. For more information about hospital and lab design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, 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 --- website: http://www.bernarch.com/

About Empire Projects, Inc.: Founded in 2003, this company is a project management and owner’s representative firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories. For more information about project management of hospital and lab design and construction projects, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA --- President --- Empire Projects, Inc. --- 59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011 --- Office: 212.463.0800 --- Fax: 212.463.9898 --- Email: info@empireprojects.com --- website: http://www.empireprojects.com/

New Article on Design of Pharmacy to Conform with USP 797 (2008 Version)

2009-01-24T05:08:00.000-08:00

For Immediate Release (01/31/09)

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article about design of pharmacies to conform to the 2008 version of USP 797. The article has been published in the February 2009 edition of Hospital Newspaper.The article discussed the latest edition of USP 797, and how pharmacists and pharmacy managers should plan, design and construct their pharmacies to conform to USP 797.

About USP 797: USP 797 is a far-reaching regulation that governs a wide range of pharmacy policies and procedures. It is designed both to cut down on infections transmitted to patients through pharmaceutical products and to better protect staff working in pharmacies in the course of their exposure to pharmaceuticals. Issued by U.S. Pharmacopoeia (USP), the regulation governs any pharmacy that prepares "compounded sterile preparations" (CSPs). Many pharmacies fit this description. Moreover, many large hospitals have several pharmacies--a main one and several satellite pharmacies--that will be affected. A good source of information about USP 797 is the website www.usp797.org, which includes commonly asked USP 797 questions and answers by USP 797 industry consultants.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories, with a sub-specialty in the design and construction of USP 797-compliant pharmacy facilities. Over the last three years, Bernstein & Associates, Architects has designed over (20) USP 797-compliant pharmacies. The firm currently has four USP 797 compliant pharmacies in design or construction, including the new cancer center pharmacy at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

For more information about pharmacy design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIAPrincipal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898Email: info@bernarch.comwww.bernarch.com

Architect's New Cancer Center Pharmacy Goes into Construction

2009-01-03T11:26:00.000-08:00

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that a new usp 797 compliant pharmacy, designed by the firm, is now in the construction phase. The phased pharmacy construction project is located at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, one of the nation's premier cancer centers.

The pharmacy project is a complete reconstruction of the pharmacy. The renovation had to be phased, to allow continuous, uninterrupted operation of the pharmacy. The project includes all new iso 7 anteroom, iso 7 hazardous compounding room, and iso 7 non-hazardous compounding room. The facility is a state-of-the-art pharmacy, that includes the latest pharmacy automation equipment.

About Roswell Park Cancer Institute:

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), is America's first cancer center founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park. RPCI is the only upstate New York facility to hold the National Cancer Center designation of "comprehensive cancer center" and to serve as a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Over its long history, Roswell Park Cancer Institute has made fundamental contributions to reducing the cancer burden and has successfully maintained an exemplary leadership role in setting the national standards for cancer care, research and education.

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

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

Architect Designs Anatomy Lab With Focus on Functionality, Durability, and Flexibility

2008-12-31T16:04:00.000-08:00

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 anatomy students, working in one large room, on multiple dissections, and you will start to envision the challenges facing an architect of an anatomy lab.

So well-known lab design architect architect, Bernstein & Associates, Architects, approached the design of a new university 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 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 anatomhy 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 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 anatomy lab that resulted, incorporates the following lab components in a logical relationship and room-to-room flow: the main anataomy lab iteself with 25 worktables designed for 6 students at each table, male and female locker rooms, faculty office, virtual 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 interruptors on all electrical outlets.

The mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems are sophisticated, in keeping with the demainding nature of anatomy lab usage. The HVAC system is designed as a laminar flow system, with air distributed from the ceiling and exhusted through low returns in the wall (similiar 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 anatomy lab, resulting from careful study of this university lab building type, as well as close coordination between architect, engineer, university administration and anatomy lab teaching staff.

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

Bernstein & Assoc. Architects - PLLC
(lab planning, lab design, lab architecture, and lab engineering)
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

Bernstein & Associates, Architects Receives New Women's Center Design Commission

2008-12-06T13:03:00.000-08:00

Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com)) is pleased to announce that it has been selected to design a new women's center in Westchester County, NY.

The project includes multiple women's center modalities including the design and construction of rooms for ultrasound, bone densitometry, digital mammography and stereotactic biopsy. In addition, the women's center will have typical support space such as dressing rooms, offices, reception and waiting.

The project will be designed to complement the professional and caring approach of the radiologists behind this new, state-of-the-art women's center.

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Founded in 1990, the firm has specialized in healthcare design and construction --- with a sub-specialty in radiology --- since 1990. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art radiology practice including leading edge equipment, planning strategies, and PACs implementation. B&A is experienced with all modalities, and with all of the major radiology equipment manufacturers. To focus on one modality, as an example, experience with MRI suite design includes the following: (5) 3.0T MRI suites within the last five years, one of the few 7.0T MRI suites in the entire world, and over (20) 1.5T MRI suites over the last 18 years. The firm’s radiology work has been published extensively --- see section below on Radiology Publications.

Representative Radiology, Healthcare and Laboratory Publications:

- "Design of a State-of-the-Art Research Radiology Center"© William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Universal Room Design Can Mitigate Change Costs", © William N. Bernstein, Aunt Minnie.com
- “The Planetree Approach”, © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- “Trading Spaces”, © William N. Bernstein, Advance for Imaging and Oncology
- “Ten Points of the New Healthcare Design", © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Facility Planning Implications of the New MRI Safety Guidelines", © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Finding the Right Space for a New Imaging Center", © William N. Bernstein, AuntMinnie.com
- "On the Front Lines: A NYC Hospital Engineer's First Hand Account of Sept. 11", Health Facilities Management, © William N. Bernstein (with Michael Rawlings)
- "Floor Planning In a Nutshell", © M. J. Tamas, Advance for Administrators in Radiology
- “Architects Double-Team the Future of Radiology with Experience and a Can-Do Attitude”, © P. Rohland, Advance for Administrators in Radiology
- "Renovated Space, Skywalk `Reconnect' - 4 Floors Up", Health Facilities Management

For Further Information about Bernstein & Associates, Architects, please contact:

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

Cardiac Hypothermia Requirement Impacts NYC ER's

2008-12-04T04:53:00.000-08:00

According to a story in the New York Times, dated 12/04/08, starting on Jan. 1, New York City ambulances will take many cardiac arrest patients only to hospitals that use a delicate cooling therapy believed to reduce the chances of brain damage and increase the chances of survival, even if it means bypassing closer emergency rooms.

The move was made by the city’s Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service.

The move reflects an emerging view within that agency that the the type of treatment that cardiac arrest patients receive may be more important than how quickly they arrive and are treated at the ER.

According to the Times, since the Fire Department sent letters to hospital chief executives this week informing them of the impending change, about 20 of the 59 hospitals with emergency rooms have said they will have cooling operations ready by the Jan. 1 deadline.

Other cities with similiar policies to New York include: Seattle, Boston, Miami, Vienna and London.

According to the Times article, "the city has set no requirements for the kind of cooling techniques hospitals must use — some may start with inexpensive saline solutions and plastic bags filled with ice, while others employ sophisticated equipment manufactured and aggressively promoted by companies like Alsius, Innercool Therapies and Medivance."

Hospitals cited in the Times article that are currently practice therapeutic hypothermia include: NewYork-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai, Bellevue Hospital Center and St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan, Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and Staten Island University Hospital.

For more information, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/nyregion/04cool.html?_r=1&hp

2008-12-03T12:55:00.000-08:00

Women's Center Design Client Honored by NYWA
Dot Med News
December 03, 2008

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that one of its clients for women's center design --- Dr. Jane Tuvia --- is being honored by The New York Women's Agenda at their annual Star Breakfast being held on Tuesday, December 9.

According to the announcement from NYWA, "it is proud to honor Dr. Tuvia, who, as you know, is committed to women's health and opened Madison Avenue Women's Imaging in order to give women the best possible care, emphasizing that early detection through screening is the key tool in the battle against cancer."

Bernstein & Associates, Architects was the architect of the Madison Avenue Women's Imaging, on Madison Avenue at 38th Street, in Manhattan. The project involved design and construction of a state-of-the-art, multi-modality women's center --- including integrated design of rooms for mammography, ultrasound, bone densitometry, and a 1.5T GE MRI --- all designed to support the professional, caring approach that has contributed to the success of Dr. Tuvia's practice.

About the NYWA:

Through its strong network of women's organizations, NYWA helps women from all walks of life attain brighter futures. The Star Breakfast serves as NYWA's primary fundraiser. NYWA is known for its commitment to bettering the lives of women in New York. By supporting NYWA, you will not only be acknowledging the fight against breast cancer, but will also be supporting NYWA's effort to empower women.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:Founded in 1990, the firm has specialized in healthcare design and construction --- with a sub-specialty in radiology --- since 1990. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art radiology practice including leading edge equipment, planning strategies, and PACs implementation. B&A is experienced with all modalities, and with all of the major radiology equipment manufacturers. To focus on one modality, as an example, experience with MRI suite design includes the following: (5) 3.0T MRI suites within the last five years, one of the few 7.0T MRI suites in the entire world, and over (20) 1.5T MRI suites over the last 18 years. The firm’s radiology work has been published extensively --- see section below on Radiology Publications.Representative Radiology, Healthcare and Laboratory Publications:
- "Design of a State-of-the-Art Research Radiology Center"© William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Universal Room Design Can Mitigate Change Costs", © William N. Bernstein, Aunt Minnie.com
- “The Planetree Approach”, © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- “Trading Spaces”, © William N. Bernstein, Advance for Imaging and Oncology
- “Ten Points of the New Healthcare Design", © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Facility Planning Implications of the New MRI Safety Guidelines", © William N. Bernstein, Hospital Newspaper
- "Finding the Right Space for a New Imaging Center", © William N. Bernstein, AuntMinnie.com
- "On the Front Lines: A NYC Hospital Engineer's First Hand Account of Sept. 11", Health Facilities Management, © William N. Bernstein (with Michael Rawlings)
- "Floor Planning In a Nutshell", © M. J. Tamas, Advance for Administrators in Radiology
- “Architects Double-Team the Future of Radiology with Experience and a Can-Do Attitude”, © P. Rohland, Advance for Administrators in Radiology
- "Renovated Space, Skywalk `Reconnect' - 4 Floors Up", Health Facilities Management

For Further Information about Bernstein & Associates, Architects, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA
Principal Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 Fax: 212.463.9898Email: wb@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

New Article on Pharmacy Design and Construction

2008-11-24T21:45:00.000-08:00

Sunday, November 23, 2008

New Article on USP 797 Pharmacy Design and Construction
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new article about recent trends in pharmacy design, including the design of pharmaceutical compounding suites.

The article includes discussion of the design and construction implications of the 2008 version of USP 797.

It also features details of the new pharmacy and pharmaceutical compounding suite designed by the firm for the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. Entitled "Clean Spaces: A Look at the Revised and Reissued USP 797 Pharmacy Design Regulation", it was written by the firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- and was published in the October issue of Health Facilities Management.

To view this article: http://www.hhnmag.com/hhnmag_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=HFMMAGAZINE/Article/data/10OCT2008/0810HFM_DEPT_Codes&domain=HFMMAGAZINE dcrpath=HFMMAGAZINE/Article/data/10OCT2008/0810HFM_DEPT_Codes&domain=HFMMAGAZINE

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, *Bernstein & Assoc., Architects - PLLC* is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in healthcare and laboratories, with a sub-specialty in the design and construction of USP 797-compliant pharmacy facilities. Over the last three years, the firm has designed over (20) usp 797-compliant pharmacies.

For more more information about pharmacy design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, AIA
Principal Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 Cell: 917.747.2924 Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: wb@bernarch.com
http://www.bernarch.com/