For Immediate Release (02/28/10)
Pharmacy Architect Selected to Provide Pharmacy Design Consulting on New USP 797 Compliant Pharmacy in New York
Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased that it has been selected to provide pharmacy design consulting for a new hospital in New York. Pharmacy design consulting services include: pharmacy plan review, pharmacy equipment review, and design review of the project to confirm compliance to USP 797.
The pharmacy project is a complete new pharmacy. The project includes all new USP 797 compliant anteroom, new USP 797 compliant hazardous compounding room, and new USP 797 compliant non-hazardous compounding room.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in healthcare and lab design and construction since the firm's founding in 1990. This architecture firm is well-known for pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy construction, including usp 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well known architect of pharmacies. He has written extensively on pharmacy design and construction including usp 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's usp 797 articles can be found on the usp 797 website www.usp797.org/, and his pharmacy design articles can be found on the pharmacy design website www.pharmacydesign.org.
For Pharmacy Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-pharmacy/
For more information about healthcare and hospital design and construction, including pharmacy design and construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at:
New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th St. - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
T: 212-463-8200
F: 212-463-9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor
Hartford, CT 06103
T: 860-616-2200
F: 860-616-0018
Email: info@bernarch.com
Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
T: 609-309-7005
F: 609-309-7006
Email: info@bernarch.com
Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1405 Woodruff Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024
T: 213-330-0340
F: 213-330-0450
Email: info@bernarch.com
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Hospital Design - A Smart Renovation Approach
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new hospital design article focused on a smart renovation approach. The article was published in the Hospital Newspaper.
Highlights of this hospital architecture article :
- The meaning of the term “smart renovation”
- How to increase efficiency and create a healthier hospital building for the patients, staff, and the environment
- Often a synonym for “green renovation”
- Best way to cut hospital energy costs is to use smarter hospital design to utilize water, electricity, and fuels more efficiently
- Healthier workplaces and homes can also result in healthier, more productive staff, visitors and owners
- “Retro-commission” of hospital architecture
- Reasons to utilize green design in hospital planing
- Green renovations, by increasing the efficiency of existing lighting and HVAC systems, cost the consumer considerably less to maintain.
- U.S. Federal Government has jumped on the green renovation bandwagon.
- There are numerous ways that hospital architects can design a hospital can be improved to reduce costs and lessen environmental impact.
- Hospital Lighting Cost Reduction: better lighting is one of the easiest ways to cut costs. - Basic improvements include fluorescent light bulbs, motion sensors to turn lights off when not needed, light sensors to dim the lights when natural lighting is sufficient, and individual desk lamps in place of overhead lighting.
- Break the lighting grid of hospital buildings into more sections so workers only need to turn on the necessary overhead lights.
- A design technique for a hospital architects to use natural lighting more
- Hospital HVAC Cost Reduction: installing better insulation and sealing heat leaks (which are found using an infra-red scanner,) fixing faulty mechanisms within the HVAC systems, and installing better-sealed windows, radiant in-floor heating, machines for recovering heat from used hot water, ventilation controls for individual desks, and programmable thermostats, energy-efficient appliances and hands-free faucets, which can be charged by ambient light.
- Some of the most popular and extravagant green ideas are solar panels and wind turbines for supplemental energy, geo-thermal heating, and Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs,) but these are all large investments.
- A number of hospitals have reaped the rewards of investing in better light and climate conditions and have seen huge returns on this investment.
- Smart renovations may mean adapting to modern technologies as well.
- The emphasis on smart design for hospitals and smart renovation for hospitals has been a growing trend in recent years.
- Implications for hospital plans
- For hospital facilities, the same rules apply as they do for other buildings. The facility must have room for, and money to fund, the necessary hospital planning. Surface changes to a medical facility can have a large impact, though, and shouldn’t be overlooked. Working to improve lighting conditions can make medical professionals’ jobs much easier and make the hospital experience friendlier and healthier for patients. Also, careful troubleshooting of HVAC systems can save a facility a significant amount of money.
- In terms of improving workflow, it can be a difficult but rewarding process for medical facilities. - With the new digital technologies, radiology rooms and other parts of hospitals can and should be decentralized to facilitate access to important medical information.
- Pneumatic tubing for the easy distribution of drugs is another way that hospitals can speed up many processes to save time and labor and, therefore, money.
© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Ian Janer. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals/
For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
Highlights of this hospital architecture article :
- The meaning of the term “smart renovation”
- How to increase efficiency and create a healthier hospital building for the patients, staff, and the environment
- Often a synonym for “green renovation”
- Best way to cut hospital energy costs is to use smarter hospital design to utilize water, electricity, and fuels more efficiently
- Healthier workplaces and homes can also result in healthier, more productive staff, visitors and owners
- “Retro-commission” of hospital architecture
- Reasons to utilize green design in hospital planing
- Green renovations, by increasing the efficiency of existing lighting and HVAC systems, cost the consumer considerably less to maintain.
- U.S. Federal Government has jumped on the green renovation bandwagon.
- There are numerous ways that hospital architects can design a hospital can be improved to reduce costs and lessen environmental impact.
- Hospital Lighting Cost Reduction: better lighting is one of the easiest ways to cut costs. - Basic improvements include fluorescent light bulbs, motion sensors to turn lights off when not needed, light sensors to dim the lights when natural lighting is sufficient, and individual desk lamps in place of overhead lighting.
- Break the lighting grid of hospital buildings into more sections so workers only need to turn on the necessary overhead lights.
- A design technique for a hospital architects to use natural lighting more
- Hospital HVAC Cost Reduction: installing better insulation and sealing heat leaks (which are found using an infra-red scanner,) fixing faulty mechanisms within the HVAC systems, and installing better-sealed windows, radiant in-floor heating, machines for recovering heat from used hot water, ventilation controls for individual desks, and programmable thermostats, energy-efficient appliances and hands-free faucets, which can be charged by ambient light.
- Some of the most popular and extravagant green ideas are solar panels and wind turbines for supplemental energy, geo-thermal heating, and Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs,) but these are all large investments.
- A number of hospitals have reaped the rewards of investing in better light and climate conditions and have seen huge returns on this investment.
- Smart renovations may mean adapting to modern technologies as well.
- The emphasis on smart design for hospitals and smart renovation for hospitals has been a growing trend in recent years.
- Implications for hospital plans
- For hospital facilities, the same rules apply as they do for other buildings. The facility must have room for, and money to fund, the necessary hospital planning. Surface changes to a medical facility can have a large impact, though, and shouldn’t be overlooked. Working to improve lighting conditions can make medical professionals’ jobs much easier and make the hospital experience friendlier and healthier for patients. Also, careful troubleshooting of HVAC systems can save a facility a significant amount of money.
- In terms of improving workflow, it can be a difficult but rewarding process for medical facilities. - With the new digital technologies, radiology rooms and other parts of hospitals can and should be decentralized to facilitate access to important medical information.
- Pneumatic tubing for the easy distribution of drugs is another way that hospitals can speed up many processes to save time and labor and, therefore, money.
© 2010 by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA and Ian Janer. Well known hospital architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart renovations for hospital clients, with offices in New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for innovative hospital planning, hospital design, hospital architecture and hospital interior design. Additional ways to follow the hospital design philosophy and hospital design news, is through the firm’s hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, as well as the firm’s hospital design Twitter account at www.twitter.com/hospitals
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Hospital Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospitals/
For more information about hospital planning, hospital architecture, and hospital interior design, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Hospice Interior Design Commission Awarded to Prominent Healthcare Architecture Firm
Hospice News Release
For Immediate Release (02/11/10)
Architect Receives New Hospice Interior Design Commission
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the commission to provide hospice interior design services, as well as hospice furniture selection, for a state-of-the-art hospice being built in New York.
The hospice movement is an important part of the continuum of health care services in our society, and Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to be chosen the designer of these hospice interiors.
The hospice facility design includes the private hospice bedrooms, hospice sitting areas, and hospice bathrooms. Public hospice spaces to be designed include hospice reception, hospice great room, and hospice dining room. Additional hospice program areas include a hospice spa and hospice study areas.
Hospice interior design services include: hospice flooring materials, hospice wall coverings and hospice finishes, hospice hardware, hospice tile layout, hospice kitchen and hospice panty areas, hospice plumbing fixtures, hospice window treatment design and fabric selection, hospice bedding fabrics, hospice lighting fixtures, hospice furniture, and hospice color scheme.
This state-of-the-art hospice promises to be a leading example of hospice planning and hospice design when complete.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including hospice planning and hospice design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design.
For Hospice Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospices/
For further Information about planning and design of a hospice, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A
New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.comW: www.bernarch.com
For Immediate Release (02/11/10)
Architect Receives New Hospice Interior Design Commission
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the commission to provide hospice interior design services, as well as hospice furniture selection, for a state-of-the-art hospice being built in New York.
The hospice movement is an important part of the continuum of health care services in our society, and Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to be chosen the designer of these hospice interiors.
The hospice facility design includes the private hospice bedrooms, hospice sitting areas, and hospice bathrooms. Public hospice spaces to be designed include hospice reception, hospice great room, and hospice dining room. Additional hospice program areas include a hospice spa and hospice study areas.
Hospice interior design services include: hospice flooring materials, hospice wall coverings and hospice finishes, hospice hardware, hospice tile layout, hospice kitchen and hospice panty areas, hospice plumbing fixtures, hospice window treatment design and fabric selection, hospice bedding fabrics, hospice lighting fixtures, hospice furniture, and hospice color scheme.
This state-of-the-art hospice promises to be a leading example of hospice planning and hospice design when complete.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including hospice planning and hospice design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design.
For Hospice Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-hospices/
For further Information about planning and design of a hospice, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A
New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.comW: www.bernarch.com
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Architect Receives New Cardiac Center Commission
For Immediate Release (02/07/10)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design a new cardiac center --- for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, ablations and other cardiovascular interventions --- within a prominent hospital in New York.
The project includes cardiology planning and cardiology design of multiple Electrophysiology (EP) Labs, including the incorporation of Stereotaxis equipment, which allows for remote magnetic navigation. The arrhythmia center design includes a cardiology procedure wing, cardiology prep/recovery wing, cardiology reception/waiting, cardiology office wing, and cardiology education wing.
The planning of the cardiology procedure wing allows for: four Electrophysiology (EP) Labs, including the remote navigation equipment by Stereotaxis as indicated, as well as typical patient and staff support. The planning required for this cardiac equipment required coordination amongst numerous parties.
The design of the cardiology prep/recovery wing allows for the proper ratio of prep/recovery beds to procedure rooms, as well as nursing station, nourishment station, clean utility, soiled utility, and other typical support spaces.
The design of the arrhythmia center waiting/reception includes a reception area, waiting for arrhythmia patients and their families, arrhythmia patient education center, pantry and consulting.
This state-of-the-art arrhythmia center has been featured on the cardiology business website www.cardiologybusiness.com), as well as the Hospital Newspaper. It promises to be a leading example of arrhythmia center planning and design when complete.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including cardiology planning and cardiology design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design. Amongst the firm’s specialty cardiology consulting services are: design of arrhythmia center master plans, design of hospital arrhythmia center departments, design of outpatient arrhythmia center facilities, and design of arrhythmia center room design including remote navigation system equipment by Stereotaxis.
For Cardiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-cardiology/
For further Information about planning and design of an arrhythmia center, cardiology department, and/or cardiology clinics, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A
New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to plan and design a new cardiac center --- for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, ablations and other cardiovascular interventions --- within a prominent hospital in New York.
The project includes cardiology planning and cardiology design of multiple Electrophysiology (EP) Labs, including the incorporation of Stereotaxis equipment, which allows for remote magnetic navigation. The arrhythmia center design includes a cardiology procedure wing, cardiology prep/recovery wing, cardiology reception/waiting, cardiology office wing, and cardiology education wing.
The planning of the cardiology procedure wing allows for: four Electrophysiology (EP) Labs, including the remote navigation equipment by Stereotaxis as indicated, as well as typical patient and staff support. The planning required for this cardiac equipment required coordination amongst numerous parties.
The design of the cardiology prep/recovery wing allows for the proper ratio of prep/recovery beds to procedure rooms, as well as nursing station, nourishment station, clean utility, soiled utility, and other typical support spaces.
The design of the arrhythmia center waiting/reception includes a reception area, waiting for arrhythmia patients and their families, arrhythmia patient education center, pantry and consulting.
This state-of-the-art arrhythmia center has been featured on the cardiology business website www.cardiologybusiness.com), as well as the Hospital Newspaper. It promises to be a leading example of arrhythmia center planning and design when complete.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, this healthcare architecture firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with a number of sub-specialties including cardiology planning and cardiology design. The firm is run by William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, a well-known healthcare and cardiology architect. The firm is highly experienced with state-of-the-art healthcare design. Amongst the firm’s specialty cardiology consulting services are: design of arrhythmia center master plans, design of hospital arrhythmia center departments, design of outpatient arrhythmia center facilities, and design of arrhythmia center room design including remote navigation system equipment by Stereotaxis.
For Cardiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-cardiology/
For further Information about planning and design of an arrhythmia center, cardiology department, and/or cardiology clinics, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects:
Bernstein & Associates, Architects
59 West 19th Street - 6A
New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.8200
F: 212.463.9898
E: info@bernarch.com
W: www.bernarch.com
Saturday, February 6, 2010
New Radiology Design Article Published
For Immediate Release (11/15/09)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new radiology design article focused on universal room design. The article was published in Hospital Newspaper.
Highlights of this radiology planning article :
Differing requirements for detailed medical equipment specifications by architect and client, especially in terms of schedule of medical equipment purchase
- Healthcare clients need flexibility in the timing of their medical equipment purchase
- Impact on design and construction process of changes to medical equipment specs
- Some equipment spec changes impact project more than others
- In general, the later the change in spec, the greater the potential impact
- Medical equipment changes during a construction project: small and early is good, big and late is bad.
- Option for mitigating impact of equipment changes on a healthcare construction project
- “Universal Room” concept for minimizing impact of changes to medical equipment
- Methodology for Universal Room design process
- Pluses and minuses of the “Universal Room” concept
- Types of room design that could benefit from this unique approach to medical equipment planning: ct room design, radiology room design, mri design, mammography design
linear accelerator design, mri room design, nuclear medicine design, cat scan design
mammography room design, linear accelerator room design
The above article was written by radiology architect William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, of the well-known healthcare design and hospital design firm of Bernstein & Associates, Architects. The firm’s principle, Mr. Bernstein, is a well-known architect and radiology consultant in radiology department planning and design. Mr. Bernstein is a graduate of the Yale University School of Architecture, who has specialized in healthcare design and construction for over 30 years.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Radiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/
For more information about radiology department planning, design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.comwww.bernarch.com
Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce the publication of a new radiology design article focused on universal room design. The article was published in Hospital Newspaper.
Highlights of this radiology planning article :
Differing requirements for detailed medical equipment specifications by architect and client, especially in terms of schedule of medical equipment purchase
- Healthcare clients need flexibility in the timing of their medical equipment purchase
- Impact on design and construction process of changes to medical equipment specs
- Some equipment spec changes impact project more than others
- In general, the later the change in spec, the greater the potential impact
- Medical equipment changes during a construction project: small and early is good, big and late is bad.
- Option for mitigating impact of equipment changes on a healthcare construction project
- “Universal Room” concept for minimizing impact of changes to medical equipment
- Methodology for Universal Room design process
- Pluses and minuses of the “Universal Room” concept
- Types of room design that could benefit from this unique approach to medical equipment planning: ct room design, radiology room design, mri design, mammography design
linear accelerator design, mri room design, nuclear medicine design, cat scan design
mammography room design, linear accelerator room design
The above article was written by radiology architect William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA, of the well-known healthcare design and hospital design firm of Bernstein & Associates, Architects. The firm’s principle, Mr. Bernstein, is a well-known architect and radiology consultant in radiology department planning and design. Mr. Bernstein is a graduate of the Yale University School of Architecture, who has specialized in healthcare design and construction for over 30 years.
About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Founded in 1990, this company is an award-winning architectural firm and specializing in the design and planning of radiology departments. The firm takes pride in providing the highest level of healthcare and hospital design work, with additional expertise in sustainable healthcare facilities, energy saving measures for hospitals, cost reduction strategies for hospitals, hospital safety and patient safety.
For Radiology Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-radiology/
For more information about radiology department planning, design and construction, please contact:
William N. Bernstein, LEED®AP, AIA
Principal - Bernstein & Associates, Architects - PLLC
59 West 19th Street - 6A New York, NY 10011
Office: 212.463.8200 - Fax: 212.463.9898
Email: info@bernarch.comwww.bernarch.com
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