CPEP Design Feasibility Study

Bernstein & Associates, Architects recently completed a CPEP design feasibility study for a hospital in New York.

CPEP stands for Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, and is a specific type of psychiatric ER program which is licensed by the NYS Office of Mental Health.

In creating the CPEP program, OMH had the following objectives: “timely triage, assessments, and interventions; controlling inpatient admissions; providing crisis intervention in the community; and providing linkages to other services.”

The CPEP program has succeeded, per OMH, in “alleviating overcrowding in general medical emergency rooms, providing alternatives to inpatient admissions, and serving individuals in crisis in their own communities.”

The CPEP program involves four concepts, as promulgated by OMH:
- “Hospital-based crisis intervention services in the emergency room, including triage, referral, and psychiatric and medical evaluations and assessments”
- “Extended observation beds in the hospital to provide for extended evaluation, assessment, or stabilization of acute psychiatric symptoms for up to 72 hours”
- “Crisis outreach services in the community, including clinical assessment and crisis intervention treatment”
- “Crisis residence services in the community for temporary residential and other necessary support services for up to five consecutive days.”

Also per OMH, “a major objective of the CPEP is to provide psychiatric emergency care recipients with timely services …more rapid triage and assessment that would decrease overcrowding and reduce long waiting times”                                                                                                                                            
Scope of work envisioned in this feasibility study includes: general construction, demolition, concrete, millwork, windows/glass,doors & hardware, drywall/ceilings, ceramic tile, flooring, painting, specialties, window treatments, fire protection, plumbing, hvac, and electrical.

The consulting work was well received by our hospital client.

Design of behavioral healthcare space --- including CPEP's --- is a specialty of both Bernstein & Associates Architects (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/) and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (http://bharchgroup.com/). Recent behavioral healthcare design publications featuring these two firms include:

An article in Health Facilities Management entitled "Behavioral health design regulations - Codes, Guidelines and Resources that Promote Best Practices"
(http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtmldcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jan/compliance-design-guidelines-behavioral-health)

A cover article in Health Facilities Management entitled "Building Better Behavioral Health Care Facilities - New Designs for Behavioral Health Care Facilities have Become an Integral Part of the Patient Experience"
(http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jun/behavioral-health-care-open-design)

About Healthcare Architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) 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,
https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/, and https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
122 E 42nd St, - 17th Floor,  New York, NY 10168
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
New York – Hartford – Charlottesville - Los Angeles

Behavioral Healthcare Design Feasibility Study

Bernstein & Associates, Architects recently completed a behavioral healthcare design feasibility study for a hospital in New York.

The behavioral healthcare facilities consisted of several units including several adult behavioral healthcare units and a geriatric behavioral healthcare unit.

The consulting work was well received by our hospital client.

Design of behavioral healthcare space is a specialty of both Bernstein & Associates Architects (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/) and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (http://bharchgroup.com/). Recent behavioral healthcare design publications featuring these two firms include:

An article in Health Facilities Management entitled "Behavioral health design regulations - Codes, Guidelines and Resources that Promote Best Practices"
(http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtmldcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jan/compliance-design-guidelines-behavioral-health)

A cover article in Health Facilities Management entitled "Building Better Behavioral Health Care Facilities - New Designs for Behavioral Health Care Facilities have Become an Integral Part of the Patient Experience"
(http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jun/behavioral-health-care-open-design)

About Healthcare Architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) 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,
https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/, and https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
122 E 42nd St, - 17th Floor,  New York, NY 10168
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
New York – Hartford – Charlottesville - Los Angeles

Behavioral Healthcare Design Consulting

Bernstein & Associates, Architects recently completed a behavioral healthcare consulting assignment for a large new behavioral healthcare facility on the Eastern Seaboard.

The behavioral healthcare facilities consisted of several units including several adult behavioral healthcare units, adolescent behavioral healthcare unit, geriatric behavioral healthcare unit, and a behavioral healthcare unit for patients also requiring more acute care services.

The consulting was done in conjunction with the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (www.bharchgroup.com).

The consulting work was well received by our hospital client.

Design of behavioral healthcare space is a specialty of both Bernstein & Associates Architects (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/) and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (http://bharchgroup.com/). Recent behavioral healthcare design publications featuring these two firms include:

An article in Health Facilities Management entitled "Behavioral health design regulations - Codes, Guidelines and Resources that Promote Best Practices"
(http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtmldcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jan/compliance-design-guidelines-behavioral-health)

A cover article in Health Facilities Management entitled "Building Better Behavioral Health Care Facilities - New Designs for Behavioral Health Care Facilities have Become an Integral Part of the Patient Experience"
(http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jun/behavioral-health-care-open-design)

About Healthcare Architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) 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,
https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/, and https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
122 E 42nd St, - 17th Floor,  New York, NY 10168
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
New York – Hartford – Charlottesville - Los Angeles

Behavioral Healthcare Commission in Missouri

William N. Bernstein, AIA, a partner in the architectural firm Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group, is pleased to announce a new commission for an inpatient behavioral healthcare facility in Missouri.

This project is a Phase 2 of a behavioral healthcare master plan also done by the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group.

For more information about the firm, please see: http://bharchgroup.com/

The Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group practices across the United States as well as internationally.

The firm has offices in New York, NY and Topeka, KS.

Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-0800
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bharchgroup.com

2342 SE Alamar Road, Topeka, Kansas 66605
T: 785-231-4500
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bharchgroup.com

Rehab Medicine Design Commission to Bernstein & Associates, Architects

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) has been hired to design a renovation of an existing, inpatient rehab facility in New York.

Services provided by the facility include rehabilitation, as well as treatment for psychiatric and chemical abuse issues. The facility is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), adding to the extensive experience that Bernstein & Associates has in the design of Federally Qualified Health Centers.

Rehabilitation Medicine design is a sub-specialty of Bernstein & Associates, Architects – see http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-rehabilitation-alcohol-narcotics-physical-therapy-occupational-therapy-recreation-therapy/.

Other sub-specialties of the firm include facility design for treatment of alcohol and drug abuse (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-alcoholism-treatment/) as well as psychiatric issues (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/).

About Healthcare Architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) 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,
https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/, and https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - 803, New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

New York – Hartford – Princeton – Charlottesville - Los Angeles

Psychiatric ED Project Awarded to Bernstein & Associates, Architects

The Psychiatric Emergency Department (Psych ED department), will be a new building designed to house a new psychiatric ED program for a hospital in New York. Services provided will include behavioral healthcare programming, behavioral healthcare design, behavioral healthcare architecture, and behavioral healthcare furniture and fixture specification,

The architect-of-record will be Bernstein and Associates, Architects, with James Hunt and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group providing programmatic and design consulting.

Design of behavioral healthcare space is a specialty of both Bernstein & Associates Architects with James Hunt (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-psychiatric/) and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (http://bharchgroup.com/)

About Healthcare Architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) 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 accounts at www.twitter.com/BernsteinArch and www.twitter.com/Hospitals, https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/, and https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects.

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

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - 803, New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

New York – Hartford – Princeton – Charlottesville - Los Angeles

Behavioral Healthcare Project Designed by Bernstein & Associates Featured in Cover Story in June '15 Health Facilities Management

A new 25 bed behavioral healthcare facility in New York, designed by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (bharchgroup.com) as design consultants, was featured in a cover story in Health Facilities Management in the June 2015 issue.

See http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jun/behavioral-health-care-open-design

For additional behavioral healthcare architecture, by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (www.bharchgroup.com) as design consultants see: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
Also in Hartford, Princeton, Charlottesville, and Los Angeles

Behavioral Healthcare Project Designed by Bernstein & Associates Featured in January '15 Health Facilities Management

A new 25 bed behavioral healthcare facility in New York, designed by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (bharchgroup.com) as design consultants, was featured in Health Facilities Management in the January 2015 issue.

See http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jan/compliance-design-guidelines-behavioral-health

For additional behavioral healthcare architecture, by Bernstein & Associates, Architects with James M. Hunt AIA and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (www.bharchgroup.com) as design consultants see: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - #803
New York, NY 10001
T: 212-463-8200
F: 888-214-0670
Email: info@bernarch.com
Also in Hartford, Princeton, Charlottesville, and Los Angeles

Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility Design Commission Awarded to Bernstein & Associates, Architects

A commission for the renovation of an existing drug and alcohol rehab facility in New York has been awarded to Bernstein & Associates, Architects.

Drug and rehab facility design is a specialty of Bernstein & Associates, Architects, see: http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-rehabilitation-alcohol-narcotics-physical-therapy-occupational-therapy-recreation-therapy/

About Healthcare Architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) is known for innovative hospital 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 hospital design blog at www.bernarch.blogspot.com, www.twitter.com/hospitals,
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects, and https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/

For Drug Treatment Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-drug-treatment/
For Alcoholism Treatment Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-alcoholism-treatment/
For Rehabilitation Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-rehabilitation-alcohol-narcotics-physical-therapy-occupational-therapy-recreation-therapy/

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - 803, New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com
New York - Hartford - Princeton - Charlottesville - Los Angeles

Behavioral Healthcare Facility Completed in New York

A state-of-the-art, new behavioral healthcare facility has been completed in New York.

The facility is a new (25) bed inpatient psychiatric facility. It was a gut rehabilitation involving all new architectural work as well as all new mechanical/electrical infrastructure. Services provided included behavioral healthcare programming, behavioral healthcare design, behavioral healthcare architecture, and behavioral healthcare furniture and fixture specification,

The architect-of-record was Bernstein and Associates, Architects, with James Hunt and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group providing programmatic and design consulting.

The project was well received by the hospital, state and local agencies, and was published in two separate articles in Health Facilities Management:  http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jan/compliance-design-guidelines-behavioral-health and a cover story http://www.hfmmagazine.com/display/HFM-news-article.dhtml?dcrPath=/templatedata/HF_Common/NewsArticle/data/HFM/Magazine/2015/Jun/behavioral-health-care-open-design

Design of behavioral healthcare space is a specialty of both Bernstein & Associates Architects with James Hunt (http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/) and the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group (http://bharchgroup.com/)

About Healthcare Architect Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) 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,
https://www.facebook.com/bernsteinarchitects/, and https://www.linkedin.com/company/bernstein-&-associates-architects.

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects
1201 Broadway - 803, New York, NY 10001
Tel: 212-463-8200
Email: info@bernarch.com
www.bernarch.com

New York – Hartford – Princeton – Charlottesville - Los Angeles

Behavioral Health Design Commission Awarded to Prominent Healthcare Architect

Bernstein & Associates, Architects is pleased to announce that it has been selected to design a new, 25 bed inpatient psychiatric inpatient unit, for a prominent hospital 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 architectural, engineering and interior design of a state-of-the-art inpatient behavioral health facility. The design effort will be 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.

Healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects (www.bernarch.com) 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 Psychiatric Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-psychiatric/
For Mental Health Design see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-mental-health/
For Behavioral Designs see, http://bernarch.com/healthcare-design-behavioral-health/

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

Bernstein & Associates, Architects

1201 Broadway - 803, New York, NY 10001

Tel: 212-463-8200

Email: info@bernarch.com

www.bernarch.com

New York – Hartford – Princeton – Charlottesville - Los Angeles

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About Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group:

Mr. Bernstein is also a founding partner of the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group, along with the well-known behavioral healthcare architect, James A. Hunt, AIA.

About the Firm: http://www.bharchgroup.com/about-our-firm

Behavioral Healthcare Projects, Psychiatric Facility Design, and Mental Health Clinics: http://www.bharchgroup.com/projects

Behavioral Healthcare Design Services: http://www.bharchgroup.com/services

Behavioral Healthcare Design Publications: http://www.bharchgroup.com/publications

Contact the Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group:  

NEW YORK, NY:

Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group

1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10001

T: 212-463-0800

Email: info@bharchgroup.com

TOPEKA, KS:

Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Group

2342 SE Alamar Road, Topeka, Kansas 66605

T: 785-231-4500

Email: info@bharchgroup.com

Behavioral Health Design Commission

For Immediate Release (03/25/10)

Behavioral Health Design Commission Awarded to Prominent Healthcare Architect

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

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

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

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

About Bernstein & Associates, Architects:

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

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

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

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