Psych Facility Design and Project Management
Newsletter
Bernstein & Associates, Architects (Psych
Facility Design)
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Empire
Projects, Inc. (Psych Facility Project Management) |
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October 2007 |
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In This Issue |
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Featured Articles:
1. "Report
Advises Health Systems on Disaster Response", (c)
Mark Moran, Psychiatric News, August 2007
2. "Substance
Abuse Treatment: A Great Investment", (c) Rich
Daly, Psychiatric News, 12/16/05
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"Hospitals'
Psychiatric Services Are Threatened Despite
Critical Functions", (c) American Journal of
Psychiatry, 9/30/07
Featured Service: Psychiatric Facility Patient
Safety Audit
Current
Psychiatric Facility Projects of Bernstein & Assoc.
Architects:
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About Bernstein &
Associates, Architects:
Founded in 1990, *Bernstein & Assoc.,
Architects - PLLC* is an award-winning architectural
firm specializing in : health care, with a sub-specialty
in psychiatric design and construction. The firm
is currently licensed to practice architecture in : FL,
TX, IO, IA, OH, NY, NJ & CT. In addition the firm
principal is NCARB certified and can be licensed in any
state within 30 days. |
About Empire Projects,
Inc.:
A division of our firm *Empire Projects, Inc.*
(www.EmpireProjects.com), provides "Owner's Rep"
services to facility owners, including management of the
design and construction process to maintain quality
standards, and assure conformance to budget and
schedule.
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Featured Articles:
"Report
Advises Health Systems on Disaster Response", (c) Mark
Moran, Psychiatric News, August 2007
"Better funding and
integration of emergency and trauma services, improved and
sustained training of physicians and other emergency
health care workers, and enhanced legal protection of
first responders to a disaster are the broad goals issued
by an 18-member coalition of health care and medical
organizations in a 54-page report titled "Improving Health
System Preparedness for Terrorism and Mass-Casualty
Events..."
For full text of the
article, go to:
http://www.bernarch.com/Articles-10-07-PsychNewsReportAdvisesonDisasterResponse-.htm
"Substance Abuse Treatment:
A Great Investment", (c) Rich Daly,
Psychiatric News,
12/16/05
"The finding of at least a 7-to-1 return on public
investment in substance abuse treatment could fuel support
for such programs among the public and policymakers in an
increasingly tight financial environment. Substance abuse
treatment advocates in California have a new tool to
gather support for increased funding, with the release of
a recent study that found every dollar spent on substance
abuse treatment generates more than $7 in monetary
benefits for society..."
For full
text of the article, go to:
http://www.bernarch.com/Articles-10-07-PsychNews-SubstanceAbuseGreatInvestment.htm
"Hospitals' Psychiatric
Services Are Threatened Despite Critical Functions", (c)
American Journal of Psychiatry, 9/30/07
"Inadequate insurance payments for services provided by
psychiatric units in general hospitals have led to
widespread closing, downsizing, or off-campus transfer of
inpatient psychiatric units. Yet, these units are
essential for treatment of coexisting medical and
psychiatric conditions, appropriate care of psychiatric
disorders in the emergency room, and education of medical
trainees..."
For full text of the
article, go to:
http://www.bernarch.com/Articles-10-07-AmerJournalofPsych-PsychSvcsThreatened.htm
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Featured Service: Psychiatric Facility Patient Safety Audit:
Our team of psychiatric
design experts has completed (30) “Psychiatric Patient
Safety Audits”, for facilities in (12) states. These
audits are often performed after there has been a
patient incident in a hospital or psychiatric
institution, but it is always recommended that
facilities housing psychiatric patients be pro-active,
and procure this patient-safety focused audit before
there is a patient incident.
Our “Psychiatric Patient
Safety Audits” includes a basic checklist of (68)
psychiatric patient-safety focused items but it expands
and contracts depending on the type and combinations of
patient populations and whether it is private, public,
freestanding or part of a med/surg facility. The number
of variables that need to be considered vary widely with
the nature and culture of the organization as well as the
age, diagnosis, medical issues and many other aspects of
the patients themselves.
Experience: Psychiatric Facility Design & Construction :
- A/E: Gut Rehab of
44,000SF, (85) Bed, Adult and Adolescent Inpatient
Psychiatric Center
- A/E: Creation of New (60) Bed Adolescent Inpatient
Psychiatric Center
- A/E: Master Plan and Renovations of Existing (105)
Bed Psychiatric Center, including: Adult, Adolescent,
Pediatric, Outpatient and CPEP
- A/E: Psych Patient Safety/Suicide Prevention
Audits, Upgrades, Renovations
The firm is currently
licensed to practice architecture in : FL, TX, IO, IA,
OH, NY, NJ & CT. In addition the firm principal
is NCARB certified and can be licensed in any state
within 30 days. | |
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Bernstein & Assoc., Architects – PLLC 59
West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011 Ph : 212-463-8200
/ Fx : 212-463-9898 / info@bernarch.com
Empire Projects, Inc. 59
West 19th Street - 6A, New York, NY 10011 Ph : 212-463-0800
/ Fx : 212-463-9898 /
info@empireprojects.com |
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& Associates, Architects – PLLC / 59 West 19th St. - 6A,
NY, NY / Telephone
: 212-463-8200
/ Fax : 212-463-9898 10011 /
Email : info@bernarch.com
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