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Healthcare Design News Release
For Immediate Release (09/07/10)
Emergency Department Design Trends - New Article to be Published
Well known healthcare 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 healthcare architect Mr. Bernstein is a principal of
healthcare architecture firm Bernstein & Associates, Architects
(www.bernarch.com), which is focused on smart healthcare
renovations for healthcare clients, with offices in New York,
Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles. The firm is known for
innovative healthcare planning, healthcare design, healthcare
architecture and healthcare interior design. Additional ways to
follow the 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 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:
Healthcare Architects in New York (Headquarters)
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 59 West 19th St, New York,
NY 10011
Email: info@bernarch.com
Healthcare Architects in Hartford
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 100 Pearl St. - 14th Floor,
Hartford, CT 06103
Email: info@bernarch.com
Healthcare Architects in Princeton
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 103 Carnegie Center, Suite
300, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 Email: info@bernarch.com
Healthcare Architects in Los Angeles
Bernstein & Associates, Architects 1405 Woodruff Avenue, Los
Angeles, California 90024
Email: info@bernarch.com
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