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Hospital Design News Release
For Immediate Release (07/18/10)
Mobile Hospital Design – New Article 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
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 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
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