Featured in HealthTechZone.com, December 2014. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations have been an important diagnostic tool since the first commercial MRI became available in 1981. [1],[2] Unlike X-rays and CT scans, which are good at imaging bones and other dense objects in the body, MRIs can create detailed images of soft tissues like the brain, heart, […]
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Featured in Medical Construction & Design, November 2014. Not one of us undergoes a surgical procedure with the hope of walking out the door with an infection along with their medical bill. Unfortunately, incidents of infections from healthcare facilities do occur, and opportunities for increased incidence are growing with surge of Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) […]
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The American Institute of Architects’ Pennsylvania chapter included student awards at their annual awards gala at a Barnes Museum November 12, 2014.
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Several changes to the 2014 FGI Guidelines affect the physical space for behavior health spaces in stand-alone centers and in-hospital behavioral health units. Section 2.5–2.2 General Psychiatric Units was altered this year to add the requirement for a sally port in a locked unit at the primary entrance. The FGI guidelines define “sally port” in […]
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I spend my time on site photographing mistakes. Not really, but that’s how I’m perceived, since much of my time walking through the construction site is spent observing the work-in-progress, and photo-documenting places where it deviates from Array’s construction documents or from best practice. Somebody’s got to do it. It’s interesting to take stock of […]
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