At Array, we focus exclusively on the design of environments to support healthcare. This specificity presents interesting challenges these days – as the world of healthcare continues to change in response to an evolving set of rules.

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Recently featured in the Society for Health Systems’ March 2015 Newsletter. What can simulation do for your health system? Discrete event simulation is a powerful analysis tool that allows users to test different options with real data before a decision is made. While simulation can benefit various industries, this post focuses on the specific advantages […]

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Health Systems looking to lease space in office buildings for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) cannot assume all buildings will comply with the zoning and healthcare codes and use requirements.  A visual assessment by an experienced healthcare architect and engineer, to ensure a building’s compliance, is needed prior to concluding negotiations for the space. Each state’s […]

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Respect. That’s my key takeaway from the one-week Lean Healthcare West green belt training I attended in Greenville, South Carolina.  Specifically, respect for the patient, their family and all the staff, services and processes that support that patient’s journey through a healthcare facility. Respect manifests itself in Lean Healthcare through the goal of working toward […]

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Environmental Graphic Design (EGD): What is it exactly? Wikipedia defines EGD as a design profession embracing many design disciplines including graphic design, architecture, industrial design and landscape architecture. Practitioners in this field are concerned with the visual aspects of wayfinding, communicating identity and brands, information design and shaping a sense of place. There are many […]

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