Challenge While front lobby improvements were agreed upon, a throughput analysis and thorough re-thinking of the check-in and triage area had to be tackled first in order to allow physical layout options provide optimal efficiencies. Solution A future state which provided for enhanced patient privacy, more efficient handling of fast-track cases and bedside registration of acute patients […]
Challenge Update a 15-year-old emergency department where volumes have increased to such an extent that patient and staff conditions are unsafe and patients leave without being seen or fully accessed. Solution Keeping in the mind the census swings an urban ED experiences each day, it was essential to utilize process mapping and discrete event simulation […]
Array Architects conducts Rapid Lean Design Events geared to help clients quickly assess their current condition, map out patient flows impacted by the process, identify areas for improvement or streamlining, and then establish an ideal future work flow. The RLDE is a swift and targeted multidisciplinary workshop often consisting of two or three sessions. When […]
Co-authored by Morgan Young. In 2019, the Lebanon, PA Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center tapped Miller Remick and Array Architects to design and construct a Community Living Center (CLC) that follows the VA standard small house model for their campus. Little did the team know that the pandemic was about to fundamentally change how age-in-place […]
This blog was co-authored by Dan Russell. As the current epicenter of the US COVID-19 outbreak, New York City hospitals are struggling to provide beds for their patients. To combat the dwindling bed supply, iCrowd Inc. reached out to Array to help realize their vision of installing 5,000 beds distributed throughout five tent structures across […]
A lean coffee is an agenda-less meeting, where people come to discuss topics related to lean and process improvement. I geared my lean coffee toward healthcare professionals who might be currently implementing lean or trying to learn more about process improvement. Follow me on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn for information on upcoming Philadelphia Lean […]
On May 20, 2013, DuPont Corian’s showroom in New York hosted Healthcare Design magazine’s event that explored Design Considerations for Technological Innovation in Healthcare Design. The discussion was moderated by Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, the Managing Editor of Healthcare Design, and featured the unique perspectives
An ever-evolving and continuously improving firm needs to take stock of its own spaces just as it recommends it clients do. Three years ago, we moved from King of Prussia to Conshohocken – both Philadelphia suburbs. The new Array Architects location, renovated in summer/fall 2014 for a late October 2014 move-in, included flexible, multi-functional communal spaces […]
