When the group reconvened in February 2015, we took the discussion a step further, getting into the nitty gritty details of site selection. Delving into this topic with perspectives from a versatile group offered valuable insight in an hour and a half’s time, which can have long-lasting benefits (as evidenced by the participants strategizing to […]
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In leading a design firm’s business development initiatives, I closely follow healthcare delivery trends and how clients look to better serve their patients and communities, and how facilities can support these goals. Attending conferences and symposiums provides the opportunity to learn what trends came about from changes in the healthcare delivery landscape, and how a […]
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In September 2013, Mercy Health contracted Danis Building Construction Company to provide construction management for five behavioral health projects. Array Architects served as the design team, working closely with Danis project managers. When a health system identifies a service line to redefine and improve, they benefit from a team of consultants who speak their language, […]
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I participated in a discussion posted to IPD Thought Leaders for Healthcare, a LinkedIn group to which I belong. The question posed was, “How do you perceive the amount of RFIs on an IPD Project versus a traditional project? Should an IPD Project have fewer RFIs than a traditional project?” As you would expect, opinions varied […]
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As the medical and healthcare industries continue to evolve, there are strategies that a Health System’s developer/real estate representative and architect can utilize to help the System remain on an appropriate growth course.
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Within the architecture profession, creating, receiving and generating data is a daily task. Ambulatory Surgery Facility Assessments, for instance, have the potential to generate large sets of data that various team members, including clients, review and use to make critical decisions.
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Concurrent with completing the largest Ambulatory Surgery Center on the East Coast, I had the opportunity to present our success with Building Information Modeling at the 16th Annual Lean Construction Institute Congress held in October 2014 in San Francisco. Co-presenting with Turner Construction, we set the pace for the conference, kicking off the presentations to […]
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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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