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 […]

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 […]

On the surface, the notion of design creativity seems diametrically opposed to the systematic rigor in Lean and Six Sigma. However, a deeper look at design creativity or the creation of design, specifically as it applies to healthcare architecture, reveals tremendous value to the bottom line – creating a healing environment. There has been a […]

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 […]

Array hosted its second Annual Lean Event in late 2012. This year the course was at Array’s New York City office located at 44 East 30th Street.

Challenge To actively consider our clients’ obligation to provide enhanced value to their patients, by balancing the two primary components of value: cost and quality. Solution Array incorporates Lean Design principles on every project where each process and every task is evaluated for its effectiveness as part of the overall process flow.  The impact of […]

Recently engaged to design a new Dialysis Unit for a large New York City Hospital, Array approached the client to see if they would be open to us observing clinicians in the workspace to gain an understanding of how they deliver care,

  The text below is a condensed version of Kent Doss’s White Paper, “IMMERSIVE DESIGN: Enhancing the Emotional Content of Lean Design.”