BHFC Design ConsultingMar 82 minHow Do Psychiatric Units Need to Be Different From General Hospital Units?GENERAL HOSPITAL Focus is on treating medical conditions FUNCTION OF SPACE: Treatment takes place in patient rooms Family visitation takes place in patient r...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 81 minBehavioral Health Clinic in a Wal-Mart StoreBeacon Health Options has launched Beacon Care Services’ first outpatient mental health clinic location inside a Walmart store in Carrollton, Texas. This is...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 81 minExpanding Our View of Mental HealthExpanding Our View of Mental Health. by Sara Millburn, MHCL This article makes a great case for integrated care in the world of primary care practice. Among...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 81 minApplications of Color Temperature Options with LED Lighting“Warm white” and “Cool white” have been standard colors of fluorescent lighting for decades. The maturation of LED light sources now give us many more choic...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 81 minBottom of Glass Lites in Doors Now 43 Inches Maximum Above FloorBoth the ADA and ICC A117.1 now require that the bottom on vision panels in doors or sidelights be no more than 43″ above the floor. This requirement has be...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 1, 20181 minStudy of Falls in Psychiatric Inpatient UnitsSara Baramzadeh, PhD, MArch et-al published a study in 2018 in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association to determine the built environment’...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 1, 20172 minNew Research Validates "Five Levels of Safety" ApproachAn evidence based research paper by Sara Bayramzadeh, PhD, that was published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal in June of 2016 explored t...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 1, 20171 min5 Levels of Inpatient Safety Risk StudySara Baramzadeh, PhD, MArch published an independent study in 2017 in the Health Environments Research and Design Journal to determine if the Five Levels of ...
