BHFC Design ConsultingSep 23, 20201 minCreating A Place Of Sanctuary For Mental Health Patients[Healthcare Design magazine, September 15, 2020] Contributing Authors: Jim Hunt, Kim Boe, and Robyn Linstrom In 2015, Mind Springs...
BHFC Design ConsultingAug 31, 20202 minWhitepaper: Telemental Health and the COVID-19 Behavioral Health CrisisAuthors: Anosha Zanjani, Brian Giebink, Kathleen Woods & Kimberly McMurray Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic...
BHFC Design ConsultingAug 18, 20201 minBest Practices for Incorporating Art in Behavioral Health SettingsRecently, Jim Hunt contributed to an article sponsored by RAO Contract Sales, Inc., on the "Best Practices for Incorporating Art in...
BHFC Design ConsultingMar 8, 20202 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...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 8, 20201 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...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 8, 20201 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...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 8, 20201 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...
BHFC Design ConsultingJan 8, 20201 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. ...
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...
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...
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...