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- Whitehall’s Journey in Behavioral Health Design Innovation
October 26, 2023
We remain committed to learning from and collaborating with our customers and hope they’ll continue relying on our expertise, as well. Together we can achieve something remarkable in behavioral healthcare.
- Bob Biggio: Commitment to Community & Environment
November 17, 2022
Bob Biggio, Boston Medical Center’s Senior Vice President of Facilities & Support Services, discusses BMC’s $300 million campus redesign, as well as its new net-zero inpatient behavioral health facility and its commitment to the community and the environment.
- Pandemic Prompts New Healthcare Design Trends
October 8, 2021
Two distinct healthcare design trends have appeared over the last year and a half. First is a need for flexible spaces and modular design to better meet communities’ changing requirements, and second is a systems approach to infection prevention. Read on for details and real-life examples!
- Scott Holmes: Human-Centered Design & Patient Safety in Behavioral Healthcare
March 16, 2021
When confined by a limited budget, behavioral healthcare facilities often make compromises on design. BWBR’s Human-Centered Safety® approach is not only designed to speed recovery while keeping all parties safe, but also to ensure that small budgets don’t result in less than satisfactory outcomes.
- Michele Cohen: Making Emergency Mental Healthcare Safe & Welcoming
December 4, 2020
Read our interview with Michele Cohen, principal at NORR, and get her take on addressing the design challenges brought on by the rise of patients presenting with mental health issues at hospital Emergency Departments.
- Ligature-Resistant Products’ Role in Emergency Rooms
June 16, 2014
An alarming problem is spreading in many communities across the United States. Hospital emergency rooms are seeing a rise in the number of persons under mental distress being admitted, and they are not equipped to deal with them properly.