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Sep 23, 20201 min read
Creating 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...
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Aug 31, 20202 min read
Whitepaper: Telemental Health and the COVID-19 Behavioral Health Crisis
Authors: Anosha Zanjani, Brian Giebink, Kathleen Woods & Kimberly McMurray Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic...
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Aug 18, 20201 min read
Best Practices for Incorporating Art in Behavioral Health Settings
Recently, Jim Hunt contributed to an article sponsored by RAO Contract Sales, Inc., on the "Best Practices for Incorporating Art in...
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Mar 8, 20202 min read
How 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 Consulting
Jan 8, 20201 min read
Behavioral Health Clinic in a Wal-Mart Store
Beacon Health Options has launched Beacon Care Services’ first outpatient mental health clinic location inside a Walmart store in...
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Jan 8, 20201 min read
Expanding Our View of Mental Health
Expanding Our View of Mental Health. by Sara Millburn, MHCL This article makes a great case for integrated care in the world of primary...
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Jan 8, 20201 min read
Applications 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...
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Jan 8, 20201 min read
Bottom of Glass Lites in Doors Now 43 Inches Maximum Above Floor
Both 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 Consulting
Jan 1, 20181 min read
Study of Falls in Psychiatric Inpatient Units
Sara Baramzadeh, PhD, MArch et-al published a study in 2018 in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association to determine...
BHFC Design Consulting
Jan 1, 20172 min read
New Research Validates "Five Levels of Safety" Approach
An evidence based research paper by Sara Bayramzadeh, PhD, that was published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal in...
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Jan 1, 20171 min read
5 Levels of Inpatient Safety Risk Study
Sara Baramzadeh, PhD, MArch published an independent study in 2017 in the Health Environments Research and Design Journal to determine if...
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