Radiology Architecture, Engineering & Construction Newsletter

Architecture for Radiology

September, 2007

In This Issue

Featured Articles:

"Design Do’s for the Imaging Department", (c) Morris A. Stein, Health Imaging & IT, 8/1/07

"Technology, staff and patients have seeming divergent needs in a modern medical imaging facility. Whether in a hospital or an outpatient facility, advances in digital imaging have made the challenge the movement of people as well as the images. Blending “high tech” with “high touch” and being able to expand and change in the future becomes the opportunity. Understanding what has changed—and what has not—in both architecture and technology is essential to medical imaging departments that are safe, productive and comfortable..."

For full text of the article, go to: http://arch4rad.com/Articles-8-07-HealthImagingIT-DesignDos.htm

"Square Feet: Blueprints; Medical Offices Designed for This Century", (c) Claire Wilson, The New York Times, 6/3/7

"The new headquarters of the Westchester Medical Group in Rye, N.Y., is a lot like a high-tech yacht. It is compact and streamlined, and every function and tool has a clearly defined place. Space is used as economically as possible, and what isn't absolutely necessary has been eliminated -- even paper files and X-rays, which are now fully computerized. When possible, e-mail messages are substituted for intraoffice phone calls to cut down on distracting nonurgent communication and noise..."

For full text of the article, go to: http://arch4rad.com/Articles-8-07-NYT-MedicalOfficesforThisCentury.htm

"DRA encourages imaging center PACS deployment", (c) Health Imaging News, 8/8/07

"A report released by market research firm Millennium Research Group (MRG) of Waltham, Mass., finds that the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), which slashed reimbursement for diagnostic imaging centers in the United States, is having a major impact on the PACS market. According to MRG, although PACS technology improves operational efficiency, it is a major investment that smaller facilities may not be able to afford..."

For full text of the article, go to: http://arch4rad.com/Articles-8-07-HealthImagingNews-DRAEncouragesPACSDeployment.htm

Highlights of Current and Recent Radiology Work at:
*Architecture for Radiology* (Architecture/Engineering/Interior Design) and Empire Projects, Inc. (Project Management)

A/E: New and Renovated Multi-Modality radiology centers involving the most up-to-date radiology equipment from GE, Siemens, Philips, Stereotaxis, and Varian

A/E: New Radiation Oncology Center

Project Management: New Multi-Modality Radiology including diagnostic and interventional modalities

A/E: Research Radiology Suite (a 10,000 sf facility incl. (2) 3.0 T MRI's, 7.0 T MRI, CT, Administrative and Support)

A/E: Private Diagnostic Center, incl. Ultrasound, Bone Densitometry

A/E: Private Diagnostic Center, incl. 1.5 T MRI, Open MRI, CT, Pet CT, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Bone Densitometry, Sonography

A/E: New 64 Slice CT Suites

A/E: Master Plan of Numerous Radiology Depts.

A/E: Radiofluoroscopy Suite, including (2) RF rooms and support

A/E: Diagnostic Center, including CT and Open MRI

A/E: Angiography Suite

A/E: Private Diagnostic Center (a 10,000 sf facility incl. MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Bone Densitometry, Nuclear Medicine)

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