EMBLEM HEALTH

Location: New York, NY
Size: 1,500 square feet
Project Type: Renovation

Role: Healthcare Designer, PA, PD, CA employed by Jeffrey Berman Architect

EmblemHealth is not subject to Article 28 regulations, which gives the architect flexibility in terms of sizing, design, workflow, and patient care model. We faced a space constraint in the infusion center due to a program that exceeded the space’s reasonable capacity. The creative solutions to this problem had to do with the design of the infusion bays. The ability to share waiting space and check in with an adjacent practice offered opportunities for flexibility concerning staff assignments, desks, and work equipment, allowing us to optimize the space in a way the medical program supported, an efficient care model, and staff workflow, and provided patients with a high-quality private, supportive and comfortable environment to be treated in.

The furniture, equipment, and supplies were all projected to become standards for all future infusion centers, and the modular construction was a prototype installation to investigate the feasibility and efficiency of future infusions as well as exams and other patient care areas within the EmblemHealth network.