\u201cEnviah\u2019s operational focus mirrors our thinking that great healthcare design should be aligned to simplify and organize business operations and then tailored to improve the practitioner and patient experience. It is an absolute honor working with Dr. MacAllister\u00a0and her teams to help solve our clients\u2019 complex problems and deliver projects that will serve local communities for years to come.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 G. Jerry Attia, ArchTam Michigan\u2019s Vice President and Managing Principal <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n ArchTam quickly moved forward with incorporating the operational model into a patient floor plan. Our planning and design architects embraced the operational mapping as a strategy for designing a cost-effective, positive care experience, and space that delivered quality, safety and inspiration for staff and patients alike. As our work on the project progressed, Enviah\u2019s proprietary Syntax Mapping System validated that the planning resulted in lower numbers of steps for caregivers, increased visibility on the patients and more intuitive wayfinding for visitors.<\/p>\n A paper doll session at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n We were pleased to learn that HFMH leadership found that Enviah\u2019s future-focused thinking and research has led to improvements in their approach to the delivery of services and operations.<\/p>\n \u201cArchTam\u2019s team approaches design from the core of the business operation and cares deeply about the significant investment the client makes when creating new spaces for their businesses. By combining ArchTam\u2019s healthcare design expertise with our operational model and tactical applications and design solutions, our approach not only fully conceives how the building will operate in the future, but also incorporates a real sense of place that complements the local community culture.\u201d \u2013 Lorissa MacAllister, PhD, AIA, Enviah\u2019s Founder and President<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Soon after completing the pre-planning phase on the HFMH project, and due to the unprecedented challenges healthcare systems faced in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Enviah and ArchTam teamed up once more to collaborate on an alternate care facility in Memphis, Tenn.\u2019s former Commercial Appeal building.<\/p>\n The established rapport and technical expertise of the team allowed us to jumpstart our response to the planned 28-day designbuild of a 403-bed COVID-19 response facility in support of a FEMA mission. Enviah created a process map that responded to the staff and patient care workflow and ArchTam married the process map with the initial design plans. Equipped with process mapping and plans, our team collaborated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and various Tennessee medical professionals for the project.<\/p>\n Our teamed efforts have been most impactful to the communities served, both in Michigan and Memphis. ArchTam and Enviah understand the importance of our contributions to population health through the built environment. 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