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Top 10 Trends in the Hospital Facilities Market

Interior Lobby at The New Valley Hospital
The New Valley Hospital, Paramus, New Jersey

"It's big, patient-centric, smart, community responsive, wellness-conscious, sustainable and offers one-stop care," is how Building Design + Construction Magazine describes The New Valley Hospital in a feature article previewing the publication's first-ever Healthcare Annual Report

Trendsetting HDR-designed projects and clients — Henry Ford Health, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and the University of California San Francisco — and insights from HDR leaders Jim Thomson, Amy Mays and Daryl Bodewin are extensively featured throughout the article to support the top 10 trends identified: 

  1. "Must haves" start with flexibility
  2. Adjusting to a consolidating industry
  3. Branding stokes expansion (and vice versa)
  4. The "million/billion" club is getting larger
  5. Design-build is the favored delivery method
  6. Prefab and modular are now standards
  7. Micro hospitals meet the needs of smaller markets
  8. Hospitals are linking wellness with healing
  9. Future-proofing hospitals for growth and change
  10. Design races to keep up with patient and tech trends
  11. Bonus trend: Tech touches everything from construction to ops

Read the full article, "Top 10 Trends in the Hospital Facilities Market," in the May/June issue of BD+C Magazine. 

Jim Thomson
Director, Health
Central Region
Amy Mays
Interior Design Director
Daryl Bodewin
Strategic Projects Director
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