Top 10 Trends in the Hospital Facilities Market

"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 favoured 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.