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:
- "Must haves" start with flexibility
- Adjusting to a consolidating industry
- Branding stokes expansion (and vice versa)
- The "million/billion" club is getting larger
- Design-build is the favoured delivery method
- Prefab and modular are now standards
- Micro hospitals meet the needs of smaller markets
- Hospitals are linking wellness with healing
- Future-proofing hospitals for growth and change
- Design races to keep up with patient and tech trends
- 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.