New download: BD+C's 2024 Healthcare Annual Report

Welcome to Building Design+Construction’s 2024 Healthcare Annual Report. This 66-page special report is our first-ever “state of the state” update on the $65 billion healthcare construction sector.

The the report, which is available both as a free digital magazine and a free PDF download (short registration is required for both), the editors:

highlight our top-10 trends in three key healthcare subsectors (hospitals, outpatient facilities, and behavioral health centers)
present the findings of our exclusive outpatient facility survey
provide a 2024-2025 outlook for the healthcare construction sector
offer a roundup of market innovations for 2024, and
outline innovations and trends related to products, materials, assemblies, and building systems for the healthcare building sector in an AIA-accredited course.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MEET THE EXPERTS
Page 4
The BD+C editors connected with nearly 160 healthcare market firms and organizations for this report. Meet our contributors and sponsors.

SECTION 1 - 2024-25 HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTION OUTLOOK
Page 6
Tracking the current and future states of the $65 billion healthcare market: hospitals, outpatient facilities, specialty medical buildings, and medical office buildings.

SECTION 2 - HEALTHCARE SUBSECTOR TRENDS
Page 14
Top 10 Trends in the Hospital Facilities Market
Raising the experience bar for patients, families, and staff is the focus of newer projects.

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Top 10 Trends in the Outpatient Facilities
Market Hospital systems and healthcare investors are reaching out with auxiliary medical facilities to capture patient market share.

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Top 10 Trends in the Behavioral Facilities Market
As accessibility and acceptance improve, the emphasis on crafting meaningful behavioral health spaces is becoming a higher priority for many in the AEC industry.

SECTION 3 - EXCLUSIVE RESEARCH
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MOB/Outpatient Facilities: Healthcare’s New Frontier
More than 130 healthcare experts share their thoughts on trends, innovations, and opportunities in the $18.3 billion outpatient facilities market.

SECTION 4 - INNOVATIONS ROUNDUP
Page 44
2024: A Year of Innovation in the Healthcare Market
We present a roundup of our favorite healthcare market innovations for 2024.

SECTION 5 - AIA CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE
Page 57
With Intention and Innovation, Building Teams Boost Healthcare Efficacy
This AIA-accredited course worth 1.0 AIA HSW covers innovations and trends related to products, materials, assemblies, and building systems for the U.S. healthcare building sector.

Walsh Construction, one of the largest contractors in the city of Chicago and in the United States, is leading the temporary conversion of a portion of the McCormick Place Convention Center into an Alternate Care Facility (ACF) for novel coronavirus patients. Construction on the first 500 beds was completed on April 3.