Join the Building Design+Construction editorial team for this on-demand webinar on key trends, innovations, and opportunities in the $65 billion U.S. healthcare buildings market.
A panel of healthcare design and construction experts present their latest projects, trends, innovations, opportunities, and data/research on key healthcare facilities sub-sectors. A 2024-2025 U.S. healthcare facilities market outlook is also presented.
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JUMP TO KEY MOMENTS:
- U.S. HEALTHCARE MARKET OUTLOOK (jump to 6:53 mark)
- TRENDS IN OUTPATIENT FACILITIES (jump to 18:00 mark)
- TRENDS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITIES (jump to 29:39 mark)
- TRENDS IN HOSPITAL FACILITIES (jump to 39:50 mark)
- Q&A SESSION WITH ALL PANELISTS (jump to 55:00 mark)
MEET OUR HEALTHCARE MARKET EXPERTS
U.S. HEALTHCARE MARKET OUTLOOK
Patrick E. Duke
Americas Healthcare Solutions Lead, Human Centric Project Delivery
Turner & Townsend
With over 26 years of experience in healthcare facility development and consulting, Patrick is known for his commitment, passion and enthusiasm. In his role as Healthcare Solutions Lead for the Americas, Patrick is responsible for building strategic relationships with healthcare providers and industry partners to develop comprehensive solutions delivered in a collaborative manner. Patrick has long been an advocate of Human Centric Project Delivery and is one of the nation’s leading advisors for healthcare capital projects and teams seeking to maximize their collaboration and impact. He enjoys working with diverse individuals and harnessing their talents to create value for clients and the communities they serve. Patrick has served as a key spokesperson on topics covering gender equity, team health, healthcare team selection, project launch, program management and transition planning and management. He serves on the boards of Young Caribbean Professional Network and World Pediatrics and was inducted into the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Industry Council in 2023 focused on diversity and inclusion for the college. Patrick lives in Richmond, VA with his wife, Rachel Duke, NP CANS and their amazing Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, River Duke.
TRENDS IN OUTPATIENT FACILITIES
Brian Silva, AIA, NCARB, CLGB
Principal
CannonDesign St. Louis Healthcare
Brian co-leads the CannonDesign St. Louis Healthcare practice. A seasoned healthcare planner and designer, he can see the long-term vision of a client and realize it within the design of a single patient room or a full campus strategy. Brian is laser-focused on the future—how healthcare organizations can be ready to adapt quickly for rising demand in a specialty or another pandemic. He is also passionate about “pre-prevention,” and how healthcare can do more to investigate environmental and societal causes for diseases to make treatment less arduous or even avoid it altogether. He has shared his expertise and project contributions at national and international conferences and in national media outlets.
TRENDS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITIES
Debbie Beck, Ed.D., FACHA, MPA, RRT, NPS
Healthcare Operations and Strategic Planning Executive, Principal
Perkins&Will
Dr. Debbie Beck is a Principal and Healthcare Operations and Strategic Planning Executive at Perkins&Will with a specialty in understanding how the built environment impacts well-being and brain health. Her decades-long career as a clinician, healthcare executive, teacher, and leader at the front lines of public health and community health crises has led her to advocate for a trauma-informed built environment that improves patient outcomes and helps destigmatize mental illness. Experienced in facility planning, Debbie uses evidence-based strategies and principles of neuroarchitecture to create efficient spaces that promote brain health, safety, and healing.
TRENDS IN HOSPITAL FACILITIES
Sandy Tkacz, AIA, ACHA, EDAC, NCARB
Vice President, East Region Health Director
HDR
Sandy is HDR's health practice leader responsible for the growth and development of client relationships in the Eastern U.S. She is a recognized expert in the planning and design of innovative total health environments with a passion for innovation strategies and collaborative solutions. "As a planner, architect, patient, and health practice leader, I am invested in growing our health practice and working with our team to continue to advance design excellence and innovation." With nearly 30 years of experience working with academic medical centers, community and regional hospitals, ambulatory facilities, rehabilitation and women and children hospitals, Sandy brings a broad national healthcare perspective to her leadership role and deep understand of how to collaborate across expertise to deliver the most advanced and innovative healthcare facilities for our clients. She is board certified by the American College of Healthcare Architects in the specialty of healthcare design and is EDAC accredited in the application of evidence-based design research in the design of physical environments. Sandy is a graduate of the Parsons School of Design New York and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
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