The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift to designing flexible spaces, constructing more outpatient care facilities, and expediting the building process. What do these trends mean for healthcare leaders and construction projects post-pandemic? A panel of healthcare construction stakeholders will share insights into the trends impacting healthcare construction in 2022 and offer strategies to realign projects with changing priorities and expectations. They will also discuss approaches to overcome healthcare construction challenges, accounting for the rising costs and issues concerning raw materials, mitigating supply shortages, and restarting stalled projects.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss the impact of the pandemic on healthcare facilities.
2. Examine trends impacting the healthcare construction industry in 2022.
3. Develop strategies to realign construction projects with the changes in hospital priorities and patient expectations.
4. Identify ways to overcome the post-pandemic challenges within healthcare construction.