Health and Clinical Planning
At HDR, we take a rigorous approach to designing for our clients by integrating research and collaboration into every step of our decision-making and planning process. Our health planners, both architects and designers, are seamlessly integrated into our project teams and work on projects of every typology and scale — from one-room renovations to multi-story additions and greenfield medical cities or campuses spanning millions of square feet.
Our health and clinical planning services provide clients with valuable planning solutions while strengthening and continuously pursuing a research-based, data-driven healthcare environment. Focusing on evidence-based models and research insights, we engage our clients in a hands-on interactive process that encourages consensus building and deep investigation of appropriate care models and their relationship to the built environment.
No matter the project, we excel at delivering functional, efficient and patient-centered healthcare spaces.
Our rankings and awards demonstrate: We partner with clients to make great things happen.
Our Services
Facility Master Planning
- Analysis of primary campus/building/departmental flows and circulation patterns, wayfinding
- Master plan option development responding to projected key planning units and strategic needs
- Site Selection — assist with the development and evaluation of site criteria relative to building program and clinical needs and relationships
- Multi-phase planning
Pre-Design
Programming Services
- Space programming from KPU information
- Graphic programming from KPU information
- Assist with functional program development including project components and scope, space program and operational requirements
Concept Development
- Blocking and stacking of departments within a building, or campus — identifying departmental operational relationships and required adjacencies
- Test fits of program/option alternatives
- Flow diagrams (seven flows of healthcare)
Departmental Benchmarking and Comparative Analysis
- Trends and best practices
- Case studies
Prototyping and Modular Development
- Lean-led design
- Data-informed design
Schematic Design
- Lead clinical user group meetings
- Organize and run immersive design events
- Schematic departmental layouts establish adjacencies, flows, room proportions and orientation
- Mock-up creation
Design Development
- Detail enlarged room layouts; locate major equipment, furniture, and medical gases
- Develop architectural features
- Size and place key infrastructure elements
Code Compliance/Best Practices
- FGI analysis of planning for health code compliance and reviews
- Life safety assistance — work with the project architect to develop clinical plans that meet life safety requirements
- Quality control
- Assist with functional program development including project components and scope, space program and operational requirements
Lean Led Planning Principles of Design
- Processes to improve patient care
- Eliminating waste in the system
Our Health & Clinical Planning Leaders
Innovative Delivery Approach
We’ve successfully executed diverse projects using various delivery methods. Our approach begins with a vision-first mindset and thrives on a collaborative culture. Drawing from extensive experience, we’ve cultivated healthy partnerships to seamlessly integrate signature technologies into our Lean-led process. Effective communication, facilitated by digital dashboards, allows us to convey information in real time. Augmented and virtual reality technologies enhance our design visualization. Driven by data and utilizing a parametric model or digital twins, our decision-making process, ensures rapid evaluation and optimal solutions for our valued clients.
