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Interior Design Spotlights 2023 Healthcare Giants<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s most interesting about the Healthcare Giants isn\u2019t the numbers so much as how the business has evolved during the pandemic\u2014and in general. Consider colonoscopies, tonsillectomies, and other minor procedures that were always a little too major to happen outside a hospital setting. The rise of skilled-care facilities and those dedicated to a single function, such as outpatient procedures or diagnostic imaging, have resulted in lots of smaller design projects. In 2019 the Healthcare Giants worked on 3,200; in 2022 that number rose to 5,500\u2014a 73 percent increase partially attributed to smaller COVID-related projects that may not have otherwise happened. But there\u2019s no question that the design of the physical environment is changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet, hospital design work remains a stalwart: Acute-care hospitals accounted for half of 2022\u2019s $698 million fees\u2014a bit below the COVID-boosted $790 million in 2020, but handily beating the $607 million pre-pandemic dollars. (The most growth, however, is projected for behavioral health and walk-in\/urgent-care clinics.) Furniture, fixtures, and construction products also now outstrip 2019 numbers\u2014$17.8 billion versus $14.6 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there\u2019s a catch: forecasts. The Healthcare Giants predict $562 million fee income and $14.9 billion FF&C income in 2023, both healthy drops. Whether this is something to fear or just the nature of a market over-boiled by a public health emergency and point-of-service changes remains to be seen. This odd combination of instability and prosperity might just stay with us a while longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Healthcare Giants Rankings 2023<\/h2>\n