While traditional hospitals remain central for complex, acute care, there is a growing shift to outpatient clinics, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), urgent care centers, and retail health clinics to address rising patient demand and control costs. This shift reflects a broader trend of moving care out of hospital settings and into more accessible, lower-cost environments, often focusing on preventive care, chronic disease management, and elective procedures.

As the healthcare landscape evolves, the one-size-fits-all approach of large traditional hospitals is being replaced by more specialized facilities. Delivering buildings that support this new clinical model requires strategic planning and an emphasis on accurate cost modeling to account for the expenses associated with specialist facilities, equipment, and technologies.