The healthcare industry is dynamic and complex. This is where we thrive.
As a long-term partner, we help healthcare organizations navigate change by designing environments that meet today’s needs and are ready for what comes next.
Every healthcare project is an opportunity to design innovative solutions that enhance operational efficiency, support improved clinical outcomes, and enrich the human experience. Through a holistic design approach, we help you achieve meaningful value from your space—for your organization, staff, patients, community, and the environment—while supporting your long-term goals.
Meet our National Healthcare team.
Our Healthcare expertise includes:
For information, contact:
Leann Dockins
National Healthcare
Business Development
P: 414.278.3307
Healthcare Market Sector Leader
Mark Bultman
Staff Wellbeing
Staff shortages and stress are taking a toll on the mental health of healthcare workers, impacting recruitment, retention, and the ability to deliver high-quality care. To address these challenges, HGA collaborated with leading academic centers to gather quantitative and qualitative data to identify Critical-to-Quality design features that support staff wellbeing and quality care in healthcare environments. Used as the foundation for a set of wellbeing guiding principles, this research allows us to adapt and build on our knowledge base to create positive experiences.
Learn MoreAcademic Acute Care
To meet the evolving needs of academic medicine, our team continuously evaluates the planning and design of academic bed towers to improve efficiency in care delivery. Whether creating customized solutions that meet current delivery methods or envisioning universal care platforms that flexibly adapt to future delivery methods, we work with clients to cost-effectively prepare for long-term growth.
Learn MoreModular Design and Prefabrication
HGA has been leading the healthcare design industry with the emerging trend toward more modular and prefabricated construction that improves quality while reducing cost. Benefits of pushing prefabrication include schedule reduction, insulation from labor shortages, site decongestion for improved safety and reduced disruption, consistent quality, cost savings through reduced waste and speed to market.
Learn MoreSpeed to Market
Being first to cross the finish line has its advantages in a competitive building industry—namely increased revenue. Few institutions can afford an extended programming, design, and construction period that incur costs while generating no revenue. That’s why we employ industry-proven delivery strategies that improve speed-to-market outcomes. Throughout the development process, we work with interdisciplinary design and construction teams to meet ambitious goals and share risks, allowing healthcare systems to reinvest savings into expanded services.
Learn MoreIntelligent Hospitals
Technology is revolutionizing medicine and improving the experience of patients, families, and staff. The most advanced hospitals are leveraging technology for medical care, staff-patient communication, health and wellness education, telemedicine, and more comprehensive patient care. Through our interdisciplinary design processes that includes in-house expertise in building automation and technology, we integrate new technology seamlessly into building systems to enhance the growing options in healthcare delivery services.
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Common Questions
We start with collaborating with our clients—understanding what is needed for patient flow, staff workflows, and departmental adjacencies. From there, we layer in planning and design details that support long-term operational flexibility. The goal is to design a facility that works clinically on day one and adapts as care needs and technology evolve.
Patient experience and clinical efficiency aren’t in conflict—they reinforce each other. Wayfinding clarity, natural light, noise reduction, and intuitive room layouts reduce patient anxiety while also supporting staff workflow and well-being. We use post-occupancy data from prior projects to validate design decisions.
We work across the full continuum of healthcare: acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, medical office buildings, and specialty care facilities. Our team frequently leads complex, phased construction on active healthcare campuses, working closely with clients and stakeholders to maintain day-to-day operations while enhancing the built environment.
Healthcare facilities are among the most heavily regulated building types—FGI guidelines, state licensing requirements, and accreditation standards all shape design decisions. We engage regulatory review early to avoid costly redesign and help clients navigate the approval process.