WHEN D FROM OUTBREAKS of deadly viruses to devastating super storms to terrorist attacks, hospitals are on the front lines when natural or man-made crises hit the communities they serve. The result is an incredibly complex challenge for this industry: how to build healthcare facilities that are designed to withstand myriad what-if scenarios. In this special report, Healthcare Design digs into the complex wrinkles of planning, designing, and building for resiliency and disaster preparedness, offering takeaways on approaches that will remove some of the guess work from responding to the unknown. On the following pages, we explore topics including risk assessment and data analysis techniques, case studies on projects built for resiliency and those that survived devastating events, and regulatory and strategy considerations. Disasters will happen, and our healthcare infrastructure can be ready. STR Resilient design strategies