Please join us for a lecture exploring the evolving role of healthcare within the urban environment presented by Douglas King.

For decades, placemaking and urban design have explored strategies for creating livable cities, while healthcare systems have simultaneously sought new ways to reach out to the communities they serve. Today, these parallel efforts are increasingly converging. Healthcare institutions face growing challenges, including inequitable access to care, motivating healthy behaviors, measuring return on investment, and reducing long-term healthcare costs. At the same time, cities are pursuing livability strategies to attract residents and businesses and strengthen economic vitality.

• Healthcare providers, responding to reimbursement changes and population health mandates
• Civic and community leadership, advancing livable city strategies
• Nontraditional healthcare providers, such as the YMCA and retail-based services, entering the reimbursable healthcare market