Now in its third installment, Healthcare Design’s Breaking Through is a conceptual design competition that encourages industry members to forget the traditional rules and restrictions of healthcare design to answer the challenges anticipated for the future of healthcare delivery.

The competition, sponsored by Durasein, came to a close at October’s 2022 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo in San Antonio during the Breaking Through Finale keynote session.

Each finalist team had 10 minutes to share their idea with attendees in an on-stage presentation; attendees were then able to vote for their favorite via a texting app.

A team from HDR was named the winner and received the grand prize of $10,000.

Click the links below for an inside look at each of the concepts presented, including the challenges the teams set out to solve and notable design elements created.

The 2022 Breaking Through winner is:

The 2022 Breaking Through finalists are:

To view Healthcare Design’s November 2022 issue with Breaking Through finale coverage, go here. To read about the program’s semifinalists that were profiled in the November issue, go here.