James Ellis, CEO, Health Care Realty Development Company, is a nationally recognized successful real estate investor and developer of medical office properties with a comprehensive knowledge of sophisticated real estate transactions, cost effective designs, and efficient property management. Aaron Razavi is Associate Marketing Director at Health Care Realty Development.
James Ellis and Aaron Razavi
The satellite emergency department market is doing well, and from what I have seen, as attractive to patients as hospitals looking to implement them.
Even before accounting for the mass influx of Americans rushing to hospitals’ emergency departments from healthcare reform, EDs are in serious need of fine tuning as over crowding and escalating inpatient costs are on the rise.
Physician employment by health systems is surging. According to a 2009 poll by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 65% of physicians who changed jobs in 2009 moved into a hospital employment model.
One third of U.S. hospitals preparing to undertake construction projects already on the drawing board admit ignorance and uncertainty according to a 2011 ASHE survey.
Health facilities consume about two and one-half times the power of a standard commercial facility. Healthcare facilities are easily identifiable as a case study for green technology programs and the applications can be overwhelming.