Construction & Facilities Management
MaineGeneral Health's cutting-edge new hospital regionalizes healthcare for the area.
For hospitals and health networks considering a development project or real estate transaction, engaging an advisor can provide numerous benefits. But how do you properly evaluate a firm in order to select the right advisor?
Decisions about facility maintenance and repair of senior care structures may have traditionally been left to facility managers but executives should be leading the way.
Investor appetite for medical office buildings has been strong since 2012 and that trend has continued into 2013 and looks like it will persist.
When it comes to hospital construction and design, the decisions around what is built and how it's built all have significant impact on not only an organization's bottom line, but also the quality of care given to patients.
Hospitals and health systems never seem to have enough capital – especially with the new initiatives and mandates driven by healthcare reform and other industry changes. Yet some providers seem to be overlooking one of their most favorable, easiest-to-access capital sources: their real estate.
Administrators at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston firmly believe that one man's trash is another man's treasure. As a result, this month the hospital is starting a pilot program that could potentially take a common hospital trash item and turn it into a bit of profit.
As one of the fastest growing surgical segments, orthopedics is in great demand, specifically from an aging baby boomer generation, making orthopedic practices and orthopedic related medical real estate a growing interest to hospitals.
While construction projects are affected by the rising prices in supplies, it will lead to engineers and architects finding more efficient building techniques. This applies especially to healthcare construction projects.
The probability of developing cancer in someone’s lifetime in the United States is 44% for men and 38% for women according to the American Cancer Society. The healthcare industry is well aware of this disease wave and as a result healthcare systems are developing more space to treat the flow of patients needing treatment.