Healthcare facilities urged to create leaner working environments

Healthcare leaders need to identify financing mechanisms that will limit their initial capital investment and enable them to cost-effectively use facilities over the next five to 10 years


Healthcare facilities should create leaner working environments to help providers to move toward a more cost-effective delivery model, according to an article on the Healthcare Construction + Operations website.

Healthcare leaders need to identify financing mechanisms that will limit their initial capital investment and enable them to cost-effectively use facilities over the next five to 10 years, the article said.

A lease-back arrangement with a developer for an urgent care facility is one example. If the market changes and the facility is no longer cost-effective, the healthcare organization is not saddled with it.

Healthcare organizations should think like a commercial real estate company, which considers in advance how it will profitably leverage a building.

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August 19, 2016


Topic Area: Maintenance and Operations


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