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Report Identifies Trends Affecting Future Healthcare Construction
Researchers surveyed key industry
leaders to identify the trends and issues affecting future healthcare
construction. The findings show a combination of factors driving rehab and
construction costs for the hospitals of the future, including:
Continued shift of care to ambulatory care settings
Continued shift of care to ambulatory care settings
- Inability of aging facilities to be retrofitted to meet tomorrow’s needs
- Increase in patient volume because of the aging baby boomers
- Changes and demand for new technology
- Increasing competition from physicians and nontraditional (retail) healthcare providers
- New opportunities for hospital-physician alignments
- Changes in patient populations
Hospitals are also going green.
Not only are many new facilities more energy-efficient, but thanks to their
materials and smart designs they’re healthier for physicians, patients, and
nurses and can lower utility costs by 20% to 50%.
Yet the luxury of all these advancements doesn’t come without a cost; thereby leaving many hospital executives to question where they will get the funds to compete.
"The construction boom is causing a huge surge in capital needs", said Randy Waring, Hospital Segment Leader at GE Healthcare Financial Services. "In today's volatile capital market, hospitals are looking at a wide variety of financing approaches, from traditional tax-exempt bond issues to private placements, physician joint ventures, third-party developer involvement, and other forms of private funding."
Construction Trends and Capital Implications is published by Healthcare Financial Management Association in partnership with GE Healthcare Financial Services. Get more news and products like this delivered right to your inbox: subscribe to the HEALTHCARE DESIGN eNews .
Yet the luxury of all these advancements doesn’t come without a cost; thereby leaving many hospital executives to question where they will get the funds to compete.
"The construction boom is causing a huge surge in capital needs", said Randy Waring, Hospital Segment Leader at GE Healthcare Financial Services. "In today's volatile capital market, hospitals are looking at a wide variety of financing approaches, from traditional tax-exempt bond issues to private placements, physician joint ventures, third-party developer involvement, and other forms of private funding."
Construction Trends and Capital Implications is published by Healthcare Financial Management Association in partnership with GE Healthcare Financial Services. Get more news and products like this delivered right to your inbox: subscribe to the HEALTHCARE DESIGN eNews .
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