By Andis Robeznieks |
November 23, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription It could be the ultimate trend in healthcare recycling: Renovating an existing building and turning it into a healthcare facility—although, in some cases, “transforming” may be a more accurate description of the project. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks |
October 26, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription So-called “clash detection” will not help healthcare executives pick the right tie for their jacket, but it may save them time and money on their organization's next construction project. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks |
September 28, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription While going though the interview process for the president and CEO positions at Denver's St. Anthony Central Hospital two years ago, Peter Makowski says he kept visiting the institution's Web site to look at the drawings of the new $750 million replacement hospital that Centura Health was proposing to build. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond |
August 24, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription Hospitals considering new construction are faced with a dilemma: The price to build might be just about right, but the timing could be all wrong. Earlier this year, the use of substandard building materials in construction-boom states such as Florida and Louisiana made national headlines, after tainted drywall damaged homes and, in comes cases, led to adverse health effects on homeowners. Healthcare facilities haven't suffered such problems, but they do face a different set of material challenges. FULL STORY »
By Jennifer Lubell |
July 27, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Miss., is feeling the impact of a state psychiatric hospital's decision to downsize its bed count. Mississippi State Hospital, located about 90 miles away in Whitfield, “has been discharging more patients from the state system. This has led to more traffic in emergency departments throughout the state,” says Debbie Sanford, vice president of behavioral health at 512-bed Forrest General. FULL STORY »
By Vince Galloro |
May 25, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription The last time healthcare construction spending stagnated, providers were struggling with the Medicare cuts from the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. That led to three years of flat construction spending, according to one industry analyst. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks |
May 04, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription Some big names have been recruited into the Hospital Energy Alliance, a U.S. Energy Department-led coalition seeking to promote energy efficiency and renewable technologies in hospitals, but it could be one of the group’s smallest organizations that pushes the effort forward. FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans |
May 04, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription Bank distress continues to hinder access for healthcare borrowers and threatens costly volatility for those already in the market, despite demand from short-term investors for municipal bonds. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks |
April 27, 2009
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Print Magazine Subscription When hospitals talk, state legislators listen. Or so it appears as reform or repeal bills have been introduced this year in the legislatures of more than half of the nation’s 36 states with certificate-of-need laws. But statehouse observers aren’t expecting sweeping overhauls in the state programs. Despite calls for less regulation and more market freedom when it comes to healthcare facilities planning, hospital associations have been able to persuade legislators to leave their state’s competition-limiting CON laws alone or enact only limited reforms. FULL STORY »
