Construction & Facilities Management
Milwaukee medical office developer Landmark Healthcare Facilities this week picked up a $33.5 million mortgage by Healthcare Financial Services to build a 90,000-square-foot medical office building in Kansas City, Missouri.
Healthcare construction nationwide is booming, with about $97 billion in projects for new hospitals, expansions and off-campus clinics and medical offices currently underway.
Because hospital-acquired infections are a common complication and extend inpatient stays, hospitals actually save money by building costly, single-patient rooms, according to a new study by Cornell University.
Proposed Environmental Protection Agency rules for the disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals will prevent hospitals and other healthcare facilities from flushing drugs down the toilet or drain.
Henry Ford said the center will offer the benefit of having all cancer-specific physicians working on the same floor, will include on-site exercise and wellness programs, will feature a cancer retail services center and will include several technology enhancements.
The money will be spent on capital improvements for its hospital in Weston, Florida, and to launch a new ambulatory center and clinic in Coral Springs.
Care Capital Properties, a real estate investment trust, on Thursday said it has acquired eight skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living facility in Shreveport, Louisiana for $190 million.
The center, which will share space with the Allina Health-operated Minnesota Perinatal Physicians Clinic, was partly financed by a $1 million donation from Mike Ciresi, a Minnesota attorney and former chair of the Children's Foundation, and his wife Ann.
Faith Community Hospital is about to open a new $28 million facility in Jacksboro, Texas, a stark turnaround for a facility that nearly closed over poor management and unsafe conditions.
Hospital-based wellness centers, once seen as marketing tools for innovative health systems, have become a major part of a hospital's population health management program in the era of quality over quantity of care.