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A strategic and centralized approach to healthcare real estate results in significantly better overall financial and operational performance, according to a new report from global real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle.

The aging of the country's population and the rise in healthcare costs will continue to be the nation's biggest economic challenge concluded the Congressional Budget Office's latest economic outlook, released Tuesday.

The latest in mobile health innovations – from smartphone apps to telehealth tools – might at first be considered in the vein of improving clinical outcomes. But providers, payers and vendors will quickly point out that they can save the healthcare system a lot of money, too.

More than half of states now are creating exchanges, and 13 have shown significant progress, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Faced with an endless cycle of non-urgent visits to the doctor or, worse, the emergency room, employers and health plans are looking to telemedicine for an easier way to connect the stuffy nose – or the sprained ankle, or the upset stomach – to the doctor. Those connections are now being made online or though phone calls engineered by companies like Teladoc, Stat Health Services and American Well.

Development professionals naturally speak highly of their respective organizations. We speak with emotion and urgency. We share the desired healthy state of our community, of wellness, caring, research discoveries, innovation, compassion, state of the art facilities and advanced technology. We envision outcomes never before thought possible.

A report released today finds that chief financial officer's roles are becoming increasingly more complex as they guide their companies through changes in the healthcare industry. The report...