MHA Society for Health Care Engineers & Facility Managers

Medical office building market grows

The demand for both new and refurbished medical office buildings will continue to rise, according to a new study authored by economist Gary Shilling for the Urban Land Institute.

The study concludes that demand for medical office space will increase 19 percent by 2019. Much of that will be driven by the aging baby boomer population, coupled with the move toward outpatient services and other non-hospital treatments to curb costs. For example example, Americans over the age of 65 make three times as many medical office visits than those under the age of 45.

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Hospitals go green and cut costs by $13M

The American Hospital Association's American Society for Healthcare Engineering recognized the Memorial Herrmann hospital system and other facilities in South Carolina and Tennessee for green healthcare initiatives that helped reduce operating costs by millions of dollars, reports AHA News Now.

Altogether, the use of green healthcare technologies reduced the overall operating costs of the hospitals by about $13 million and saved nearly 449 kiloBTUs of energy and greenhouse gas emissions--equivalent to taking 17,800 automobiles off the highways.

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Health Care Facility Standards: Staying Up to Date

 

The Mississippi Hospital Association's Society for Health Care Engineers & Facility Managers will present Health Care Facility Standards: Staying Up to Date June 26-28 at the Hollywood Casino in Bay St. Louis. Featured speakers include Courtney W. Bohannon, a Compliance Assistance Specialist with the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mike Chisholm, CPE, CHFM, Associate Director of the Join Commission's Standards Interpretation Group.

The cost to attend is $150 for members and $210 for non-members. Register online here. For more information, contact Judith Forshee at (800) 289-8884, (601) 368-3216 or jforshee@mhanet.org.

Don't Forget Energy When Cutting Costs is a Priority

Cleveland Clinic's senior director of facilities shares strategies for trimming electricity costs, from lighting upgrades, to HVAC maintenance, to enlisting the support of senior leadership in delivering the energy conservation message. Read more here.