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Recession may technically be over, but healthcare construction lags
When architect James Arends, Midwest regional healthcare services manager for Gilbane Building Co., asked at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo in Chicago last week how many people were... Read more...
Credit crunch forces Illinois hospital with 'A' bond rating to delay expansion
Just over a year ago, the two-hospital BroMenn Healthcare System in Normal, Ill., was moving along with plans to construct a new, 79,000-square-foot patient tower at its main BroMenn Regional Medical... Read more...
Sharpening your cost-cutting pencil
Lately, healthcare facilities have made some of the deepest cuts they've ever made--and then cut back again. Mass layoffs have become more common than at any point in recent memory, travel has been... Read more...
Study: Never events a major factor in hospital liability costs
According to new research by insurance firm Aon Corp., hospital-acquired conditions accounted for 12.2 percent of total legal liability costs insured by healthcare facilities in 2007. While many... Read more...
Despite real estate woes, healthcare REITs doing well
Though the residential real estate market is still in pain, healthcare facilities are hot. In recent times, healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been doing well--in fact, they're... Read more...
CA hospital seeks $887M bond to rebuild
A San Francisco hospital has taken a step closer to getting approval for its record-setting $887.4 million bond measure, the proceeds for which would be used to rebuild the facility to meet seismic... Read more...
Can syndication boost hospital-MD deals?
According to Modern Physician, the following deal could... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Construction slowdown on the horizon?; Minnesota offering $2.3M to help hospitals with EMR rollout; and much more..
> Could a construction slowdown be on the horizon for healthcare facilities? Read more...
