Holistic care model, regulatory changes make outpatient facilities a high priority

摘要

With the Affordable Care Act still in its infancy, Building Teams are seeing reverberations in the investment decisions of healthcare providers, including new ideas about the types of buildings they are asked to create. "To reduce costs, many hospitals, physicians' groups, and healthcare systems are merging to eliminate duplication of operations," says Kelly Altes, RE., Project Executive for KJWW Engineering Consultants and a member of BD+C's "40 Under 40" Class of 2014. "These and other trends are in many cases the result of the Affordable Care Act, which has providers focusing more than ever on patient experiences and outcomes, as well as outpatient services. This shift is resulting in a significant increase in medical office building and clinic construction and renovation projects."