Lean Healthcare—The Push & Pull Concept
Mar 01, 2024
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times; patients don't like to wait. This isn't exactly new information, but the question remains: How can you improve wait times? Simply changing the name from "The Waiting Room" to "The Reception Area" is not going to...
Creating a Better Nurse Call System
Mar 01, 2024
Nurse call systems are a requirement for many different types of medical facilities. In most states, the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) makes this determination. They often will require a nurse call system in environments in which the absence of a nurse call...
Outpatient Clinic Sales See Surge in Specialized Services and Multidisciplinary Centers
Dec 04, 2023
The outpatient clinics market is predicted to develop at a CAGR of 4.2% attaining a value of US$ 40,761.7 million by the end of 2023. The outpatient clinics market size is projected to be valued at US$ 61,372.4 million by 2033. The demand for convenient and affordable healthcare services is propelling the global...
More than 7 in 10 Health Systems Intend to Invest In/Affiliate with ASCs
Nov 16, 2023
The majority of hospitals and health systems are accelerating their ASC investment strategies, with more than 7 out of 10 systems intending to continue investing in and affiliating with ASCs moving forward, according to the annual "Hospital Leadership ASC Survey," conducted by ASC expert group Avanza...
What's driving PE investment in ASCs
Nov 01, 2023
ASC is attracting private equity investment across the country. Private equity interest in the ASC space has increased in the last few years. Two of the largest ASC chains — Surgery Partners and AmSurg — have private equity ownership, and other smaller groups are PE-backed as well. VMG Health laid...
Private equity targets Orthopedic ASCs
Aug 23, 2023
Orthopedics-focused ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are one of the fastest-growing segments of ASCs. Orthopedics simplistically is the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal system injuries and diseases. This specialty is evolving quickly to leverage demographic, payor, and...
The Fate Of Private Practices
Jul 26, 2023
The number of private practice physicians in the U.S. is declining, but why? And what does this mean for the future of private practice as a whole? According to a report from the American Medical Association, the number of physicians working in private practices decreased by 13 percent between 2012 and 2022....
Planning outpatient health care facilities
Jul 06, 2023
What if architects thought differently about how they design and build structures used for outpatient services? If the health care field has learned anything from the past two years, it is that immediate change will happen whether the field is ready for it or not. Often when change happens, there is a reaction...
Discrete Event Simulation (DES) modeling improves clinic design that ultimately improves the Patient Experience
Jun 26, 2023
Over 40 years, there have been several tools emerge to eliminate uncertainty in the building of outpatient clinics before the design takes physical form. One such tool is Discrete Event Simulation (DES), which provides a cost-effective method to evaluate and inform future design decisions for capacity estimation,...
