Retail Clinics May Provide What Patients Want; Moving Away from Hospital Campuses

Have you been wondering what sort of businesses will lease at least part of the space vacated by Sears and other large retails chains that are vacating their mall space. One possibility will be large health systems that are placing selected outpatient services in mall spaces. Details were provided in a recent article (see:Retail clinics have what patients, healthcare execs want). Below is an excerpt from it:Dana-Farber Cancer Institute plans to lease about 34,000 square feet of space atPatriot Place, a shopping and entertainment center in Foxborough, Mass., where it will offer both cancer treatment and hematology services....Oncology and infusion are among next generation of specialties predicted to shift into retail settings, along with the management of chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma and hypertension....There were an estimated 2,800 medical clinics in retail space in the U.S. in 2017....That includes a 47% jump in the last three years alone....Changing dynamics in healthcare reform, technological advances, demographic shifts and consumer preferences are driving healthcare providers to adopt new locations in retail centers....In 2018, 73% of healthcare construction was happening off of hospital campuses, compared with just 56% in 2014....In response, health systems are working to evolve their organizations to rely more on outpatient revenue and less on inpatient. Dallas-based Baylor Scott& White Health recently reported its admissions fell 7% and outpatient...
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