By Larry Lacombe

Just as healthcare professionals must remain nimble in light of new medical research, healthcare facilities, too, must keep pace with rapid changes in code compliance, neighborhood health, sustainability, and energy management. Code compliance is particularly crucial during new construction. If a new facility doesn’t meet compliance on a foundational level, the steps to correct the issue could be detrimental to the timeline and budget of the project – not to mention the safety of the workers.

To mitigate concerns and ensure a smooth project, compliance teams and planning, design, and construction teams should work together throughout the life of a project.

Pre-Construction Assessment

The pre-construction assessment is key to any project. During the pre-construction assessment, all teams will examine the potential environmental health, safety, and security issues of the project and determine corresponding mitigation processes in case any issues do arise.

One important component of the pre-construction risk assessment process is ICRA, or the infection control risk assessment. A fully integrated pre-construction assessment process means planning, design, and construction teams are not only looking at the project from an infection control perspective, but also a physical safety perspective. All the potential risks are examined at the beginning of a project to protect lives during and long after construction. [Read more…]

By Renaldo Pesson, NCIDQ, IIDA, AAIA

Hospital construction and health facility renovation projects are plentiful throughout the country, but not every healthcare system is equally as focused on redesigning space for the benefit of their administrative workers. Most systems are inclined to pull out the red carpet for top surgeons. Today’s market requires that healthcare systems catch up with the workplace trends capable of recruiting and retaining the top talent in non-clinical healthcare departments such as administration.

Northwell Health, the largest integrated health system in New York state, has made a commitment to better serve the community through sustainability, social responsibility, quality, and safety. They put this into practice by providing their staff, who are often community members, with a facility where employees can enjoy their physical workspace environment. Northwell wanted their staff to be more engaged, productive, happy, and healthy, so they were ready to invest in a redesign. Proven with a plethora of studies, Northwell Health knew it could transform its 72,162SF office space in Manhasset, New York, into an inclusive environment that would foster collaboration, creativity, and informed decision-making. After several years of collaborating on a variety of other projects, including a corporate office, Northwell felt confident that E4H Environments for Healthcare Architecture was also well-suited for the design of this office. [Read more…]

By Jeff Grandfield and Dale Willerton – The Lease Coach

For many healthcare tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While a doctor focuses on proper patient care, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized sales people. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate.

As explained in our new book, Negotiating Commercial Leases & Renewals FOR DUMMIES, tenants may go through the leasing process only two or three times in their entire lifetime – yet they have to negotiate against seasoned professionals who negotiate leases every day for a living. Negotiating appropriate leasing terms is vital for a doctor as the amount of rent he pays will directly affect the practice’s financial bottom line.

Whether you are leasing a new location for the first time or negotiating a lease renewal for your practice, these are some money-saving tips for healthcare tenants:



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By Jeff Grandfield and Dale Willerton – The Lease Coach

For many healthcare tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While a doctor focuses on proper patient care, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized sales people. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate.

As explained in our new book, Negotiating Commercial Leases & Renewals FOR DUMMIES, tenants may go through the leasing process only two or three times in their entire lifetime – yet they have to negotiate against seasoned professionals who negotiate leases every day for a living. Negotiating appropriate leasing terms is vital for a doctor as the amount of rent he pays will directly affect the practice’s financial bottom line.

Whether you are leasing a new location for the first time or negotiating a lease renewal for your practice, these are some money-saving tips for healthcare tenants:


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By Jeff Grandfield and Dale Willerton 

For many healthcare tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While a doctor focuses on proper patient care, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized sales people. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate.

As explained in our new book, Negotiating Commercial Leases & Renewals FOR DUMMIES, tenants may go through the leasing process only two or three times in their entire lifetime – yet they have to negotiate against seasoned professionals who negotiate leases every day for a living. Negotiating appropriate leasing terms is vital for a doctor as the amount of rent he pays will directly affect the practice’s financial bottom line.

Whether you are leasing a new location for the first time or negotiating a lease renewal for your practice, these are some money-saving tips for healthcare tenants:

Lease Renewal Allowances: Doctors often don’t think that they can negotiate for a tenant allowance on their renewal term. Untrue! Approximately 75% of The Lease Coach clients get a tenant allowance on their renewals. Remember, if the landlord is giving allowances to new tenants just moving into the property, then why can’t you get an allowance too? Even if your commercial space only needs cosmetic upgrades (e.g. new carpeting or fresh paint in your waiting room), negotiate this as part of your renewal deal. After all, your tenancy is proven plus there is less risk for the landlord putting cash into your renewal than taking a chance on a new tenant.



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The 38,904-sq.-ft., two-story facility offers a variety of healthcare options for the community by providing quicker and closer access to diagnostic and treatment services. Specialties include urology, cardiology, orthopedics, family medicine and a rotating specialty. Onside imaging, pharmacy and lab facilities are also available. Comprehensive imaging capabilities include x-ray, DXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) scan, mammogram, ultrasound, CT and MRI.

“One of the client’s goals for Saint Luke’s Multispecialty Clinic was to bring care closer to where patients shop and live,” says Jim Stearman, principal at Hoefer Wysocki. “Today’s patients are consumer-oriented and factors such as travel, distance, cost and time all influence which provider they choose. The clinic offers patients a place in which they can take care of a myriad of needs in one visit, whether it be a wellness exam or diagnosis of a medical condition.”

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By Jeff Grandfield and Dale Willerton 

For many healthcare tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While a doctor focuses on proper patient care, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized sales people. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate.

As explained in our new book, Negotiating Commercial Leases & Renewals FOR DUMMIES, tenants may go through the leasing process only two or three times in their entire lifetime – yet they have to negotiate against seasoned professionals who negotiate leases every day for a living. Negotiating appropriate leasing terms is vital for a doctor as the amount of rent he pays will directly affect the practice’s financial bottom line.

Whether you are leasing a new location for the first time or negotiating a lease renewal for your practice, these are some money-saving tips for healthcare tenants:



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