Doctor Up Your Waiting Room

An article by Robert L. Titzer, "The New Waiting Room: A Health care Asset" states that patients do care about their medical practitioner's waiting room aura. Doctors are now becoming branding experts for their offices. They're focusing on how to not only decorate their waiting rooms walls, but also on the lighting, reading materials, and how to strategically place the furniture. To learn about how you can better decorate your medical office space click here.

Great Chicago Fire Survivor

The rare historic Scottish Rite Cathedral is for sale and estimated to sell for $4 million. This building formally known as the Unity Church was built between 1869 and 1873 with a 30,600 square food cathedral. In 1911 it became what we know today. For more information click here.

Future Health Care Real Estate Looks Promising

In the article called, "Medical Real Estate Looks Great" it states that medical real estate is and will be unaffected by the recession. Last year there was an increase in the medical workforce that will result in anticipating the fourth quarter to be over $1 billion dollars. For more specifics click here.

Six trends for 2011

There is an article titled, "Health care Real Estate Developer, 6 Medical Real Estate Trends for 2011". The article talks about six trends that are going to impact this year. It states how there will be a large increase in health care participation, static capitalization rates, and construction costs. There is an estimated 18 million square feet of medical office space that will be needed. This article even touches on the benefits of building "green". To read the whole article click here.

Keep the Office Clean

Think about all the people that go through your medical office on a given day. Now think about how many of them sit in your lobby while they wait for their appointment. It's a lot, right? With all of these people coming in and out of your office the furniture may get damaged over time and should be replaced. An article from MedicalOfficeToday.com, "New Year, Fresh Start Inspecting you office for wear and tear," can give you some advice on how to keep your medical office space not only looking good, but also clean for your patient​s. If you're looking into finding some help on who could conduct an inspection the article says, "For most inspections, an office manager can easily do the job. If you are leasing your space from a hospital or a large property management company, Earley says to ask for an environmental services manager or facilities manager to thoroughly inspect your office." ​This article is a big help to all physicians who have their own medical office space. Read it in its entirety, here.

Remodeling Medical Office Space

If you are in an office space long enough, the time will come when you have to either move out or do some remodeling. However, this doesn't mean you will have to close your medical office space during this time. Carrie Rossenfeld from MedicalOfficeToday.com wrote an article, "5 Tips for Remaining Open During a Remodel​," that has great advice for any physician thinking about remodeling his or her medical office space. One tip from the article is to, "Plan for all possible disruptions to patients and staff." To learn how to implement this tip as well as the 4 other tips, click here.

Technology Every Office Needs

It seems with every passing day there is new technology out in the medical world. With all this new technology, it's important to know what is the the most vital to a medical office building. Daniel Casciato from MedicalOfficeToday.com wrote an article, "5 Essential Technologies for Your Medical Office," that explains what technologies he believes are most important for a medical office. One technology that Mr. Casciato focused on is Remote Monitoring Devices. He says, "The capacity to perform remote monitoring of your patients will help manage risks and costs." To read about the other 4 technologies and their importance, click here.

Relocation Doesn't Have to be Bad

Moving to a new office space can be extremely frustrating, but luckily there is an article with 8 great tips that can make the move easier. Carrie Rosenfeld from MedicalOfficeToday.com wrote an article, "8 Tips for a Pain-Free Relocation," that any doctor moving should take a look at. One tip that really stood out to us was, "Hire a moving company that is experienced in medical office moves." To take a look at why this is important and the other 7 tips, click here.

Medical Real Estate Breaking the Trend

This article, “Medical Office Sector Bucks the Cycle” talks about how the medical real estate is on an upward trend. It is estimated that the sale price of medical real estate will rise from, “$180” to being “$207” this year. Also, the article states that health care spending for 2011 will reach $3 trillion and will only increase to $4.2 trillion by 2016. Click here for more information.

A Good Relationship

So you're all moved into your new medical office​ and everything is running smoothly. That means you don't need the landlord anymore, right? Wrong. It's important not to forget about your owner or landlord. ​According to the article, "Building a Strong Relationship with Your Landlord," by Jennifer Duell Popovec from MedicalOfficeToday.com, "Establishing a good relationship takes time and effort, but the payoff is worth it, according to both healthcare and real estate professionals." To read about why the relationship is so crucial, click here.

Medical Real Estate Holding its Ground

We know it has been mentioned in previous posts before, but we'll say it again. To all the developers and investors out there, it's a great time to invest in medical real estate. A post from PropertyDevelopmentSource.com, "Medical Real Estate Development Strong," thinks that the future is looking promising for medical real estate development. The post includes steps to take for developers and investors looking into medical real estate development opportunities in their local areas. To read the full post and take a look at the steps to take, click here.

Secure Choice: Invest in Medical Real Estate

Commercial real estate investors have been looking into the world of medical real estate as a more dependable option. An article from Fierce Health Finance, "Investors choosing medical real estate as safe haven," says, "Investors are drawn to healthcare real estate, in part, because tenants tend to sign long leases and the demand for healthcare continues to grow." To take a look at the full article, click here.