Outpatient Projects: Freestanding EDs continue to be built

TWO NEW PROJECTS APPROVED IN NORTH CAROLINA; OTHERS UNDER WAY

By John Mugford

Several freestanding emergency department (ED) facilities are under way or planned in North Carolina, including the CMC-Waxhaw facility in Waxhaw, N.C. But politics and appeals by competitors have slowed some projects.
Rendering courtesy of Carolinas Healthcare Systems

In what is certainly a nationwide trend, quite a few health systems are building freestanding emergency departments (EDs) in growing, often suburban or exurban, areas.

The developments allow a health system to put its toe in the water of a new market, so to speak, perhaps paving the way for the future construction of a larger project, such as a hospital or outpatient campus.

Healthcare Real Estate Insightsis working on a more extensive article concerning the development of freestanding EDs for a future edition.

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