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Wants and Needs of Patient Care Are Changing

One of the takeaways from the opening fireside chat at RealShare Healthcare on Thursday was that, based on the wants and needs of patient care, there will soon be many more facilities built in rural communities.

By Natalie Dolce | Updated on December 08, 2017

Crystal Vasquez, director of solutions innovation for American Hospital Association and Sule Aygoren, editor in chief of ALM’s Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ—The wants and needs of patient care is changing. Patients want care later in the evening, on the weekends, and virtually. It is that reason that hospitals are really think about how to accommodate. They are accommodating with small community-based clinics closer to where patients live and work.

Those thoughts are according to speaker Crystal Vasquez, director of solutions innovation for American Hospital Association. Vasquez joined moderator Sule Aygoren, editor in chief of ALM’s Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com, for a keynote fireside chat at RealShare Healthcare, held here at the JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa on Thursday.

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