PROVEN FACILITY AND REAL ESTATE STRATEGIES
for standardization is more difficult to make because the incentive is often intangible and non-personal .
The bottom line ? Healthcare is a service industry ; it does not make products . The conversation around standardization is different for healthcare than it is for other industries , largely because hospitals are dependent upon providers whom they may or may not employ .
Healthcare relies upon relationships — physicians ’ relationships with patients , the hospital ’ s relationship with payers , and so forth . The way standardization is approached is unique , but there are always opportunities to get the low-hanging fruit , such as standardized exam rooms . And the more that end users and leaders work at it together , the more cost savings they will achieve .
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