How (and why) to build a freestanding emergency department
Freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs) roughly doubled in number in the U.S., to around 400, between 2009 and 2014.
There’s no reason to believe the pace has slowed, and a March 4 article in Healthcare Design magazine looks at the market factors fueling the business model’s (ahem) emergence before outlining considerations architects and builders should take into account before breaking ground.
Even if only because you didn’t see FSEDs coming, or at least not growing quite so fast, it’s an interesting read: