Here's how micro-hospitals are shaking up healthcare industry

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"In July, Cave Creek [Arizona, about 10 miles north of Phoenix] welcomed its first full-service medical facility — and ... entered into a new era of healthcare services: the rise of the micro-hospital.

According to a report by the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy, micro-hospitals are small-scale inpatient facilities, typically between 20,000 square feet and 50,000 square feet and with three to 25 beds, in small community settings.   ...
 “It has an ER service, operating room and inpatient beds. It is licensed as a full-service hospital — just on a smaller scale. Typically it partners with a larger full-service acute care hospital.” ...

Micro-hospitals are a recent addition to Greater Phoenix. The region’s first such facility, Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital, opened its doors in Laveen in 2015. Part of the Southwest’s Dignity Health system, the 39,000-square-feet hospital features 16 inpatient and 10 ED beds, two operating rooms and much more.

Phoenix ER & Medical Hospital, debuted in Chandler in March 2019. The 14,000-square-foot state-of-the-art independent facility (developed by Texas-based Nutex Health, it is not part of any Valley healthcare system) offers three private inpatient rooms and a full-service ED.

Abrazo soon followed with its first micro-hospital in Mesa in October 2019, and it opened Abrazo Surprise Hospital one year later, in October 2020. ..."

"The fast changing nature of healthcare delivery and patient’s desire for convenience in treatment services has led to the emergence of modern trends such as the urgent care clinics, stand-alone emergency rooms, and now ‘micro-hospitals’. Micro-hospitals constitute a rising trend that shows signs of taking over the healthcare industry in 2017. For example, the Denver, CO based SCL Health has already set out to set up four micro-hospitals in various neighborhood settings. The hospitals are also springing up in states such as Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Arizona. ..."

Here's how micro-hospitals are shaking up healthcare industry - AZ Big Media

A Rising Trend: Micro-hospitals