title: Introduction to property management.
abstract: This document provides an overview of professional real estate management techniques that can be applied to the operations of a health care organization's ancillary outpatient facilities, including medical office buildings. These techniques consolidate and focus real estate operations into a cohesive management structure, permitting the organization to identify areas of cost savings and cost control, identify opportunities for revenue enhancement and providing a higher level of service to physicians and other tenants. The concepts, principles, and techniques presented here can be applied to small, stand-alone hospitals, hospitals that are merging, as well as large multihospital organizations and integrated systems.
authors.affiliation: BJC Health System, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Lillibridge
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Trotter
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D005376:Financial Management; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D007860:Leasing, Property; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D010067:Ownership; D014481:United States