Every doctor needs a space where they meet patients and clients. However, it’s not a good idea to use just any office space. Medical office space is undoubtedly the best place to practice medicine. Commercial real estate may be easier to access or acquire but won’t provide doctors with what they need.
Read on to find out why it’s best to have an office designed with medicine in mind.
Why A Medical Office Space?
Healthcare spaces provide numerous benefits and conveniences essential to practicing medicine.
For instance, medical office buildings typically have amenities that don’t exist in other types of commercial real estate. These amenities include:
- Pharmacies
- Diagnostic imaging services
- Surgery centers
- Testing laboratories
Access to these services helps doctors handle patients significantly more efficiently. It also allows a doctor to establish a good working relationship with critical people, like radiologists and medical support staff. Furthermore, it places doctors together in one location, making referrals less of a challenge to give and receive.
What Do Patients Look For In A Medical Office?
Location
Malls may seem like convenient locations, but in truth, medical office buildings are the best places for patients. A building dedicated to medicine lets patients do everything they need in one location. Other types of commercial real estate may also be a challenge to get to because of the different kinds of people going there. It may be situated in too prime a location, meaning that the roads leading to it get congested.
Patient Needs And Accessibility
Medical office spaces are dedicated spaces, meaning they don’t share their amenities with other establishments. Critically, this means that patients will usually always have access to parking.
Furthermore, medical office spaces have patients in mind and ensure that patients with accessibility issues won’t have difficulty moving around. A medical facility will typically have ramps, elevators, adequate parking space and size, and other ways to accommodate patients. Conversely, other types of commercial real estate won’t always have these accommodations.
Things To Consider When Leasing Medical Office Space
Financing
As with any lease, it’s best to iron out any financial concerns before signing any documents.
Terms of Lease
All contracts will have specific clauses detailing what a tenant can and cannot do within a space. For instance, a doctor might need multiple rooms or to renovate the office space, but this might not be allowed based on the lease terms. If a doctor has unique requirements, they should ensure that their contract can meet those needs.
Available Facilities and Equipment
Practicing medicine can generate medical waste, which commercial establishments might not be able to handle. As such, it’s good practice to ensure that a medical office space has the facilities to dispose of medical waste ethically and appropriately.
Some medical conditions may require specialized testing, such as MRI scans or blood tests. It’s beneficial to ask whether the building provides these services or see if there are other tenants in the building who can.
Finally, a medical office space should have rooms for sterilization and outpatient surgery. It won’t have rooms for overnight patient stays — those are still the purview of hospitals — but not all operations require them. An orthopedic doctor, for example, would greatly benefit from an outpatient operating theater close to their office space.
It’s highly unlikely that commercial establishments will have any of these places, making them less than ideal for a practicing doctor.
Atmosphere
Commercial establishments like strip malls won’t have medicine in mind. They may be noisy, have ongoing events, and create an atmosphere unsuited to the medical field. In general, it’s better to have dedicated spaces for specific purposes.
Proximity To Other Medical Facilities
Being close to other medical facilities can help doctors find people they enjoy working with. For instance, they might have a preferred radiologist or physical therapist they can recommend their patients to.
Medical Office Space Leasing In Naples, Florida
There are many advantages to leasing your medical office space, especially if you have one located in Executive Medical Center at 4513 Executive Drive in Naples, Florida.
With our excellent location, we have two floors of modernly-styled medical office space ready for you to move in. We also have tons of parking spaces, so you don’t have to worry about where to park.
On the first floor of the Executive Medical Center, we have a state-of-the-art imaging center, where doctors and patients can request precise diagnostic imaging scans.
We also have the North Naples Surgery Center on the third floor, with cutting-edge medical equipment and highly qualified support staff. Surgeons will find it ideal for successful elective, outpatient treatments.
Contact us now by calling the AJS Realty Group in Naples, Florida at (239) 313-3416 or email hamish@ajsrealtygroup.com to find out more information. We look forward to providing you with a professional space to grow your practice.
