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Healthcare organizations are under mounting pressure to do more with less. Rising labor costs, deferred maintenance, and shrinking capital budgets mean that every dollar must count.
As the industry’s hospitals, doctors’ offices, outpatient clinics, and administrative offices look for ways to scale services and upgrade their space without tying up valuable capital, there’s one area that they often overlook — furniture — and it’s causing them to miss out on a significant opportunity.
That’s why many healthcare facilities and organizations have partnered with CORT to create spaces that help them keep up with the times without overspending..
When you shift from traditional furniture ownership to a Furniture-as-a-Service (FaaS) model, you support your facility’s growth and flexibility in a way that’s smarter and more agile, yet far less expensive. You reduce long-term costs, speed up deployments, and create a more adaptable, sustainable environment that evolves with your needs.
“Hospitals continue to face a range of financial pressures, including rising costs for labor, drugs, and supplies, which have outpaced reimbursement rates,” according to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) 205 “Cost of Caring” report.
Why let furniture be yet another financial burden?
With labor now accounting for 56% of total hospital costs, according to the AHA, adjusting nonclinical expenditures like furniture can help preserve critical staff roles during times of financial strain.
That’s why so many healthcare organizations have started partnering with CORT to eliminate that expense. Healthcare administrators around the country are learning that owning depreciating furniture assets no longer makes sense in the changing industry landscape.
Traditional capital purchases compete with clinical priorities, often leaving your furniture outdated or underused. Long lead times and high upfront costs may create delays in project execution. Because your industry is changing at such a rapid pace, furniture often becomes outdated, underused, or misaligned with new care models.
FaaS isn’t just a way to save money, but it’s an opportunity to shift toward operational agility.
The healthcare industry is growing at unprecedented rates, and the federal government predicts that it won’t slow down anytime soon. Rapidly advancing technology, better access to updated information, and new policies and laws mean your facility must remain agile and prepared for whatever comes your way. You must be able to meet any increased demand that comes your way and handle it quickly.
FaaS allows you to remain scalable and flexible, even in such a fast-paced industry. When you need a quick setup for new departments, pop-up clinics, or swing spaces, partnering with CORT and taking advantage of our FaaS solutions allows you to make those changes quickly. When you expand, renovate, or create pilot programs, we can handle that too.
You choose the pieces you want, and we’ll deliver them, set them up, and take them back when you no longer need them or exchange them for something else as your business ebbs and flows. It allows you to match modern health systems’ preferences for operating over capital expenditures. It also empowers your organization to treat furniture like any other operational resource. It’s dynamic, scalable, and on-demand.
When you choose FaaS for your healthcare facility, the benefits are numerous. By shifting away from furniture ownership, you avoid the headaches of depreciation and asset management, while gaining flexibility and scalability. Speed is crucial for new services, specialty units, expansions, pop-ups, and pilot programs. Delays can lead to lost revenue and underserved patients.
Ultimately, FaaS reduces long-term risks that come with furniture ownership. If you buy something that’s underutilized or eventually becomes obsolete within a short time frame, you’ve wasted resources. By renting furniture instead, you ensure that your resources are always aligned with actual demand and necessity.
FaaS even allows you to progress toward your sustainability goals without compromising efficiency. Our high-quality pieces are reused, extending their lifecycle and lessening the burden on our landfills.
Rather than cut costs, you align your resources with your strategic priorities, which is the real return on investment (ROI).
At CORT, we’ve partnered with numerous healthcare organizations to help them with their industry-specific needs. We offer healthcare-grade furnishings that meet standards for safety, durability, and staff and patient comfort.
“What we hear most from healthcare clients is that they need to adapt space quickly — without waiting six months for furniture to arrive or pulling staff off their core duties to coordinate setup,” our own Shannon Miles said recently during a CORT Workplace Talk and healthcare discussion.
When you partner with us, you don’t just get the furniture and fixtures; you get full-service delivery, setup, and removal. Custom packages are available for spaces like administrative offices, pop-up care areas, respite lounges, and more.
We consider ourselves an extension of our facilities team, and we’re ready to equip your space quickly so you can focus on what’s most important: taking care of your patients.
As healthcare systems face mounting financial and operational pressures, FaaS offers a strategic alternative to outdated procurement models. By embracing more flexible, responsive furnishing solutions, healthcare leaders can keep pace with change — and make every dollar work smarter.
Your team deserves a workspace that supports every phase of your journey in healthcare. Explore how CORT’s FaaS model can help you create adaptable, sustainable environments that drive collaboration and care delivery.
