Piedmont Healthcare’s recent spate of growth throughout the state has less to do with gaining market share over its competition than it does pushing closer to its patients’ households, according to the hospital system's top real estate executive. After taking over University Health Care System facilities last year, including University Hospital in Augusta, Piedmont has become one of the largest hospital operators in Georgia, eclipsing Emory Healthcare and Wellstar Health System, according to Rough Draft Atlanta.But Keishia Niblack, the director of corporate leasing and real estate management for… Read the full story here. | | |