When income heads flat to negative, businesses often subject numerous expenses to close scrutiny, whether they’re the largest ones or not. Medical providers comprise a prime example in our industry’s marketplace. Linen, uniform and facility services have benefited from this attention to detail as U.S. hospitals have shut down their on-premise laundries (OPLs), persuaded by our prompting them to quantify their inefficiencies compared with outsourcing. More hotels are now heeding this call. TRSA’s Healthcare Committee has targeted another frontier: long-term care facilities, particularly nursing homes (see pg. 28, January, Textile Services).

Investment analyst Zack’s portrays long-term care as influenced by ...