Need a Doctor? Just Head to 77030!

Since I'm in the Healthcare Real Estate business at Transwestern (http://www.transwestern.net), I thought this was of big interest. I hope you do too... I knew that the Texas Medical Center was a massive concentration of docs but this just confirms that it's tops!

This from the Houston Business Journal: (http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/)

A zip code in the Texas Medical Center is home to the highest concentration of physicians in the nation, according to a report by research firm SK&A. The 77030 zip code -- which ranked first in the Top 50 Zip Codes with Most Physicians report -- is home to 2,170 physicians at 385 medical offices.The region includes a cluster of healthcare sites in close proximity, such as the Texas Medical Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, The Methodist Hospital System and Shriners Hospital for Children.

Irvine, Calif.-based SK&A is part of the France-based Cegedim S.A. Group, a global technology company specializing in the healthcare field. SK & A researches and maintains contact and profiling information for over two million healthcare practitioners, including 800,000-plus prescribers.

Houston, TX Received Small Business Accolade from Fortune Magazine

Houston may have a bad reputation for its hot weather and heavy traffic, but when it comes to starting a small business, the city is one cool kid.

Fortune Small Business has ranked the Bayou City No. 4 among the top large metro areas for business start-ups.

Fortune raves about Houston’s ability to weather the current recession, the addition of 500,000 new jobs over the past five years, and the city government’s work on curbing pollution, diversifying the economy and investing in public transportation. And of course, there’s the Texas Medical Center and the city’s ranking as the largest municipal purchaser of green power in the country, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

However, Fortune did bring up that pesky Mother Nature issue, and the fact that businesses are now having a tough time finding hurricane insurance.

But, weather didn’t stop Fortune from naming tornado-prone Oklahoma City as the best city for starting a small business. Despite its weather issues, OK City received kudos for its low foreclosure rate as well as the large number of local investors just itching to lend money. Rounding out the top four were Pittsburgh and Raleigh, N.C.