The following hospitals announced in the last week plans to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
1. CHI Franciscan Health to spend more than $530M on Harrison Medical Center expansion
Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan Health submitted a letter of intent to the Washington State Department of Health requesting regulatory approval to invest in a new hospital at Harrison Medical Center-Silverdale (Wash.). The LOI is the first step in the certificate of need application.
2. Low-cost trauma clinic to open in Bay Area
A new clinic aimed at providing trauma therapy at a fraction of the usual cost opened Thursday in Berkeley, Calif., according to a report in The Daily Californian.
3. Wal-Mart, Sam's Club to raise money for Erlanger children's hospital
Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores in the greater Chattanooga, Tenn., region are helping Erlanger Health System, also based in Chattanooga, raise money to build Children's Hospital at Erlanger.
4. North Carolina opens long-awaited psychiatric hospital
State officials opened Goldsboro, N.C.-based Cherry Hospital after three years of delays, the Triangle Business Journal reported.
5. St. Vincent General Hospital, Centura Health to build new hospital
As part of a management agreement, Leadville, Colo.-based St. Vincent General Hospital and Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health, will jointly plan, develop and build a healthcare facility in Lake County, Colo.
6. Baptist Health, Emerus to build emergency hospital in Texas
San Antonio-based Baptist Health System and Woodlands, Texas-based Emerus will build an emergency hospital in Alamo City, Texas, according to the San Antonio Business Journal.
7. UAB opens new clinic in Montgomery
The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala.-based Baptist Health opened a new specialty care clinic at the UAB School of Medicine, according to the Birmingham Business Journal.
8. Great Plains Health receives $5M donation for ED expansion
After announcing its $15.5 million emergency department expansion project, North Platte, Neb.-based Great Plains Health received a $5 million donation to help pay for the project.
9. Connecticut hospital opens first eating disorder unit in the state
Rockville General Hospital in Vernon, Conn., recently opened the first inpatient unit in the state for the treatment of eating disorders.
10. HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital – Breese to add $9.5M ambulatory surgery wing
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital – Breese (Ill.) on Sept. 7 is starting a $9.5 million project to expand its ambulatory surgery services, according to the Belleville News-Democrat.
11. Under Addiction Recovery Program, UAB Hospital adds beds to expand opioid addiction treatment
Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Hospital is expanding the capacity of its Addiction Recovery Program by 60 percent, from 10 beds to 16, to better serve the increasing number of patients struggling with addiction to opioids and intravenous drugs, according to a report from AL.com.
12. Southside Hospital unveils $60M emergency department expansion
Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y., unveiled its $60 million Bohlsen Family Emergency Department on Aug. 26.
13. DeGraff Memorial Hospital to undergo $7.8M expansion
Buffalo, N.Y.-based DeGraff Memorial Hospital, owned by Kaleida Health in Buffalo, will undergo a $7.8 million expansion of the hospital's emergency department, according to The Buffalo News.
14. Summerville Medical Center plans $53M expansion project
Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center will undergo a $53 million expansion project, set to be completed by early 2019, according to WCBD News.