Health systems are finding it difficult to recruit and retain talent — and in many places, high housing costs contribute to the problem. 

Startup healthcare technology company Herself Health landed $7 million in seed round funding and opened its first clinic in Minneapolis.

The Asheville, N.C., Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to approve a three-building project on a lot that Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth had won approval to build a new hospital, the Asheville Citizen Times reported Jan. 5.

A controversial new hospital project in North Liberty, Iowa, is once again making the news as its University of Iowa Health Care operators are highlighting the location's future use as a major orthopedic center against local community wishes, The Gazette reported Jan. 4.

MultiPlan, a healthcare analytics and revenue analysis company, awarded its 2022 Rural Health Grant to Boise City, Okla.-based Cimarron Memorial Hospital and Cheyenne County Hospital in St. Francis, Kan.

El Segundo, Calif.-based Pipeline Health System has completed the sale of two Chicago-area hospitals as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, according to a Jan. 3 Wednesday Journal report.

Wabasha, Minn.-based Gundersen St. Elizabeth's Hospital is set to use $250,000 in earmarked federal funding to upgrade its 100-bed long-term care unit, the Post Bulletin reported Jan. 2.

Athens-based University of Georgia is collaborating with Catoosa County to develop future uses for the CHI Memorial Hospital Georgia building as the hospital plans to move to a Fort Oglethorpe location, the Chattanooga Free Press reported Jan. 1.

Lewiston, Idaho-based St. Joseph Regional Medical Center is beginning construction of a new $6 million rehabilitation unit, which will be the only one of its type within a 100-mile radius. The unit should be complete by mid-June 2023, the hospital said Dec.29.

Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare plans to build a new 65,000-square-foot mental health hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, to meet growing demand for such facilities in the area.

Bristol, Pa.-based Lower Bucks Hospital will double its intensive care unit bed count from 10 to 22 through a $1.2 million expansion project, the Levittown Patch reported Dec. 29.

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health tapped Skanska AB, a Swedish construction firm, for a $95 million expansion project of Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-Westover Hills Hospital in San Antonio, Markets Insider reported Dec. 29.

The construction of a new $400 million hospital for Lancaster, Calif.-based Antelope Valley Medical Center was taken one step closer to reality following approval by the system's new board of directors to set up a $50 million investment vehicle, according to an Antelope Valley Press Dec. 27 report.

Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) Medical Center is planning a $120 million expansion to increase hospital capacity, according to the Herald-Tribune.

Providence Seaside (Ore.) Hospital, Astoria-based Columbia Memorial Hospital and Warrenton-based Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare backed two Oregon affordable housing projects with $500,000 grants, The Astorian reported Dec. 28.

ApolloMD, a clinical services provider for hospitals and health systems, and Cascade365, an accounts receivable company for healthcare, partnered up to work with RIP Medical Debt to eliminate more than $350 million of medical debt.

While many rural facilities face an uncertain future, one Oklahoma hospital is expanding its services following its acquisition by a California cardiologist and a more than $5 million renovation, the Pawhuska Journal-Capital reported Dec. 27.

Clinton, Mo.-based Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare broke ground on a new radiation and oncology facility near its main Clinton campus.

Becker's has reported on three hospitals or health systems experiencing infrastructure issues with its construction since Nov. 15:

Some hospital building projects are being put on hold amid inflationary pressures as potential final costs threaten to exceed original budget plans.