Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System's proposed acquisition of three hospitals has attracted concern from local advocates who fear less competition will cause prices to spike, the Yale Daily News reported Nov. 11.

Projects totaling $16 million of upgrades at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' main location in Iowa City were approved by the board of regents, a Nov. 10 Daily Iowan report said.

Northside Hospital Gwinnett has filed a certificate-of-need application to add seven floors to its 10-story patient tower project on its Lawrenceville, Ga., campus, Healthcare Design reported Nov. 10.

The Eastern Oklahoma Veterans Affairs Health Care System plans to open a $140 million, 58-bed hospital in Tulsa in 2025, The Journal Record reported Nov. 10. 

Boston Medical Center's rooftop farm has been recognized by the White House as an example for other hospitals, CBS Boston reported Nov. 10. 

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Health is launching a $300 million campaign to expand its Irving hospital.

A shuttered Veterans Affairs hospital in Marlin, Texas, has been purchased by Merkabah after being closed for almost 20 years, ABC affiliate KXXV reported Nov. 9. 

Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital is set to start its $50 million expansion in December, the largest project in the hospital's history, New Orleans City Business reported Nov. 9. 

Ochsner Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center is expected to wrap most of its $100 million expansion by the end of the year, Lafayette Daily Advertiser reported Nov. 9. 

Indianapolis-based Ascension St. Vincent Hospital broke ground Nov. 8 on a neighborhood hospital in West Lafayette, Ind. 

Texas Health Hospital Rockwall is almost doubling the size of its facility through a $92.3 million expansion that will include a neonatal intensive care unit, a cardiac catheterization lab and an expanded emergency department at the facility in Northern Texas.

The following four hospitals and health systems have announced upgrades or expansions since Nov. 2:

MaineGeneral in Augusta is proposing to build a $36 million expansion of its cancer center as it expects a rise in cancer cases, BDN reported Nov. 7. 

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health opened its new Cottage Urgent Care Center in Montecito on Nov. 8. 

Healthcare providers in the Philadelphia area are looking at creative ways to repurpose often underused office space just as pressure to offer facilities for patient care increases and expenses rise, according to a Nov. 2 Bisnow report.

Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network is building a new psychiatric emergency center on its main campus, also in Fort Worth, WBAP reported Nov. 2. 

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health plans to unveil Helena Theurer Pavilion — a $714 million, 530,000-square-foot project — on Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center's campus in December. Health system officials called it the most technologically advanced hospital in the U.S., ROI-NJ reported Nov. 3. 

Stockbridge, Ga.-based Piedmont Henry Hospital is planning a $3.5 million expansion to add more space for observation patients who are hospitalized for less than a day, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Nov. 3. 

El Campo, Texas-based MidCoast Health System is planning to build a new hospital in Trinity, Texas, FOX affiliate KETK reported Nov. 2. 

Health systems that have opened hospitals, submitted proposals for construction or announced plans to build since Oct. 21: