Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, N.C., was approved for its $246 million Greensboro, N.C., hospital by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ certificate-of-need division, Triad Business Journal reported Aug. 8.

While three health systems recently announced plans to close emergency departments, several others are working on projects to build or expand their departments. Here are seven emergency department projects Becker's has reported since July 10: 

Health systems in Minnesota, California and Florida opened up new hospitals.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, the largest operator of hospitals in the country, is further developing its presence in Virginia with plans to add to its capacity at the Richmond-based Johnston-Willis hospital, according to an Aug. 9 Richmond BizSense report.

Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care is on track to welcome its first patients in September at the system's new $650 million Brent Lane campus, four years after the project was first started.

The expansion and modernization project at Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center Sameth Emergency Department is on schedule and expected to be completed in 2024. 

El Segundo, Calif.-based Pipeline Health is welcoming its first patients to a new inpatient behavioral health unit at its Coast Plaza Hospital in Norwalk in Los Angeles county.

New York and Alaska residents spend the most on healthcare per capita, according to 2020 data from CMS.

Kaiser Permanente is opening its new San Marcos (Calif.) Medical Center on Aug. 9, a 206-bed hospital that brings 1,000 jobs to San Diego County.

Texas Children's opened a new $245 million medical tower as it converted a former Baylor College of Medicine clinic into a 190,000-square foot women's health tower, Houston Business Journal reported Aug. 7.