Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health and Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health are forming a partnership to develop two hospitals in Mecklenburg County. The systems plan to submit certificate of need applications by Oct. 15 for a 120-bed hospital in the University City…

University of Utah Health received approval from the University of Utah Board of Trustees Oct. 13 to acquire approximately 14 acres of land where it plans to build a new Redwood Health Center. The land will be acquired from Larry…

University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medicine received a $10 million gift from local philanthropists Mark and Maureen Davitt, with $9 million earmarked for a new pediatric emergency department at Strong Memorial Hospital. The Davitt Family Pediatric Emergency Department will be part…

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services will build a $100 million diagnostic laboratory in Roseville, Minn., to meet growing demand for lab services, the The Minnesota Star Tribune reported Oct. 12. Fairview performs about 6 million tests a year in laboratories spread…

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved an expanded scope for Project Health, the future primary teaching hospital for Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine, raising the projected cost to $2.75 billion.  The board approved the…

Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health and Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based nonprofit rehabilitation system, broke ground in early October on an about $50 million rehabilitation hospital in Charleston.  Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation at Vandalia Health Charleston Area Medical…

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health received $25 million from the North Carolina General Assembly Oct. 8 to help restore emergency care in Martin County, N.C., through a new rural emergency hospital. The funds are part of a total $75 million in…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine received a $25 million gift from the Smilow Foundation to establish the Smilow Center for Precision Therapeutics, which will focus on developing gene-editing and other precision therapies for cardiovascular disease. Four things to know: 1. The center…

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has begun construction on a 48-acre campus in Cary, N.C., that will include a 152-bed hospital expected to open in early 2032. The new hospital will become the health system’s 21st and is part of…

Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health broke ground Oct. 7 on the new home for its Baptist Health Kenneth C. Griffin Neuroscience Institute. Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel and founder of Griffin Catalyst, donated an additional $25 million, which…