Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center opened the 13,400-square-foot Drs. R.V. and Jyothi Mettu Children's Hospital on Dec. 6, which is the only children's hospital in eastern Kentucky.
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As Montana hospitals struggle with employee recruitment because of rising housing costs, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle's editorial board wrote Dec. 5 that building employee housing for new staff at Bozeman Health could help.
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health opened its $557 million, 364-bed replacement hospital to patients Dec. 5.
The following health systems have opened hospitals, advanced proposals to build them or announced plans for them since Nov. 12:
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth began construction on a hospital in Riverview, Fla., according to a Nov. 30 news release.
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The Queen's Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center and safety-net facility in Hawaii, is planning a $1 billion, 15-year campus modernization project, an executive with the Honolulu-based organization told Becker's.
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health broke ground Nov. 30 on its new hospital in Lockport, N.Y., according to The Buffalo News.
Dallas-based Steward Health Care broke ground Nov. 30 on a replacement facility for its hospital in Massachusetts that was damaged by widespread flooding in 2020, according to WHDH.
HCA Healthcare, a 183-hospital system based in Nashville, Tenn., is expanding its footprint in Florida.
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