Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health has received state approval to move forward with its $138 million expansion at ECU Health Medical Center. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services gave conditional approval to add five operating rooms, including four…

Virginia’s state health commissioner has approved certificate-of-public need applications for hospital projects for three health systems. Here are five things to know: 1. Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours received the approvals March…

Atlanta-based Grady Health System president and CEO John Haupert has shared plans to retire at the end of 2026 as the health system moves forward with a $1 billion medical campus.  Anthony Saul, Grady’s COO, will assume the role of…

Columbus-based OhioHealth has begun construction on a $226 million outpatient cancer center at its administrative campus, with completion expected in late 2028, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker’s. Five things to know:  1. The five-story facility will…

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System filed plans with the City of Tampa to renovate a former CVS pharmacy into a freestanding emergency department, Tampa Bay Business & Wealth reported March 12.  If approved, the vacant one-story building on South Dale…

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has shared additional details about its proposed pediatric hospital in Downers Grove, Ill., which would be the system’s second hospital in Illinois and first inpatient hospital outside Chicago. Hospital leaders said…

From supporting the construction of new hospitals to launching new programs, here is how 10 health systems are using recently received gifts:  1. Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham received $50 million from anonymous donors to fuel cancer research efforts. The…

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s application March 10 to expand its intensive care unit capacity, the hospital confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s. The $96 million project would convert former physician…

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth opened its $21.5 million AdventHealth Meadow Woods emergency room March 10 in Orlando, Fla., making it the health system’s 27th freestanding ER in the state.  The 13,700-square-foot facility comprises 12 patient rooms, respiratory therapy services, diagnostic…

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Parkridge Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has received approval from the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission to build a $17.4 million freestanding emergency room in Cleveland, Tenn.  The ER will comprise 11 treatment rooms, a laboratory,…