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Austin, Texas-based Dell Children's Medical Center plans to invest $700 million in the next three years to expand in the state, according to The Austin Business Journal.

The COVID-19 pandemic is renewing the call to relax the 2030 deadline for hospitals to comply with stricter earthquake-resistance standards in California, according to Bloomberg Law.

Citing a financial loss from the COVID-19 pandemic, Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine plans to delay the construction of its $920 million inpatient hospital.

Cleveland Clinic has converted a four-story health education building into a surge hospital for COVID-19 patients. 

Brown & Toland Physicians in Oakland, Calif., will join Blue Shield of California subsidiary Altais, the organizations said April 10.

North Carolina health systems Atrium and Novant said a 600-bed field hospital is needed to address an expected surge in COVID-19 cases, but questions remain around who would pick up the tab for the facility, according to The Charlotte Observer.

Washington state is returning a field hospital to the Federal Emergency Management Agency so it can be deployed to other areas more in need.

BayCare Health System has received a key approval to move forward with a $1.25 billion bond to fund capital projects and refund prior debt, according to The Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Westlake Hospital, a shuttered 230-bed facility in Melrose Park, Ill., will reopen to house COVID-19 patients, according to ABC 7 Chicago. 

Piedmont Atlanta Hospital received a certificate to open its 400-bed hospital five months ahead of schedule, according to local news station WSB-TV.