Construction has begun on Baptist Health Sunrise (Fla.) Hospital, a 100-bed inpatient facility. Five things to know: 1. The planned seven-story, 340,000-square-foot facility is expected to open to patients in 2029 and will serve residents of Sunrise and western Broward…

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System is investing $1 billion in capital projects to expand care access in the area it serves.  Sarasota Memorial broke ground on a $507 million hospital in North Port, Fla., in early November, which is…

Tulsa, Okla.-based St. Francis Health System has finished a $357 expansion at its St. Francis Hospital South in Tulsa. The expansion comprises 283,600 square feet of new construction and 51,000 square feet of renovations to existing space, according to a…

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health opened a $30 million, 30,000-square-foot hospital in Palestine, Texas, Jan. 29.  The 10-bed inpatient hospital features a 15-bed emergency department and is connected to the Christus Magnolia clinic in Palestine to allow for smooth transitions between…

Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center can move forward with plans to build a full-service hospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn., after the Davidson County Chancery Court affirmed the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission’s approval of the facility.  VUMC initially received approval from the…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare added about 100 facilities to its outpatient footprint in 2025 and the system heads into 2026 and 2027 with “significant capital in the pipeline” for outpatient development, CEO Sam Hazen said. The 190-hospital system now has…

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has opened its third neighborhood hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono Creek in Bartonsville, Pa. The 22,000-square-foot facility includes 10 inpatient beds, a full-service emergency room and a radiology suite. The hospital also offers laboratory, imaging…

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health has shared plans to rebuild Erwin, Tenn.-based Unicoi County Hospital for $44 million after it closed in September 2024 due to flooding from Hurricane Helene.  The original hospital was deemed unsafe following months of emergency…

The Department of Veterans Affairs will invest $4.8 billion in fiscal year 2026 to modernize and upgrade its healthcare infrastructure. Four notes: 1. The funding, the largest single-year investment in the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-Recurring Maintenance program, will support facility…

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has begun planning a new pediatric hospital in Downers Grove, Ill. The proposed low-acuity facility would be Lurie Children’s first inpatient hospital outside its main location in Chicago, according to a…