Chapel Hill, N.C.,-based UNC Health plans to roll out a new network of freestanding facilities that combine emergency departments and urgent care clinics under one roof.  Five things to know: 1. The model aims to steer patients to the right…

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has opened its first neighborhood hospital, ChristianaCare Hospital, West Grove (Pa.). The 20,000-square-foot hospital is a small-format model designed to provide around-the-clock emergency and inpatient care, advanced imaging and virtual access to specialists in a modern, patient-centered…

Sherman, Texas, is getting a $400 million acute care hospital with a projected opening in early 2028.  Community Hospital Corp. — a hospital owner, management and consulting company based in Plano, Texas — announced the plan for the facility on…

Houston Methodist has received a $25 million gift from The Duncan Fund for its department of medicine.  The hospital will rename the department the Houston Methodist Charles W. Duncan Jr. Department of Medicine in recognition of the donation, according to…

Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health has begun construction on a $500 million expansion and renovation project at Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, N.J. The project includes a nearly 200,000-square-foot patient care pavilion which will increase the hospital’s size…

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has shared plans to build a $200 million full-service hospital and medical building in West Lafayette, Ind.  The 200,000-square-foot, 40 inpatient-bed hospital will comprise a 24/7 emergency department, specialty care, surgical and procedural services, outpatient…

Teaneck, N.J.-based Holy Name Medical Center received a $75 million gift to support future growth and service expansion.  The gift from the Douglas M. Noble Family Foundation is the largest received by a Catholic hospital in the U.S. and the…

Ascension St. Vincent, a regional health system that is part of St. Louis-based Ascension, opened the new Lucas Family Brain and Spine Hospital July 28 at its 86th St. Campus in northwest Indianapolis.  Four things to know: 1. The new…

HCA Healthcare’s TriStar Health and Ascension St. Thomas, both of Nashville, Tenn., and part of St. Louis-based Ascension, have secured respective approvals to advance their hospital projects in Tennessee. Ascension St. Thomas received approval from the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission…

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has opened a $426 million patient tower named for its retiring CEO, Julie Freischalg, MD. The Julie Ann Freischlag Tower expands critical care services in the region and provides advanced medical technologies, according…