Cleveland Clinic's Taussig Cancer Center began accepting patients March 6. The new 377,000-square-foot facility, estimated to cost $276 million, will house all outpatient cancer treatment services.
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Augusta (Ga.) University Medical Center unveiled plans to build a 100-bed hospital as part of a $150 million investment in one of Georgia's biggest counties still lacking a hospital, according to an Atlanta Business Journal report.
The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
Over the past decade, healthcare leaders have awakened to the dangers of sleep-deprived residents and put measures in place to address the issue.
Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Hospital will begin a $6.1 million expansion and renovation of its emergency department early this spring, with hope the expansion will generate efficiencies for staff and patients.
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Redwood Area Hospital in Redwood Falls, Minn., is looking for funds to launch a proposed remodeling and expansion project, according to a Crookston Times report.
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Erie County Medical Center is looking to build a $58 million emergency department to expand treatment care and accommodate an increasing number of ED visits, reports The Buffalo News.
Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource saw enrollment in its ACA exchange plans increase by roughly 20 percent year-over-year across the four states in which it sells exchange-based insurance, according to a Dayton Daily News report.
The state fire marshal's office ruled that the cause of a fire at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas, was arson, according to a KTRX ABC 13 report. The fire occurred on Jan. 4, 2017.
Pittsburgh-based UPMC's insurance division grew its membership from about 2.9 million to 3.1 million policyholders in the first half of fiscal year 2017, representing a year-over-year increase of nearly 7 percent.