Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital for Women & Children opened the first obstetrics emergency department in Alabama on Aug. 29, equipped to handle emergencies at any stage of pregnancy, according to a report by AL.com.
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The University of Chicago Medicine will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking on Sept. 15 to mark the start of a $43 million project to construct a new emergency department, bringing trauma services to the city's south side for the first time…
The state of Illinois has granted Chicago-based Cook County Health and Hospitals System approval to build a $137 million, nine-story outpatient facility, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has completed the renovation of three patient care floors, with features including unique wood sculptures — great for climbing — and "journey walls", or interactive glass walls with LEDs, sound systems and facts…
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., unveiled plans to build a new 230,000-square-foot research and education building on a recently acquired 1.4-acre plot neighboring its St. Petersburg campus.
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In its largest push into Minnesota's patient care space so far, UnitedHealth Group's Optum Division will open 19 urgent care centers in the state by the end of 2017, operating under the brand name MedExpress, according to the Star Tribune.
The Overland Park (Kan.) City Council on Monday approved a special-use permit to build the city's first microhospital in a 9-2 vote, according to the Kansas City Business Journal.
Portland-based Maine Medical Center officials proposed a $512 million expansion project of the facility. If approved, the expansion would become one of the largest projects ever to be pursued by the hospital, according to The Washington Times.
Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Health and Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital have partnered to build a new, outpatient medical clinic in Stamford, Conn.
Cleveland Clinic has submitted plans to Westminster City Council in London to convert a six-story office block into a 205-bed hospital overlooking Buckingham Palace, according to the Evening Standard.