Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health has filed a letter of determination to build its first hospital in metropolitan Atlanta, partnering with Morehouse School of Medicine to develop a short-stay acute care general teaching hospital in Fulton County, Ga. The filing, submitted…
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Ascension Seton will open its new women’s hospital in Austin, Texas, on June 29. The $362 million Ascension Seton Women’s Hospital, located on the Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin campus, was built to meet growing demand for women’s health and…
Hermitage, Tenn.-based TriStar Summit Medical Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has received approval from the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission for a certificate of need to build an $18 million freestanding emergency department. The facility, which will be located…
Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland (Fla.) Highlands Hospital is scheduled to open July 8 after more than six years of construction and planning. The more than $500 million facility is the first hospital opening in Lakeland in over a century,…
New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has broken ground on a $2.3 billion inpatient facility, the Kenneth C. Griffin Pavilion. The new facility will be connected to the cancer center’s main hospital by a dedicated patient bridge, according…
Houston Methodist has received a $110 million gift, its largest single commitment in the system’s more than 100-year history. Four notes: 1. The gift came from The Brockman Medical Research Foundation to support neuroscience, neurological care and women’s health initiatives,…
Oregon will distribute $37.5 million in state and federal funds to 21 rural hospitals to stabilize maternity services, though leaders warn the one-time investment won’t offset looming Medicaid cuts. In January, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced a $25 million state…
On June 22, West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute opened the Melchiorre Cancer Center at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. The cancer center cost $225 million, according to a June 23 news…
Hyannis, Mass.-based Cape Cod Healthcare has received a $20 million gift from Cynthia G. and John F. Fish of Osterville, Mass., the largest charitable donation in the health system’s history. Four things to know: 1. The gift will support initiatives…
Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health and Dallas-based Intuitive Health have opened the state’s first combined emergency and urgent care facility. Four things to know: 1. MUSC Health Emergency and Urgent Care-Garners Ferry is part of MUSC Health Columbia (S.C.) Medical Center…