Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland (Calif.) announced a $5 million grant from Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., that will be used to rebuild and modernize the non-profit center.
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Barnes-Jewish St. Peters (Miss.) Hospital has begun phase one of its multi-year renovation plan, according to a St. Charles County Suburban Journal report.
Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., has received unanimous approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board for its $122.3 million expansion and renovation project, according to a report from The State Journal-Register.
Summit Health in Chambersburg, Pa., has announced the opening of a new addition to Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital.
Memorial Health in Savannah, Ga., is planning capital improvements totaling almost $40 million, according to a Pharmacy Choice report.
Chelsea (Mich.) Community Hospital will move patients to its new $40 million addition this January, according to an Ann Arbor report.
Centralized transfer centers can offer several benefits to hospitals, both in efficiency, physician satisfaction and cost savings, according to a TeleTracking Technologies blog post.
Niswonger Children's Hospital in Johnson City, Tenn., announced a new affiliation with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to give patients of Niswonger access to specialized services.
Stanford Hospital & Clinics in Palo Alto, Calif., has announced the completion of the $50 million Hoover Pavilion renovation project.
HCA's Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, Fla., will break ground next Thursday, Dec. 13, on a freestanding emergency department in Oviedo, Fla., according to an Orlando Business Journal report.