As part of its $1 billion investment strategy to improve access to care, Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network will open four micro-hospitals in 2019.  By Alia Paavola - 6/19/18

Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth Hospital-Rockton Avenue diverted all incoming patients June 18 after storms pummeled the region and heavy rains flooded several parts of the facility, hospital officials posted on Facebook.  By Alia Paavola - 6/19/18

Citing a changing healthcare landscape, Lewes, Del.-based BeeBe Healthcare has abandoned its plan to add more inpatient rooms at the Lewes Campus.  By Alia Paavola - 6/18/18

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health soon will complete its decadelong, $750 million project to rebuild its Santa Barbara hospital to make it earthquake-resistant, according to a Noozhawk report.  By Alia Paavola - 6/18/18

Courtnee Austin, a Jefferson County, Alabama, inmate, escaped police custody June 16 by climbing through the ceiling of Birmingham-based UAB Hospital, according to AL.com.  By Alia Paavola - 6/18/18

Below are seven hospitals or health systems that recently announced or completed construction projects worth more than $300 million in the last month, reported by Becker's Hospital Review.  By Alia Paavola - 6/15/18

The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.    By Alia Paavola - 6/14/18

Pending final approval from the New Jersey Health Department, Neptune City-based Jersey Shore University Medical Center will open its 10-story tower to patients the week of June 18, according to a ROI-NJ report.    By Alia Paavola - 6/14/18

Sentara Norfolk (Va.) General Hospital will wrap up construction of its $199 million expansion project by the end of June, according to a WVEC report.  By Alia Paavola - 6/14/18

After more than three years of legal pushback, a Georgia court has ruled Augusta (Ga.) University Medical Center can build a $150 million, 100-bed hospital in Columbia County, according to The Augusta Chronicle.  By Alia Paavola - 6/14/18

A federal audit found the construction of El Paso, Texas-based William Beaumont Army Medical Center's replacement facility was plagued with hundreds of design errors, time delays and contract changes, which put the project three years behind schedule and added $408 million in costs, according to the El Paso Times.  By Alia Paavola - 6/13/18

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health plans to spend more than $1 billion to upgrade and expand several facilities across its network — representing the largest capital investment in the health system's history, according to the Charlotte Observer.  By Alia Paavola - 6/12/18

Phoenix-based Banner Health will soon begin construction on a four-story, 120-bed hospital in Chandler, Ariz., according to an AZ Big Media report.  By Alia Paavola - 6/12/18

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare released details June 11 of its planned $150 million Spanish Fork (Utah) Hospital, according to the Daily Herald.  By Alia Paavola - 6/12/18

Bloomington-based Indiana University Health began construction of its $400 million, 735,000-square-foot Regional Academic Health Center, according to a WBIW report.  By Alia Paavola - 6/11/18

Kansas City-based University of Kansas Health System opened a $100 million hospital June 11 on its Indian Creek Campus based in Overland Park, Kan., according to a KCUR report.  By Alia Paavola - 6/11/18

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta filed a letter of intent with the state of Georgia to obtain a certificate of need — the first step toward breaking ground on its proposed $1.5 billion construction project, according to Georgia Health News.    By Alia Paavola - 6/11/18

The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.   By Alia Paavola - 6/7/18

A leftover feud was reheated last week between University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa, and the contractor Modern Piping, according to a report from The Gazette. Modern Piping alleges the university negotiated a settlement in "bad faith" by trying to reopen closed terms and refusing to accept language it previously proposed.  By Emily Rappleye - 6/6/18

Morgantown, W.Va-based WVU Medicine broke ground June 4 on its $150 million children's facility.  By Alia Paavola - 6/5/18