The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
1. Bedford Memorial Hospital to get $4M ED renovation
Bedford (Va.) Memorial Hospital, part of Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health system, is planning a $4 million renovation of is emergency department, WSET.com reports.
2. Allegheny Health Network opens after-hours cancer clinic in western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network opened an after-hours cancer clinic, one of the first clinics of its kind in western Pennsylvania, according to the health system.
3. Officials settle on site to build LVHN, Pocono merged entity
Officials from East Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Pocono Health System and Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network plan to build their proposed joint medical campus on the site of a former hotel in Tannersville, Pa., according to Lehigh Valley Business.
4. Davis Medical Center opens new rehab facility: 3 things to know
Davis Medical Center in Elkins, W.Va., celebrated a new cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation facility Feb. 13, reports The Inter-Mountain.
5. UPMC Chautauqua WCA gains DOH approval for $23M renovations
The New York State Department of Health approved Jamestown, N.Y.-based UPMC Chautauqua WCA's proposed $23 million expansion of its maternity department and inpatient psychiatric units, according to a Buffalo Business First report.
6. Willis-Knighton reopens shuttered Doctors Hospital as rehab facility
After sitting vacant for seven years, the facility that was Doctors Hospital in Shreveport, La., will reopen as a rehabilitation center under the Willis-Knighton brand, according to a KSLA 12 News report.
7. Baylor Scott & White Health breaks ground on new medical center
Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health broke ground Feb. 15 on its new medical center in Pflugerville, Texas, reports North Austin Patch.
8. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to build $1B hospital
In response to worsening space constraints at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the pediatric hospital plans to build a new $1 billion-plus facility in northeast Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
9. Expanded Brookings Hospital opens doors to patients
All services in the newly expanded Brookings (S.D.) Hospital, including radiology, surgery, pharmacy, obstetrics and inpatient care, are now operational for patients.