Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii, will relocate based on population, market demand, anticipated market share growth, and financial considerations, according to the hospital's 2024 strategic plan, which was finalized in May, but published June 7.

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has shared that its $2.3 billion hospital in downtown Indianapolis is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2027.

Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System is taking over operations at the emergency department in Fort Scott, Kan., which has been without a full-service hospital since Ascension Via Christi closed its emergency department in December.

Moreno Valley, Calif.-based Riverside University Health System and PMB, a healthcare real estate developer, have partnered to build a $580 million behavioral health campus in Mead Valley, Calif. 

A $231 million expansion project that will nearly double the number of beds at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital is set to be completed in late 2026.

The new Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colo., is expected to open Aug. 3, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker's.

WellSpan Health and microhospital developer Emerus have broken ground on a new facility in Carlisle, Pa.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has broken ground on a medical office building in Sioux Falls, part of a $245 million project.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has received a $100 million gift for its department of surgery, the health system announced June 5.

Nicki Harris and her family have donated $10 million to New York City-based NYU Langone’s Bridgehampton location, which has been renamed J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Ambulatory Care in their honor. 

From hospital construction projects to advancing research, here are how seven health systems are spending donation funds, as reported by Becker's since May 6:

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network plans to build a $335 million hospital in Westfield, Ind.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health and Dunkirk, N.Y.-based Brooks-TLC Hospital System will work together to build a hospital in Fredonia, N.Y., as part of Gov Kathy Hochul's safety net transformation program.

Midlothian, Va.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center, part of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, has completed its $108 million, 55-bed renovation expansion project.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has shared plans to invest $100 million in an expansion project for its flagship hospital, Sutter Medical Center, in Sacramento. 

University of Missouri (Columbia) Health Care opened a new 160-bed children’s hospital and birthing center, the system announced May 22.

Portland-based Oregon Health and Science University researchers have received a $16.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to help with child mental health diagnoses and outcomes.

The Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative in Eau Claire, Wis., is moving forward with a plan to develop an independent nonprofit community hospital and emergency department after Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System closed two area hospitals in March. 

The Nationwide Foundation is gifting Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital $100 million. 

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has kicked off construction on a $423 million hospital in Lake Nona, Fla.