There are 11 freestanding emergency rooms projects in the works in the Orlando, Fla., area, the Orlando Business Journal reported Feb. 7. 

Children's Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center are planning a new $5 billion pediatric health campus in Dallas' Southwestern Medical District.

University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health opened a new hospital and patient bed tower Feb. 6 while closing another hospital in the system. 

Houston-based Texas Children's has unveiled its $485 million freestanding Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus.

Manhasset, N.Y.-based North Shore University Hospital, part of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, has completed its $560 million Petrocelli Surgical Pavilion.

The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization, has awarded a $500,000 grant to Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Maimonides Health.

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health has shared plans to develop a new emergency hospital campus with a freestanding emergency department and inpatient beds.

Grady Memorial Hospital, part of Atlanta-based Grady Health System, is waiting on a certificate-of-need application response for a planned $46 million project that includes upgrades to its Walter L. Ingram Burn Center.

An Illinois hospital that closed last winter will catch its second wind this spring. 

Dayton (Ohio) Children's Hospital is aiming to begin construction this summer on a project to house 26 kinship families, The Dayton Business Journal reported Jan. 25. 

Easton-based University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, part of Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System, has received approval from the Maryland Health Care Commission for its $539.5 million Regional Medical Center in Easton.

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health is planning to develop a new Christus HealthPark campus in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

Matt Kempton, CEO of South Bend, Wash.-based Willapa Harbor Hospital, is hosting a series of community meetings to educate people on the benefits of a new medical facility — and, subsequently, raise money for it, The Willapa Harbor Herald reported Jan. 24. 

Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami broke ground Jan. 23 on a $300 million project that, when complete, will expand its emergency department by four times its current size, making it one of the largest in the nation. 

Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital's second campus in Lehi, Utah, will open Feb. 12.

Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare has completed a $100 million project to modernize ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah. 

San Antonio-based University Health broke ground Jan. 18 on its University Health Palo Alto Hospital, the first of two community hospitals planned in a $900 million project.

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health will move its emergency department at the existing Franciscan Health Crown Point (Ind.) to the new $200 million hospital of the same name when it opens to the public on Jan. 28.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has dedicated $100 million in his fiscal year 2025 budget to the construction of the new Regional Medical Center in Easton, Md. 

Parkview Warsaw (Ind.), an outpatient medical facility with an emergency room, has completed its transition to Parkview Kosciusko Hospital, a full-service hospital providing inpatient and outpatient services.