The University of South Florida has received a $25 million gift from Tampa General Hospital to name the Center for Athletic Excellence and the university's athletics district. It is the largest ever gift to USF Athletics. 

Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System's new Wynn Hospital is slated to open Oct. 29, at which time it will consolidate its St. Elizabeth and St. Luke's hospital campuses into one building, according to the Observer Dispatch.

A $190 million expansion project at the University of Louisville (Ky.) Hospital is now on track to open in January 2025, according to a Sept. 6 report from Fox affiliate WDRB.

Lee's Summit, Mo.-based Saint Luke's East Hospital is spending $52 million to increase the facility's square footage by about 10 percent, The Kansas City Star reported Sept. 6.

The creation of a new rehabilitation facility operated by the world-renowned Chicago-based Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and a research center in Detroit have been made possible by a $375 million grant from the Gilbert Family Foundation.

The new owners of the shuttered Blessing Health Keokuk (Iowa) hospital are still looking for additional funding to reopen the 49-bed unit, according to a Sept. 4 Tri States Public Radio report.

Health systems in California and Texas are looking to spend at least $1 billion on new hospital projects.

San Francisco-based Dignity Health is putting on hold plans for a new 100-bed hospital in Elk Grove, Calif., The Sacramento Bee reported Aug. 31.

The opening of University Health's $573.7 million San Antonio-based Women's and Children's Hospital has been delayed due to a water line break.

Health systems in Ohio, Arizona, Kansas, South Carolina and Texas are building new hospitals that cost more than $100 million.

Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego broke ground on a seven-story, 500,000-square-foot patient care tower Aug. 29.

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, which said in early 2021 it would build the first new hospital in the city since 2014, is heading for completion of its 60-bed Kings Mills facility in Mason, Ohio, in November, according to the August print edition of Healthcare Design.

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health has received a $50 million donation to go toward a new center for clinical expertise and research to boost patient care.

The $135 million Phoenix Children's campus in Glendale, Ariz., looks to partially open in November, according to an Aug. 23 Daily Independent report.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin are planning to build a community hospital and medical office building in Sheboygan, Wis. 

Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System is planning to build a $168 million hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., according to an Aug. 23 report from NBC affiliate KSN16.

Lexington (S.C.) Medical Center has purchased 65 acres for $10 million, according to an Aug. 22 The Post and Courier Columbia report.

Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network, a 582-bed system, is likely to go over a $1.5 billion budget for new capital projects, according to an Aug. 18 Fort Worth Star-Telegram report.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health is planning to take on $300 million of debt to finance various projects, according to an Aug. 18 filing.

As financial pressures and workforce shortages mount, some hospitals and health systems are forced to end services. When cuts come to town, maternity units increasingly find themselves in trouble.