Southport, N.C.-based Dosher Memorial Hospital has begun its seven-year expansion and improvement plan.

Gas station giant Wawa is donating $6.15 million to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia through the Wawa Foundation.

Construction on the first all-electric hospital in the U.S., UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport (Calif.), is set to be fully operational by 2025, the Los Angeles Times reported April 25.

A new survey from healthcare payments company Sphere found that 68 percent of providers place a high priority on improving patient payment collections.

Whitehall, Wis.-based Gundersen Tri-County Hospital is set to open its doors July 24 after projecting that construction would be complete in spring 2024, local news outlet WEAU reported April 23.

Davie-based HCA Florida Healthcare, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, purchased a $2.85 million plot of land in St. Cloud, Fla., with plans to build a new freestanding emergency room, Orlando Business Journal reported April 24.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, which reported net income of $1.36 billion for the first quarter of 2023, is looking at land acquisition as a key part of its growth plan, Sam Hazen, CEO of the 180-hospital system, told analysts April 21.

Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center is launching a $66.8 million expansion project to add 56 inpatient beds to the hospital, local news outlet ABC4 reported April 20.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC unveiled its new vision and rehabilitation facilities April 20, with the first patients expected in May.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center could receive $800 million in the coming months if Merck completes its acquisition of Prometheus Biosciences, which develops precision therapies for immune-mediated diseases, according to an April 19 Pensions & Investments report.

Demolition at the Strong Memorial Hospital, the flagship facility at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, is underway as part of a $640 million expansion project, reports ABC affiliate WHAM.

The board of trustees of Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Hospital approved a $73 million expansion project to meet an increase in demand, the Birmingham Business Journal reported April 19.

Warsaw, Ind.-based Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital broke ground on a $30 million expansion and renovation project, local news outlet WSBT reported April 19.

Memorial Healthcare System has paid $49 million to acquire the shuttered Hollywood (Fla.) Fashion Center mall, the Commercial Observer reported April 18.

Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new Southwest Minot location, Minot Daily News reported April 17.

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is opening a new five-story, 240,000-square-foot patient pavilion.

Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's has broken ground on a $52 million project to expand its East Hospital in Lee's Summit, Mo., ABC affiliate KMBC reported April 12. 

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is building a $247 million, 98-bed hospital in Lenexa, Kan.

The average cost per square foot of three-story hospital construction rose from $362.69 to $419.18 from 2019 to 2023, an increase of more than 15 percent, Building Design + Construction reported April 13.

Ruleville, Miss.-based North Sunflower Medical Center purchased a building that housed a donut shop and community college campus in Greenwood, Miss., The Enterprise-Tocsin reported April 12.