Facility Construction and Design UPMC Cole, a rural health network serving north-central Pennsylvania and south-central New York, is breaking ground on a 5.5-megawatt solar farm, the first within the UPMC system. Upon completion, UPMC says the farm will generate enough clean energy to meet nearly all the electricity needs of UPMC Cole’s Coudersport, Pa., hospital…
Here’s a roundup of the latest ASC openings, construction and ownership news: UM Health-Sparrow to build new ASC in Lansing, Mich. The University of Michigan Board of Regents last week approved two major construction projects, a behavioral health hospital and an ASC, at University of Michigan (UM) Health-Sparrow to improve access…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul this week announced that the next major phase of a $1.1 billion investment to modernize facilities at the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University (SUNY Downstate) Hospital in Brooklyn is moving forward with the approval of a construction contract to demolish, clear…
Seattle-based publication MyNorthwest reported yesterday that, after six years of work, MultiCare will welcome its first patients to the new Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., on May 16. It’s a massive upgrade, reports MyNorthwest, as the existing iteration of the children’s hospital has shared space with MultiCare Tacoma…
ORA Orthopedics last week relocated its Bettendorf, Iowa, orthopedic clinic and outpatient surgery center to a new $50 million facility in the same town. ORA’s medical, outpatient surgery and physical therapy facilities have migrated to a 113,000-square-foot clinic, surgery center and administrative headquarters next to the town’s TBK Bank Sports Complex.…
University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) on Monday announced it has opened Colony Park North, an approximately 131,000-square-foot campus in Ridgeland, Miss., that includes a medical office building, ambulatory surgery facility, advanced imaging services and an education space, as well as numerous clinics that focus on various surgical specialties. In…
Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, Idaho, announced that its upgraded sterile processing department went operational this week following an 18-month project to enhance services and upgrade surgical capacity. The project began with construction of a new electrical room on the northeast side of hospital’s main campus, which allowed Gritman to power…
Here’s the latest news on ASC facilities: New on-campus ASC coming to Clemson Leaders from MUSC Health and Clemson University joined to break ground on a state-of-the-art medical facility that they say will open on the school’s main campus in fall 2027. Designed to “deliver the highest-quality student health and…
Fast Company this week took a deep dive into UCI Health — Irvine (Calif.), which the health system describes as “the nation’s first all-electric powered acute care hospital.” Officially opened last month, UCI Health — Irvine is a seven-story, 350,000-square-foot, 144-bed facility. It completes the construction of a $1.3 billion…
Editor’s Note: This page is a companion piece to the main article, Proper planning prevents OR construction, renovation cost creep. It brings together four focused updates on OR and ambulatory surgery center (ASC) construction and renovation: Regulatory shifts: The Joint Commission's updated safety and sustainability requirements for hospitals and ASCs, including new…
