Barnabas Health, RWJ Health System to Merge
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Barnabas Health and Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Health System, two leading health systems in New Jersey, have agreed to merge, creating the state’s largest health system and one of the largest in the nation.


PHILADELPHIA — The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) opened the doors at the new Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care on July 27.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida (UF) Health Shands Children’s Hospital in Gainesville confirmed it will be undergoing an expansion to grow the number of beds that can accommodate the hospital’s tiniest, most vulnerable patients.
WASHINGTON —The Washington, D.C.-based American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program.
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Construction is under way for a west-wing expansion at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.
CINCINNATI — Officials at The Christ Hospital Health Network, based in Cincinnati, revealed plans on July 7 to build a comprehensive medical center in Butler County, Ohio.
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — Orange Regional Medical Center has begun construction on a new 153,000 square foot, five-story medical office building and a 26,000 square foot, single-story cancer center at the hospital’s main campus.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spectrum Health held a ceremonial groundbreaking event on June 23, at its Rehab and Nursing Center in Grand Rapids. The facility, which was originally built in 1964, is being expanded and renovated to better serve patients.
ATLANTA — Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., is the most beautiful hospital in the country, according to Atlanta-based Soliant Health.
PORT HURON, Mich. — McLaren Port Huron’s board of trustees recently approved $162 million for the expansion and renovation of the hospital’s campus in Port Huron, located about 60 miles northeast of Detroit.