BOSTON — According to a recent study from L.E.K Consulting of Boston, U.S. hospital CEOs and senior decision makers indicate that mounting margin pressures are driving structural changes in the industry.
Hospital systems are consolidating, integrating, accepting accountability, and centralizing supply chains to improve margins and improve care delivery.
BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Southside Hospital, a 341-bed tertiary facility in Bay Shore, is in the early stages of a multi-million dollar expansion of its emergency department.
The emergency department will be named in honor of the Bohlsen Family for their lead gift. The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2016.
CHICAGO — The new $100 million Center for Advanced Care at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center opened on April 27 in Chicago’s Lakeview community. The 164,000-square-foot, three-story facility was designed by SmithGroupJJR of Detroit.
Joining SmithGroupJJR on the design and construction team were KJWW Engineering of Rock Island, Ill., Thornton Tomasetti of New York and Turner Construction of New York.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan Health System’s (UMHS) board of regents approved a $160 million project that will provide a 139,000-square-foot facility for clinical pathology activities and renovate another 47,000 square feet of existing space.
NEW YORK — Columbia University School of Nursing in New York was awarded a $6.5 million grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust for three projects that will educate future nurses.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Mercy Health Youngstown will receive the Ohio Hospital Association’s (OHA) top award for environmental leadership, the John Chapman Award, the health system announced on April 23.
OHA made the announcement in recognition of Earth Day, which is celebrated annually on April 22. The John Chapman Award, which recognizes one hospital or health care system each year for outstanding achievements in reducing the organization’s ecological footprint, will be presented June 9 during the OHA’s annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio.
CARTERVILLE, lll. — McCarthy Building Companies, based in St. Louis, has completed the new $15.3 million Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) Cancer Institute in Carterville.
Built to improve community access to the latest in cancer care and treatment, SIH held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new facility on February 18 and is now seeing its first patients.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Baptist Health, a hospital network based in Jacksonville, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) in Houston have agreed to partner on a joint cancer program that will help patients have increased access to oncology care and treatment.
BALTIMORE — Physician-owned hospitals provide a higher level of patient satisfaction, according to a survey released April 16 by Baltimore-based Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The findings were released as CMS introduced star ratings for hospitals on Hospital Compare, a public information website that helps consumers choose a hospital and understand the quality of care it delivers.
SPRING HILL, Fla. — Oak Hill Hospital in Spring Hill announced on April 6 that construction of its obstetrics project is now underway. The new $13.7 million maternity suites at Oak Hill Hospital will be the most advanced maternity unit in the region by offering a full-service program in a safe and secure environment.
The new unit will be added to the 3rd floor of the new North Tower. Features of the new OB program include:
• A total of 18 suites.
• Six labor and delivery suites
• Ten post-partum recovery suites
