OAKLAND, Calif. — Kaiser Permanente opened a new medical center on Tuesday in central Oakland, the headquarter city where the nonprofit health care system was founded nearly 70 years ago.
The new, 12-story, 349-bed Oakland Medical Center is directly across the street from the medical center it replaces. The hospital sits on the corner of Broadway and MacArthur Boulevard.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) is eliminating tobacco use in every facet of its operations. Starting July 1, all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes will be banned. A year later, the hospital will stop hiring smokers.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — HealthSouth Corporation and Memorial Health have agreed to build a new, 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital to be known as the Rehabilitation Hospital of Savannah. The health care organizations will initially oversee the operations at Memorial Health’s current 50-bed Rehabilitation Institute.
Expected to open in 2016, the new facility will be built on property located on Seawright Drive between Benedictine Military School and SouthCoast Medical Group. The $25 million project is under review by the Georgia Department of Community Health.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nonprofit Sutter Health is committing $11.5 million to install overhead patient lifts at 19 intensive care units and acute rehabilitation centers across its Northern California network. The investment will fund the installation of 1,036 lifts.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Almost $8 billion is being invested in health care construction projects in the Northeast. That translates into 8.9 million square feet of project space under way or in late planning in New York, Connecticut and New England.
According to an inaugural report from healthcare real estate data service Revista that was released May 20 during a launch event in Boston, there are 66 health care construction projects in the Northeast alone, and Revista is planning on releasing more market data in the coming months.
OAKLAND, Md. — Officials at Garrett County Memorial Hospital officially broke ground June 2 on a new four-story addition to the 64-year-old facility. Immediately following the groundbreaking celebration, the hospital also marked the grand opening of its new Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center.
MADISON, Miss. — Birmingham, Ala.-based Brasfield & Gorrie completed construction on the new $16 million Healthplex Performance Center in Madison earlier this month.
BALTIMORE — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center has announced the first round of potential recipients of the Health Care Innovation Awards Round Two. The awards will fund up to $110 million in grants to programs that will deliver better health, improved care and lower costs to individuals usign Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
MOORE, Okla. — One year after an EF-5 tornado devastated the city of Moore, Okla., hundreds gathered to remember the 25 people lost May 20, 2013 and celebrate the continued resilience of the city. The memorial was held at the former site of the Moore Medical Center, which was heavily damaged by the tornado, and was attended by numerous state and local leaders.
ATLANTA — Following a 10-month renovation, the Kaiser Permanente Southwood Comprehensive Center has doubled health care space for patients. The two-story, $45 million project brought the facility to 113,000 square feet increasing space for the 24/7 advanced care center.
