Nine healthcare facilities that have added or expanded gastroenterology services in 2019:
1. Monroeville, Pa.-based Forbes Hospital opened a $17 million addition to expand its surgical, gastrointestinal and cardiac services.
2. Cleveland-based University Hospitals teamed up with ASC development and management company Physicians Endoscopy to transition and relicense a gastroenterology-focused outpatient department into an ASC.
3. Naugatuck, Conn.-based Saint Mary's Hospital plans to open a multispecialty office to complement its recently opened urgent care facility. The multispecialty office will offer gastroenterology, cardiology and gynecology services in Naugatuck.
4. Newark, Ohio-based Licking Memorial Medical Campus opened a $9 million addition on its main campus June 10. The expansion features a wellness center and gastroenterology and dermatology-based physician offices.
5. Debra Sukin, CEO of Houston Methodist the Woodlands, on May 29 detailed a $240 million expansion plan featuring a new patient care tower with endoscopy services.
6. Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital opened its 37,000-square-foot outpatient clinical center at its hospital in Needham, Mass. The outpatient clinical center offers gastroenterology, cardiology, orthopedics and other medical services.
7. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia plans to build a 37,000-square-foot multispecialty clinic in Abington, Pa. It will provide gastroenterology, cardiology, orthopedics, ENT, neurology, endocrinology and pulmonology services.
8. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic opened a gastroenterology center on the Saint Mary's portion of its campus.
9. Fargo, N.D.-based Sanford Health opened its Center for Digestive Health in January.