Bringing care closer to home: Health systems accelerate expansion plans as competition heats up

More than 100 miles north of Pittsburgh, UPMC is investing $111 million to expand its Hamot hospital facility in Erie with a seven-story, 177,000-square-foot patient care tower that will include new ICU beds and other upgrades. Two miles away, Allegheny Health Network is busy with its own hospital expansion project, investing $115 million to upgrade Saint Vincent Hospital by building a new emergency department and an operating room suite. The expansions, both so close together and in regions where…
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