Becker's Healthcare December 18, 2024
Molly Gamble

Advocate Health Care on Dec. 17 unveiled plans to expand on Chicago’s South Side with $1 billion invested in new facilities and services.

What does the investment entail, exactly? Here are five things to know:

1. More than $500 million will go toward expanded outpatient care with the goal of adding 85,000 new appointments annually, making it easier to access both primary care and specialists. This includes 10 new Advocate Health Care Neighborhood Care locations, with the first opening in the coming months at the South Side YMCA.

2. Advocate is allocating $300 million to build a state-of-the-art hospital on the former U.S. Steel South Works site on the lakefront, replacing the 115-year-old Advocate Trinity Hospital. The system has...

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