University of Chicago Medicine, is hoping to expand further into northwest Indiana, with plans for a 116,000-square-foot medical facility that will include a so-called micro-hospital, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The planned facility, in Crown Point, comes as the area experiences population growth, including people leaving Illinois to escape higher taxes and costs of living. It also comes as other big-name Chicago hospitals continue to expand beyond the city in hopes of attracting more patients.
The facility is slated to include a cancer center, medical offices staffed by specialists, outpatient surgery, imaging, infusions, lab services and the micro-hospital. The micro-hospital would have an emergency department and eight to 12 beds for patients who need care overnight for short periods of time. Read more.
