{"id":98149,"date":"2025-08-14T06:23:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T06:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/illinois-review-board-approves-hillsboro-health-certificate-of-need-application\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T06:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T06:23:59","slug":"illinois-review-board-approves-hillsboro-health-certificate-of-need-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/illinois-review-board-approves-hillsboro-health-certificate-of-need-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Review Board Approves Hillsboro Health Certificate of Need Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"ai-category\">Press Release<\/span><br \/>\n    <span class=\"dash\">\u2022<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ai-date\"><br \/>\n                                                Aug 13, 2025 20:00 EDT                        <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"content-summary\">\n<p><i><strong>Hospital Construction Project Will Provide Infrastructure Modernization<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.nwe.io\/assets_v3\/css\/components\/content-share.css?id=b7b38a2f11903377764d63cfacf2a9e6\"\/>\n<nav class=\"content-share\">\n<\/nav>\n<p>                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.nwe.io\/files\/x\/31\/b0\/18dd9f58f75dca0017d6c58ebffc.jpg\" class=\"use-lightbox feature-media feature-media--thumbnail\" data-alt=\"Hillsboro Health Construction Project\" data-caption=\"Hillsboro Health Patient Drop-Off Area\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.nwe.io\/files\/x\/31\/b0\/18dd9f58f75dca0017d6c58ebffc.jpg\" title=\"Hillsboro Health Construction Project\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.nwe.io\/files\/x\/aa\/f5\/3c734636ce7e2e27e884cad5a52b.jpg\" alt=\"Hillsboro Health Construction Project\" class=\"feature-media__img\" width=\"450\" height=\"232\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pr-html\">\n<p>    <strong class=\"date-line\"><br \/>\n        HILLSBORO, Ill., August 13, 2025 (Newswire.com)<br \/>\n        &#8211;<br \/>\n    <\/strong>The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board officially approved Hillsboro Health&#8217;s Certificate of Need application for a construction project at its main hospital campus. This critical infrastructure upgrade is designed to modernize facilities, expand outpatient surgery services and ensure continued access to high-quality care for the Hillsboro community and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed building project includes three major components:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Central Utility Plant Upgrade<\/strong>: Replacement of aging mechanical systems to improve energy efficiency and reliability and support future growth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Surgical Services Expansion<\/strong>: Construction of an 11,000-square-foot addition to house two new operating rooms, a procedure room, post-surgery recovery suites and a modern central sterilization area.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Enhanced Patient Experience<\/strong>: Renovation of the hospital&#8217;s front lobby and construction of a new entrance canopy to improve accessibility and the overall patient and visitor experience.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Much of the hospital&#8217;s current infrastructure dates to its original construction in 1975. This project will replace outdated mechanical equipment and surgical spaces with modern, efficient and patient-centered designs that reflect today&#8217;s standards of health care delivery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This project represents a significant investment in the future of health care in our area,&#8221; says Hillsboro Health President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Alexander. &#8220;Upgrading our infrastructure and expanding outpatient surgery capabilities ensures patients have access to high-quality health care without having to travel long distances. This growth will also enable us to continue to serve our community for generations to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to begin in early 2026, with completion targeted for late 2027.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.nwe.io\/x\/html?final=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlsbHNib3JvaGVhbHRoLm9yZy8&amp;sig=l5QDeI3-c3UgCBNbVCGi5Bg2ZCmkM1pkh-zZJZWIRn9AW-i9lBLsFHE112Ls_Oz7OZPF9t-tevMQ9R-JKh4KJQ&amp;hit%2Csum=WyI1MGhrYWsiLCI1MGhrYWwiLCI1MGhrYW0iXQ\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsboro Health<\/a>, formerly called Hillsboro Area Hospital, is a local, independent health care organization comprised of a 25-bed, not-for-profit, Critical Access Hospital that provides inpatient, outpatient and emergency services. Hillsboro Health also offers primary and specialty care, therapy services, assisted living facilities and a fitness and aquatics center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Claire Eskew <br \/><i>Director of Marketing and Community Services<\/i><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/stats.nwe.io\/x\/html?final=bWFpbHRvOmNlc2tld0BoaGVhbHRoLnVz&amp;sig=xTFHEqCvVUAWriUR0RLcfcadh-I0OK2ZOV-hRpyIlqrPTVo_0QMR5FrakojTWYmVTZfZkdpHQ3DX6T51gAIa-w&amp;hit%2Csum=WyI1MGhrYW4iLCI1MGhrYW8iLCI1MGhrYW0iXQ\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ceskew@hhealth.us<\/a><br \/>2175324320<\/p>\n<p>                    <!-- DEPRECATED. We have now removed most scraped content --><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-alt\">Source: Hillsboro Health<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.com\/news\/illinois-review-board-approves-hillsboro-health-certificate-of-need-22624871\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release \u2022 Aug 13, 2025 20:00 EDT Hospital Construction Project Will Provide Infrastructure Modernization HILLSBORO, Ill., August 13, 2025 (Newswire.com) &#8211; The Illinois Health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}