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Construction of the new, 60,000-square-foot Lockport Memorial Hospital (LMH) is proceeding at a record pace as a result of Catholic Healths continued collaboration with the New York State Department of Health, local government officials, and its construction partners. Ground was broken in November 2021 for the $62 million facility - the largest investment in eastern Niagara County in recent years - which is expected to open in September 2023.

The collaboration will take advantage of existing programs at the D’Youville/Catholic Health health hub that opened last year.

A year-long effort is highlighting an issue that affects tens of thousands of Western New Yorkers in Erie, Chautauqua, Niagara and Cattaraugus counties.

Many health care workers left the industry due to COVID or being close to retirement. In fact, there are 9,300 registered nurse job openings across the state.

In a year unlike any other, what were the hottest nursing topics? Heres a roundup of our most popular nursing stories. As we approach the end of the calendar year, lets look back on the year that was. I have compiled a list of HealthLeaders most-read nursing stories in 2020. Unsurprisingly, COVID-19 was the most popular topic, followed by other themes such as nurse advancement to the C-suite, millennial and Gen Z nurses, and racism in the healthcare work environment. The following is a list of...