Brookwood's new facility resembles an upscale medical office more than a hospital. But inside, the layout is similar to an ER, with two rows of exam rooms that all face nursing stations.

Brookwood Medical Center is planning a new women's center to replace the landmark facility it opened in 1988 as the Birmingham area's first such center dedicated to women's health care.

Nearly a quarter century after it opened the state’s first women’s center, Brookwood Medical Center is ready to break ground on a new facility that will enable the Homewood hospital to provide ...