The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
1. Crouse Hospital ER moves into new $38M facility
Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Hospital will shut down its 43-year-old emergency room July 18 and move it to a new $38 million facility, according to The Post-Standard.
2. SSM Health opens rehab hospital at St. Joseph Hospital-Lake St. Louis
St. Louis-based SSM Health opened a 30-bed, $20.5 million rehabilitation hospital inside SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital-Lake St. Louis, according to the St. Louis Business Journal.
3. UCHealth celebrates Greeley groundbreaking: 6 things to know
An official groundbreaking ceremony July 10 recognized that Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth started construction on its full-service hospital and medical center in Greeley, Colo.
4. IU Health to open 2 urgent care centers: 4 things to know
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health will open two urgent care centers this summer. It opened one in Indianapolis July 11 and will open another along the border of Noblesville and Carmel, Ind., in mid-August.
5. NYU Langone opens pancreatic cancer center
New York-based NYU Langone Medical Center's Perlmutter Cancer Center announced July 10 that it will create the Pancreatic Cancer Center dedicated solely to research and treatment of the disease that is expected to be the second leading cause of cancer death by 2020.
6. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center to open $230M children's hospital
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is expected to open its $230 million freestanding children's hospital in Baton Rouge, La., in 2019, according to the American Press.
7. Florida Hospital Waterman begins ED expansion
Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares plans to expand its emergency department and patient tower, Healthcare Design Magazine reported.
8. Kettering Health Network to create 120 jobs with new hospital in Troy
Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health Network plans to construct a three-story hospital in Troy, Ohio.
9. Optum's MedExpress to open urgent care center 1 mile from Mayo Clinic
Morgantown, W.Va.-based MedExpress Urgent Care, a subsidiary of Optum Health, will open a walk-in clinic one mile away from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., according to the Post-Bulletin.
10. Dignity Health system opens 'neighborhood hospital' in Las Vegas with Emerus
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican, a subsidiary system of San Francisco-based Dignity Health, opened a "neighborhood hospital" in Las Vegas as part of its joint venture with The Woodlands, Texas-based microhospital manager Emerus.