The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
1. Aspirus Iron River begins construction on medical clinic
Aspirus Iron River (Mich.) Hospital and Clinics broke ground May 31 on a new clinic, according to The Daily News.
2. Construction wraps up on Crown Point Health Center
Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital, part of the University of Vermont Health Network, opened its health center Crown Point, N.Y., according to a Press-Republican report.
3. Memorial Hermann Northeast breaks ground on $70M patient tower
Memorial Hermann Northeast in Humble, Texas, on May 30 broke ground on a $70 million patient tower, which is slated to open in December 2018, according to Chron.
4. Methodist Children's Hospital in San Antonio to open 147-room tower
San Antonio-based Methodist Children's Hospital will open its seven-story tower to patients June 6, according to KSAT.
5. Georgia county seeks approval for new hospital
Officials in Lee County, Ga., are seeking permission from the Georgia Department of Community Health to build a 60-bed hospital, reports WALB News 10.
6. Portsmouth Regional Hospital opens $10.5M emergency medical facility
Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital will open its Seabrook (N.H.) Emergency Room to patients May 31, according to The Daily News of Newburyport.
7. Real estate company proposes $97M hospital in Elsa, Texas
Clermont, a San Antonio-based real estate and advisory company, has proposed to build a 42-bed, $97 million regional hospital in Elsa, Texas, according to ValleyCentral.com.
8. Memorial Regional Health plans medical clinic in Colorado
Craig, Colo.-based Memorial Regional Health plans to build a new 60,000-square-foot clinic, according to a Craig Daily Press report.
9. UPMC to open business operations center in Erie
Pittsburgh-based UPMC and UPMC Health Plan will open a business operations center for hospital support services in Erie, Pa.
10. BJC HealthCare to break ground on Missouri hospital May 30
Leaders from St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare, the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, city officials and others attended the ceremonial ground breaking of Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, a 77-bed facility in Creve Coeur, Mo., May 30.
11. Inspira breaks ground on $349M replacement hospital in South Jersey
Woodbury, N.J.-based Inspira Health Network on May 24 broke ground on a new $349 million hospital, NJ.com reported.
12. UCHealth breaks ground on $310M Highlands Ranch Hospital
Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth broke ground May 24 on its new hospital in Highlands Ranch, Colo.