12 hospitals planning facility upgrades, expansions

The following hospitals announced plans to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities in the last week.

1. Baptist Health starts construction of new cancer center

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health broke ground Thursday on a new destination cancer center, which will provide individualized, comprehensive and advanced cancer care, according to News4JAX.

2. OhioHealth plans network of freestanding EDs
Columbus-based OhioHealth allocated $60 million to launch a network of freestanding emergency departments, slated to open in 2018, reports The Columbus Dispatch.

3. San Antonio Regional Hospital Foundation reaches $12M expansion goal
This week the San Antonio Regional Hospital Foundation collected the final dollars needed for its $12 million expansion project, the Daily Bulletin reported.

4. In Ohio's Cuyahoga County, a proposal for a new 25-bed hospital
Old Greenwich, Conn.-based Horse Island Asset Management shared plans to build a four-story, $50 million hospital with 25 beds and an office medical building in Beachwood, Ohio, The Plain Dealer reported.

5. Navicent Health to construct children's hospital
Macon, Ga.-based Navicent Health, formally known as the Medical Center of Central Georgia, will build a replacement children's hospital, 13 WMAZ reported.

6. $425M to be borrowed for Guam Memorial Hospital renovations
The governor of Guam, Eddie Calvo, presented legislation to borrow $425 million and raise taxes to pay for improvements at Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, Pacific Daily News reported. 

7. Calif. hospital budgets for $204M expansion
El Camino Hospital will set aside $204 million in the 2016-17 fiscal year to expand its campus in Mountain View, Calif.

8. SSM Health unveils plans for $550M academic medical center
St. Louis-based SSM Health unveiled plans for its new $550 million academic medical center. The 316-bed, 802,000-square-foot facility will replace the current hospital and outpatient care center at SSMHealthSt. LouisUniversityHospital.

9. Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation to raise $1.2M for surgery center
Greater Fairbanks (Alaska) Community Hospital Foundation will raise $1.2 million to help fund an $88 million surgery center replacement project at Banner Health Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, the News-Miner reported. 

10. Marshfield Clinic Health System to build new hospital
Eau Claire, Wis.-based Marshfield Clinic Health System has announced its new "Caring for the ChippewaValley" plan, which includes the construction of a new hospital with an attached cancer care center, according to the Hub City Times.

11. Palomar, Kindred agree to build acute rehabilitation facility: 4 things to know
Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health and Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare will collaborate to build a 52-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital.

12. Baylor Scott & White teams up with Dallas Cowboys to build sports med complex
Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White collaborated with the Dallas Cowboys to build a new sports medicine facility in Frisco, Texas. Officials from both organizations shared details for the $100 million project Wednesday, according to The Dallas Morning News.

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