Edinburg-based South Texas Health System has started construction of its seventh freestanding emergency room department, NBC affiliate KGBT reported March 11. 

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health is currently involved in a number of capital projects including expanding its 291-bed Cape Coral Hospital, according to a March 13 Naples Daily News report.

Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours has kept itself busy in the Richmond, Va., market as it nears completion on an expansion project and sells another facility in the area, according to a March 13 report in Richmond BizSense.

Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare is projecting it will spend $30 million on labor costs this year as the health system employs 170 traveling nurses at $150 per hour, the Sun Journal reported March 9.

Eau Claire, Wis.-based HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health partnered to open a new 36-bed rehabilitation hospital inside the HSHS campus.

Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health is expected to open its third hospital in Colorado Springs on July 11, according to The Gazette.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health and Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health are opening a new 51-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Knoxville. 

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System has taken a big step forward concerning a project to move its Inova Alexandria (Va.) Hospital to a new modern location in the city, according to a March 8 ALXnow report.

Cleveland Clinic opened the Fatima bint Mubarak Center at its Abu Dhabi location in the United Arab Emirates.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, a part of Advocate Health, has won rezoning approval from the town of Cornelius, N.C., to build a new 154,000-square-foot hospital, the Charlotte Business Journal reported March 7.

Valleywise Health's new medical center will open in October, the Phoenix-based health system said March 7.

Mount Clemens, Mich.-based McLaren Macomb Medical Center is open after a year and a half of construction.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth filed plans to build a $75 million new hospital in Orlando, the Orlando Business Journal reported March 7.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic paid a $20 million permit to Auld & White Constructors to build a new medical support building at its San Pablo Road campus in Jacksonville, Fla., the Jacksonville Business Journal reported March 6. 

BayCare Health System has opened an 86-bed, 318,000-square-foot hospital in Wesley Chapel, Fla.

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White plans to spend $90 million to expand its College Station, Texas-based campus, The Eagle reported March 6.

Columbus-based OhioHealth is planning to build a $600 million women's care center on the southeast side of its Columbus-based OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital.

Northwood (N.D.) Deaconess Health Center received a $25.3 million loan from the United States Department of Agriculture to help cover the costs of the hospital's $34 million expansion and renovation project, the Grand Forks Herald reported March 5.

St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minn., a $900 million Essentia Health project, is on track to open in the third quarter, according to the Duluth News Tribune.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Ascension Borgess Hospital is considering bringing back midwife care after the hospital cut its midwife staff from seven midwives to three in August 2022; the cut resulted in all but one midwife leaving, mlive.com reported March 3.