The following hospitals announced in the last week plans to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
1. Seton Smithville Regional Hospital, partners collaborate on medical complex
Seton Smithville (Texas) Regional Hospital is collaborating with two other partners on a new medical complex to better allocate resources and consolidate medical services into one area.
2. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to move forward with $567M expansion project
The local city board approved Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Georgetown University Hospital's proposal to construct a new $567 million hospital.
3. McLaren to finish patient tower by 2018
Construction is underway for a patient tower at McLaren Port Huron (Mich.) hospital and expected to be completed by the end of 2018.
4. Union Health Service to open outpatient facility in Evanston
Chicago-based Union Health Service opened a new facility in Evanston, Ill., that offers primary and specialty care.
5. Atrium Medical Center to build natural birth center
In October, Middletown, Ohio-based Atrium Medical Center will begin construction on a new natural birth center.
6. Hackensack Meridian Health to open new ED Sept. 14
Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 1 to ring in the opening of the new emergency department at Hackensack UMC-Pascack Valley in Westwood, N.J.
7. Feds approve lease for new Nebraska VA medical center
The federal government approved plans for a three-story apartment building for homeless veterans at the Lincoln Veterans Affairs hospital campus in Nebraska this fall.
8. Big Lots to gift Nationwide Children's $50M for behavioral health expansion
Columbus, Ohio-based retail home store Big Lots pledged $50 million to support the expansion of a 250,000-square-foot behavioral health treatment and research pavilion at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus.
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Seton Smithville Regional Hospital, partners collaborate on medical complex
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to move forward with $567M expansion project
McLaren to finish patient tower by 2018