Here are 15 capital projects at hospitals and health systems that were recently announced, started, changed or completed, beginning with the most recent.
1. Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant Health unveiled a capital improvement project called "Keeping the Covenant" that is expected the cost $450 million and include renovations, new construction and technology upgrades.
2. Two hospitals in Baton Rouge, La. — Mary Bird Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center and Woman's Hospital —announced plans to partner and build a breast and gynecologic cancer center.
3. San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center opened more than 100 registered nursing positions to staff its new 283-bed, $877 million inpatient facility, slated to open in December.
4. The governing board of Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Fla.-based Lee Memorial Health System tentatively approved a plan to add 275 patient beds to Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, by 2020, a project that would cost roughly $315 million.
5. The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston received a $75 million gift from the Sealy & Smith Foundation to renovate John Sealy Hospital, also in Galveston. Construction is expected to begin later this year.
6. Aurora-based University of Colorado Health announced it is going to build a hospital in Longmont, Colo. that will cost between $100 million and $125 million.
7. The Miami-Dade County Commission unanimously approved Miami-based Jackson Health System's agreement to expand westward with the construction of an outpatient center in Doral, Fla.
8. Children's Hospital in New Orleans proposed a $250 million expansion project that includes construction, renovation and preservation of the historic Marine Hospital building across the street.
9. Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., announced plans to replace its current emergency department with one that is twice as big — a $35 million project.
10. Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla., broke ground on the largest part of its $200 million expansion project — a new, four-story patient and surgical tower.
11. Three health systems based in Chattanooga, Tenn. — CHI Memorial Health Care System, Erlanger Health System and Parkridge Health System — are spending millions of dollars to expand and renovate.
12. Boston Medical Center expanded the planned redesign of its campus, adding roughly $30 million to the estimated cost of construction and renovations.
13. Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System announced it is investing more than $700 million in its people-centered care strategy, which focuses on prevention and wellness. Investments include major construction projects at three Mount Carmel campuses.
14. Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel (Fla.) announced it will kick off a $78 million expansion and renovation project this year that will involve adding three floors and a new wing.
15. The University of Mississippi Medical Center and Baton Rouge, La.-based Venyu Solutions released plans to build a technology center that will house the university's telehealth center.
Correction: An earlier version of this story said 275 patient beds would be added to Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, Fla., when, in fact, they will be added to the Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers. We regret any misunderstanding this may have caused.