Here are 15 capital projects at hospitals and health systems that were recently announced, started, changed or completed, beginning with the most recent.
1. Saint Alphonsus Health System to build replacement hospital in Idaho
Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Health System announced it will build an $80 million hospital to replace a current facility in Nampa, Idaho.
2. Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center to expand
Beatrice (Neb.) Community Hospital and Health Center announced it will undergo a $7.2 million, 17,500-square-foot expansion to create needed space at the facility.
3. Capital Regional Medical Center prepares to open behavioral health center
Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, Fla., set an open date of April 15 for its new, $4 million, 14,000-square-foot behavioral health center.
4. Mercy, Toledo Clinic to open $14.5M cancer center
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Toledo (Ohio) Clinic partnered to open a $14.5 million comprehensive cancer center in 2016, which will help coordinate oncology services in a region where they are "fragmented."
5. New hospital to be constructed in Alabama
A new 83,000-square-foot, 29-bed hospital with a surgery center and outpatient care area will be built in Thomasville, Ala.
6. Washington Hospital breaks ground on pavilion project
Washington Hospital in Fremont, Calif., ceremoniously broke ground on its $339 million Morris Hyman Critical Care Pavilion, which will house a new and expanded emergency department, as well as an intensive care unit and advanced coronary care unit.
7. U of Chicago considers new adult trauma center
University of Chicago Medicine began investigating the need and capacity for a new adult trauma center on its Hyde Park campus.
8. HCA opens new hospital in north Texas
The 55-bed Fort Worth, Texas-based Medical Center Alliance opened and saw its first patients in February in a brand new, $90 million facility.
9. IU Health Arnett Hospital in the process of $18M expansion
IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, Ind., continued the process of an $18 million expansion that will add more than 100 additional exam rooms, three stories and 75,000 square feet to the hospital.
10. San Francisco General Hospital hopes to expand garage to address parking problem
San Francisco General Hospital awaited approval from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to expand a nearby garage and alleviate a serious parking problem.
11. UConn Health continues expansion and renovation with $203M outpatient pavilion
The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington opened its new $203 million, 300,000-square-foot outpatient pavilion on Feb. 3.
12. $46M expansion project at Washington Regional Medical Center set to begin this month
Construction on a $46 million women's health services expansion project at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark., began in late February.
13. Sacred Heart Hospital-Emerald Coast to kick off $30M expansion
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, located in Miramar Beach, Fla., announced it will begin its major facility expansion project, estimated to cost between $27 million and $30 million, in March.
14. New Mercy Joplin Hospital set to open in March, years after tornado
The new Mercy Joplin (Mo.) Hospital set an open date of March 22, nearly four years after a tornado ripped through the area destroying the old St. John's Medical Center in Joplin.
15. 5 things to know about the healthcare construction project in Canton, N.Y.
A Canton-Potsdam Hospital construction project, which includes constructing a 30,000-square-foot medical office building and an outpatient ambulatory surgery center, began in Canton, N.Y.