Here are 10 hospital operating room expansions that were announced or completed in the past month, beginning with the most recent.
1. Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas completed a new $3.6 million hybrid operating room.
2. Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Jefferson Hills, Pa., completed its $17.5 million surgical facility expansion.
3. Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Mo., opened four new operating rooms and plans to renovate an additional 10 by mid-2013 at a total cost of roughly $65 million.
4. Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance broke ground on a $69 million surgery tower expansion at its Johnson City Medical Center.
5. The Detroit Medical Center broke ground on a $30 million renovation and expansion of its surgical facilities at Harper University and Hutzel Women's hospitals.
6. Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., completed a new hybrid operating room.
7. Monongahela (Pa.) Valley Hospital added two new operating rooms as part of a $25 million expansion and renovation project.
8. Detroit Receiving Hospital, part of Detroit Medical Center, broke ground on an $8 million operating room expansion project.
9. Grand Junction (Colo.) VA Medical Center is nearing completion of its $14.5 million expansion project, which includes four operating rooms, an intensive care unit, a recovery room and a sterilization-processing room.
10. Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., part of Saint Thomas Health, became the first hospital in the state to open two hybrid operating rooms.
1. Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas completed a new $3.6 million hybrid operating room.
2. Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Jefferson Hills, Pa., completed its $17.5 million surgical facility expansion.
3. Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Mo., opened four new operating rooms and plans to renovate an additional 10 by mid-2013 at a total cost of roughly $65 million.
4. Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance broke ground on a $69 million surgery tower expansion at its Johnson City Medical Center.
5. The Detroit Medical Center broke ground on a $30 million renovation and expansion of its surgical facilities at Harper University and Hutzel Women's hospitals.
6. Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., completed a new hybrid operating room.
7. Monongahela (Pa.) Valley Hospital added two new operating rooms as part of a $25 million expansion and renovation project.
8. Detroit Receiving Hospital, part of Detroit Medical Center, broke ground on an $8 million operating room expansion project.
9. Grand Junction (Colo.) VA Medical Center is nearing completion of its $14.5 million expansion project, which includes four operating rooms, an intensive care unit, a recovery room and a sterilization-processing room.
10. Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., part of Saint Thomas Health, became the first hospital in the state to open two hybrid operating rooms.