The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics broke ground Oct. 14 on its hospital campus in North Liberty, Iowa, according to The Gazette.

Massachusetts General Hospital received approval Oct. 14 from the Boston Planning and Development Agency board for a 1 million-square-foot, $2 billion expansion, The Boston Globe reported.

Riverside Health System in Newport News, Va., is planning to build a 50-bed hospital in Virginia, according to WTKR.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health are opening new hospitals in Indiana before the end of the year. 

Amita Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village (Ill.) received state approval for a $107 million expansion, which will improve and add to the operating and recovery areas and create new inpatient rooms.

South Bend, Ind.-based Memorial Hospital hopes to expand with a new patient tower, apartments, hotel and health club through a $300 million project, the South Bend Tribune reported Oct. 13.

Jacksonville-based Mayo Clinic in Florida, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary, has recently invested more than $400 million in capital projects across the state. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Williamson Medical Center received approval during a county commission meeting Oct. 11 to apply for $150 million in bond financing, which will be used for a $189 million expansion, News Channel 5 reported.

AdventHealth Tampa (Fla.) opened its six-story, $300 million patient and surgical tower Oct. 12.

Indiana University Health will open its $557 million, 364-bed replacement hospital Dec. 5, the Indianapolis-based system said Oct. 11.

Two years after announcing the project, Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Healthcare completed its $135 million, 12,000-square-foot expansion to its cancer center, The Virginian Pilot reported Oct. 11.

Certificate-of-need laws require healthcare providers to get approval from state regulators before expanding facilities or investing in technology. 

The city board of directors approved a zoning request from Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (Ark.) for a $162 million expansion on 83 acres of land, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported Oct. 10.

Covina, Calif.-based Emanate Health broke ground on its $125 million expansion, which includes two new 60,000-square-foot buildings for its flagship Queen of the Valley Hospital, LA Business Journal reported Oct. 11.

Here are 28 hospitals or health systems that have announced, advanced or completed construction projects in the last three weeks:

AdventHealth on Oct. 7 opened its 38-bed, $150 million hospital in Overland Park, Kan.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist will soon begin constructing its $450 million care tower project, which includes a helipad, on its main campus, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Oct. 7.

Ascension Wisconsin will open its 33,000-square-foot neighborhood hospital in Waukesha Oct. 13, the third of its three new hospitals, BizTimes reported Oct. 6.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, La., plans to build a $100 million cancer institute.

Bozeman Health, the dominant provider in Montana's most rapidly growing region, announced Oct. 4 plans to add a $7 million, first-of-its-kind adult inpatient psychiatric unit to Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman, by 2023.