UNC Health's plan for a 40-bed hospital in the Durham, N.C., portion of Research Triangle Park was approved by state regulators, The News & Observer reported Sept. 29.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Health Network, part of Community Health Systems, is opening a new 60-bed hospital Nov. 13, TV station WANE reported Sept. 28. 

University of California San Diego Medical Center is seeking approval to begin a modernization of its aging medical campus that is slated to cost $2.5 billion, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Orlando (Fla.) Health is adding a new 95-bed patient tower to South Lake Hospital in Clermont, Fla., an expansion made possible by a $50 million grant from the Live Well Foundation, ClickOrlando reported Sept. 27.

BJC HealthCare will break ground in October on a 16-story inpatient tower at its flagship Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is opening its new eight-story patient care tower Oct. 4, which expands capacity by 249 beds and comes with several medical and design innovations, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health plans to open a 300,000-square-foot, 110-bed hospital Oct. 1.

The Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic broke ground on a $7 million expansion of its surgical hospital, the company said Sept. 20. 

Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health plans to replace the 52-year-old Aspirus Ontonagon (Mich.) Hospital and close its skilled nursing facility.

A new intensive care unit is the first step in Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital's $550 million expansion plan, the academic medical center announced Sept. 22. 

Penn Medicine will open a $1.6 billion hospital in Philadelphia at the end of October, marking the completion of one of the largest hospital projects in the U.S. 

Here are 12 hospitals or health systems that have announced, advanced or completed construction projects in the last two weeks:

BayCare's Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor, Fla., opened its four-story patient tower Sept. 17. 

St. Louis-based Ascension plans to invest $125 million into capital improvement projects at three hospitals in central Michigan, according to ABC 12. 

After delaying construction last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Cleveland Clinic broke ground Sept. 20 on its new hospital in Mentor, Ohio. 

Sparrow Health System will invest $800 million into various capital improvement projects across its network, the Lansing, Mich.-based organization said Sept. 19.

Days after Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced it would seek approval to build a 42-bed hospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital announced its own 58-bed expansion on its campus in Murfreesboro, according to the Daily News Journal. 

The following health systems have opened hospitals, advanced proposals to build them or announced plans for them since Sept. 1. 

Ascension Wisconsin opened its 32,000-square-foot hospital in Greenfield, Wis., on Sept. 15, according to CBS 58. 

Dallas-based Steward Health Care broke ground Sept. 15 on its replacement facility for the 121-year-old Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas.