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San Diego-based Scripps Health is planning a $2.6 billion expansion — the largest construction project in the organization's 125-year history.

It is unclear if the District of Columbia's proposal to build a new hospital would be viable given recent shortfalls at its financially-struggling Washington, D.C.-based United Medical Center, according to The Washington Post's editorial board.

University of Florida Health in Gainesville will open the UF Health Heart & Vascular Hospital and the UF Health Neuromedicine Hospital next month.

St. Elizabeth's Hospital, currently located in Belleville, Ill., will relocate Nov. 4 to a $330 million facility in O'Fallon, Ill., according to Belleville News Democrat.

Springfield, Mo.-based Mercy broke ground on a $40 million multispecialty facility in Springdale, Ark., Oct. 26.

The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.  

Oklahoma City-based Integris Health broke ground Nov. 1 on its micro-hospital — the first of four planned micro-facilities — in Moore, Okla., according to News9.com.

Recognizing the health system would experience declining revenues during the coming years, officials at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System sought to change the address of its Leon and Norma Hess Center for Science and Medicine, a clinical and…

 Hospitals such as Boston Medical Center and Seattle Children's are creating their own farms and gardens to grow fresh produce to be incorporated into various food-related projects at their respective facilities, according to USA Today.

CommQuest Services opened a new drug and alcohol detox unit Monday at Alliance (Ohio) Community Hospital, according to The Alliance Review.