The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health plans to build $174 million worth of projects, including a health campus.
Rockford, Ill.-based SwedishAmerican, a division of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's UW Health system, will invest $130 million in a tower and other renovations to its Rockford campus.
Corpus Christi, Texas-based Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial will shutter its trauma center May 2 and move it to Christus Spohn Shoreline in Corpus Christi the same day, according to a Corpus Christi Caller-Times report.
Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care is expanding, with plans to build a replacement hospital and new outpatient surgery center and medical office building in the greater Sheboygan, Wis., area.
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Micro-hospitals are popping up around the country, but many providers still lack a solid understanding of what a micro-hospital is and how it can help satisfy emerging needs in their markets.
Fort Worth, Texas-based Plaza Medical Center has rebranded as Medical City Fort Worth.
Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital and Jiahui Health Network are pursuing a strategic collaboration to create Jiahui International Hospital in China's Shanghai Province.
With plans to forge new hospital affiliations and build another from the ground up, 2017 could be Pittsburgh-based UPMC's biggest year of growth yet, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Paris / London, April 10, 2017. Sodexo, world leader in Quality of Life services, announcedd the acquisition of Prestige Nursing + Care, a leading UK home care provider.