Capital

A groundbreaking ceremony took place Feb. 17 on a $44.5 million expansion and renovation project at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester, Va., according to the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal.

Louisville, Ky.-based private hospital developer Springstone is scheduled to begin the construction of Rainier Springs Hospital in Salmon Creek, Wash., next month, according to The Columbian.

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

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital and St. Louis-based SLUCare Physician Group are embarking on a $550 million academic medical center and ambulatory care center in St. Louis.

East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry hopes to eventually reopen its shuttered outpatient surgery center, The Intelligencer reports.

Phoenix-based Banner Health is expanding its partnership with The Core Institute to build an academic- and research-focused clinic on the health system's campus in downtown Phoenix, according to AZ Big Media.

The University of Chicago Medicine will open an $8 million, 18,000-square-foot clinic in the city's South Loop area Feb. 21.

Key Biscayne, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center will embark on a $275 million expansion of its emergency and surgical services, reports the St. Louis Business Journal.

Officials of the Cherokee Nation and Indian Health Service broke ground Friday on a 469,000-square-foot expansion at W.W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah, Okla., reports Tulsa World.

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital's plan to replace its 50-year-old emergency department with a new facility.