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The 2016 Hospital Construction Survey revealed the impact of consumerism on healthcare facilities. Health Facilities Management and the American Society for Health Engineering of the American Hospital Association conducted the survey of 3,125 hospital and health system executives.

Marks, Miss.-based Quitman County Hospital CEO Jeff Geraci said the hospital has taken the first steps to shutter the facility, reports FOX13.

The Hospitals of Providence, based in El Paso, Texas, began construction Sept. 14 on its Horizon City (Texas) Campus, reports El Paso Inc.

Health insurer BlueCross BlueShield of Texas confirmed Monday it will sell on- and off-exchange health plans statewide next year, The Dallas Morning News reports.

Charleston, W. Va.-based St. Francis Hospital will shut down one of its labs and consolidate it with a lab at its parent facility, South Charleston-based Thomas Memorial Hospital, WSAZ reports.

Workers began construction on a 21,000-square-foot facility for Corning (N.Y.) Community College's Health and Education Complex, The Leader reports.

Health insurer Aetna is investing research and grants into social projects in an effort to reform healthcare, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Roosevelt, Utah-based Uintah Basin Medical Center was put on temporary lockdown Sept. 26 when officials discovered an employee smuggling two rifles into the hospital, according to KSL.com.

Integrated design firm CannonDesign has named Stephen Winikoff its new Health Market Leader in Pittsburgh.

In a report released Tuesday, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission said it believes Boston Children's Hospital's planned $1 billion expansion would raise the state's annual healthcare spending by millions and even lead to the closure of smaller competing hospitals, according…