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St. Louis-based SSM Health plans to double down on protecting and preserving the environment by launching a multi-faceted approach to sustainability. Here are three things to know about the system's new commitment.

Loyola University Chicago has opened an innovative medical research and education center on its Health Sciences Division campus in Maywood, Ill.

St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, N.Y., is permanently adding 20 beds to accommodate growing patient volume from smaller regional hospitals, according to a report on syracuse.com.

When fashion designer and high-end furrier Dennis Basso was a patient at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, he decided its chapel was "nice and neat," but not nearly reaching its inspirational potential.

Spending on hospital construction projects in Arkansas roughly doubled from 2014 to 2015, according to Arkansas Business.

A $271 million expansion and renovation at Muskegon, Mich.-based Mercy Health's Sherman campus is set to begin within two weeks, according to a report from MiBiz.

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

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network is unveiling a $5 million, 24-bed expansion at its Warren campus, located in Phillipsburg, N.J.

Klamath Falls, Ore.-based SkyLakesMedicalCenter and Portland-based OregonHealth & ScienceUniversity are joining forces to build a new $50 million clinical and educational medical building in Klamath Falls, Ore., according to the Portland Business Journal.

Kansas City, Mo.-based HCA Midwest Health has received a $93 million investment from Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America, the hospital system's operating company. The new financing will support three HCA Midwest Health hospitals' expansion plans.