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Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky., and Mercy Health, which acquired the hospital in 2009, are planning investments and projects that may total in the "tens of millions," according to a Middletown Journal report.

Boulder (Colo.) Community Hospital has broken ground on a new outpatient services facility that will be located on its Foothills Hospital campus, also in Boulder, according to a Daily Camera report.

Holy Cross Hospital, based in Silver Spring, Md., has broken ground on a new hospital in Montgomery County.

Erie County Medical Center and Kaleida Health, both based in Buffalo, N.Y., are opening a $27 million regional transplant and kidney care center, according to a Buffalo News report.

NCH Healthcare System in Naples, Fla., has completed a $4 million upgrade of the neuroscience floor at its NCH Naples Hospital, according to a Naples Daily News report.

Shriners Hospital for Children, based in Tampa, Fla., has scrapped its plan to build a $145 million seven-story hospital in St. Louis and opted to build an outpatient surgery center there instead, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.

Neshoba County General Hospital in Philadelphia, Miss., will break ground on a new $15 million facility next week, according to a Neshoba Democrat report.

Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, Fla., has completed its $9 million expansion, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

Baptist Health System is schedule to open its first Baptist Emergency Hospital in San Antonio tomorrow.

Johns Hopkins Medicine International has entered into an agreement with Pacifico Salud, a Peruvian company that operates healthcare facilities in Peru, to improve the management and quality at seven of their hospitals, according to a Baltimore Sun report.