The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
1. Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital expands NICU
Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Children's Hospital is preparing to open its expanded neonatal intensive care unit.
2. Allegheny Health Network to break ground on $53M cancer institute: 3 things to know
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network is set to break ground on a $53 million academic cancer institute by March.
3. Tennova Healthcare ditches plan for $303M replacement hospital; will instead 'reconfigure' services at 3 existing sites
Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Healthcare announced plans to "reconfigure" services at three existing facilities, effectively abandoning its plan to construct a new $303.5 million replacement hospital.
4. New York hospital undergoes $500M makeover
A $500 million expansion project is underway at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
5. Part of a $1B expansion project: BJC Healthcare unveils 12-story patient tower
As part of a planned $1 billion transformation project, St. Louis-based BJC Healthcare unveiled its 12-story inpatient tower at St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital and an expansion of St. Louis Children's Hospital.
6. La Porte Hospital has yet to determine site for $125M project
The building site for La Porte (Ind.) Hospital's replacement facility has not been determined, but the hospital's top executive said Wednesday that details on the $125 million project are anticipated to come in the next few weeks.