Healthcare construction projects, new facilities opened in 2016: Running list

Not only is the healthcare business model in a constant state of change, but the facilities are too. Check back here for the latest news in healthcare construction as we track some of the biggest projects in 2016.

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Stanford Children's Health, located in Northern California, opened the doors to a new pediatric specialty center in Sunnyvale recently, the system announced. Full story.

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Calling it a dramatic step toward a new model of care that continues to employ technology and stays focused on keeping populations healthy and out of hospitals, Mount Sinai unveiled a $500 million effort to create Mount Sinai Downtown. Full story.

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St. David's HealthCare, a major provider in Central Texas, will invest more than $275 million in the region's healthcare infrastructure, the system has announced. Full story.

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The South Side of Chicago now has a second Healthcare Center and Remote Consultation Pharmacy for HIV/AIDS patients. The new Hyde Park facility was officially unveiled this week, and will help extend services to the underserved community, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation said. Full story.

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Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital in Katy, Texas recently completed an $85 million expansion project to meet the needs of the growing community. EarthCam's construction camera was onsite to document the project with HD imagery from September 2014 to March 2016, and the entire process is showcased in a new time-lapse video. Full story.

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Keller Army Hospital in West Point, New York now boasts a newly-completed, $11.5 million addition to its ambulatory clinic. Full story.

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Fresh off of its headline-grabbing ransomware attack, the nearly 100-year-old CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles is about to kick off its $200 million expansion and modernization of the facility. Full story.

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HCA Far West Division, a network of hospitals and surgery centers in California and Nevada, recently broke ground on a new provider-based emergency facility called ER on the Lakes. The new ER is scheduled to open this fall, and will operate 24/7 as a fully-integrated department of Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, the company said in a statement. Southern Hills Hospital is part of the Sunrise Health System, which is operated by HCA's Far West Division. Full story.

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South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, New York has announced plans to construct a four-story, 58,000-square-foot addition to the southwest corner of the hospital, which will feature a new and improved critical care patient unit with up to 24 additional beds. The project will also double the size of the Emergency Services Department, and modernize and expand its operating rooms. Full story.

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University of Chicago Medicine is moving to address a long-standing lack of access to emergency, adult trauma and complex care for the city's South Side residents with a $269 million expansion project they call the "Get CARE Initiative". The system submitted the plan and a certificate of need to state regulators this week, UChicago Medicine said in a statement. Full story.

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Advocate Christ Medical Center in Chicago recently unveiled its new $256 million patient tower. Several years in the making, it's an eight-story, 326,000-square-foot structure housing a new birthing center, operating rooms, women's health and critical care units. Full story.

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The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado will open its new pediatric emergency department on Monday, the first dedicated pediatric ER of its kind on the hospital's campus, Sky Ridge Medical Center announced. Full story.

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Construction of a new patient tower at Jewish Hospital in Kenwood, Ohio -- part of an $80 million expansion -- is close to being completed, with hospital officials claiming it's about 75 percent finished. Full story.

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DignityHealth next month will break ground on one of four small hospitals in Las Vegas, part of a plan to bring more care to underserved neighborhoods of the famous desert city. Full story.

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Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater, Ohio will add a $24 million expansion to its existing facility, hospital officials have announced. Full story.

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After years of losing money, River's Edge Hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota posted a profitable 2015 and is considering expanding the facility, an uncommon story for a rural, critical-access hospital. Full story.

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The Jackson Health System's efforts to build a 100-bed hospital in Doral, Florida are being met with resistance by five hospitals in the state, which are challenging state regulators' approval of the facility. Full story.

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The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida will soon be home to a new lung restoration center, which physicians expect will help them effectively refurbish donated lungs for use in transplants.Full story.

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Fort Walton Beach Medical Center in Florida will soon grow in size thanks to a $31 million construction project that's scheduled to begin within the next few months. Full story.

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A new surgery suite, post-anesthesia care unit and a helicopter pad are among the features of an $83 million surgery center expansion at Elkhart General Hospital in Indiana will open to patients. Full story.

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