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New facilities will bring together researchers and clinicians, add surgical space.

A one-day strike scheduled for Monday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston that would have been the largest in Massachusetts history and the first in Boston in 30 years has been averted. The Massachusetts Nurses Association made the announcement Saturday, less than two days before the strike was scheduled to begin.

The 3,300 registered nurses who help staff Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted to authorize a 24 hour strike in the hopes of propelling stalled negotiations for a new contract with the hospital and its parent company, Partners HealthCare, the union announced Monday.

Steward Health Care System, the largest integrated community care organization and community hospital network in New England, announced last week that it is teaming with Tufts Health Plan to create a community hospital network health plan aimed at dramatically deceasing health insurance costs for small businesses.