Construction & Facilities Management

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.

The project, announced on Sunday, will tack on 54,000 square feet to the current 119,000 square-foot structure and will encompass a new outpatient center on the first floor, a surgery suite on the second floor and private inpatient rooms on the third.

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.

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.

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.

More than 9,000 square feet will be added to the hospital's ER, which has been sorely needed since a mental health facility in the area shut.

Last month, Baylor Scott and White Health in Irving, Texas became the first health system in the country to integrate assistance dogs into its physical and cognitive therapy programs.

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has unveiled plans for a $500 million outpatient center, as well as an overhaul of existing facilities in an ongoing effort to renovate and expand.

With the signature still wet on the bill, the National Defense Authorization Act will provide $80 million for the construction of a new 102,000 square-foot medical facility in Fort Knox, Kentucky.

The Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento recently opened the Anderson Lucchetti Women's and Children's Center, an $812 million medical expansion project comprising nearly 1 million square feet of space for patient care.