Building the new outpatient facility is consistent with a strategy of making care more convenient and accessible, he said. The system has been expanding into the suburbs in recent years. Last year, Rush announced the integration of Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora and the system also has a hospital in Oak Park. Rush also planned to acquire Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers but the systems called off that deal in April. Dandorph said only that the deal’s cancellation was a “mutual” decision and “the time wasn’t right.”