Baystate Health plans to close intensive care units at Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield, Mass., and Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, Mass., according to masslive.com.

Union Hospital in Lynn, Mass., will close by May 2020, about eight months later than its expected closure in October 2019, according to CBS Boston.

Dayton (Ohio) Children's Hospital canceled elective surgeries May 28 after a powerful storm knocked out power the night before, according to an update posted on the hospital's website.

McDonough District Hospital in Macomb, Ill., will close its senior behavioral health unit in June, the hospital's board of directors said May 21, according to NBC affiliate WGEM.

Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., is working to reopen its surgical center by May 24 after a small fire epupted at the facility, according to radio station WKZO.

Many emergency room patients facing long waits at crowded California hospitals are leaving before their care is complete, according to a California Healthline report.

The presence of freestanding emergency departments in large cities in Texas have not helped relieve ED congestion or cut hospital wait times, a study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine showed.

Three New Jersey hospital CEOs are throwing their support behind a state proposal that would require the disclosure of information to patients who are being referred or transferred to an out-of-state hospital or provider, according to an opinion piece published on NJ.com.

Surgeons at Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine performed their 1,000th transplant April 27, making the hospital one of 11 in the country to achieve this milestone.

More patients are leaving emergency departments in California against medical advice, which may be due to ED overcrowding, according to state data cited by California Healthline.

Dozens of patients, staff and visitors were evacuated May 15 from Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Methodist Hospital due to a small fire, according to local news station WWMT-TV.

Pennsylvania's insurance commissioner said UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh would likely face state intervention if patients ever raise concerns about access to the facility, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.

While Mayo Clinic is seeing its revenue and employment increase, it hasn't seen an uptick in patient volumes during the first years of its Destination Medical Center initiative, according to the Post Bulletin.

All eight Colorado students who were injured in a school shooting May 7 have now been discharged, according to The Denver Post.

Hospitals in California may be strategically diverting ambulances to avoid treating low-income patients typically served by public hospitals, suggest the findings of a study cited by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Emergency dispatchers in Las Vegas can now reroute nonemergent 911 calls to nurses through a new pilot program, reports Fox5 Las Vegas.

Emergency departments have become the safety net for America's emergency behavioral health patients. Between 2006 and 2014, behavioral health ED visits increased by nearly 57 percent for children and 41 percent for adults, according to AHRQ. This trend continues to grow and is having significant financial and operational effects on ED throughput.

Seattle is establishing a first-responder team for nonemergencies in its downtown area in hopes that it will reduce 911 call volume and relieve pressure on city hospitals that are forced to deal with low-acuity medical issues, according to a Seattle Times report.

Looking beyond automobile manufacturing to tech-enabled transport, Ford Motor Co., says it will expand its medical transportation program to 40 cities in four years, Reuters reports.

Eight people were taken to Colorado hospitals after a school shooting in which nine people were shot, one fatally, according to The New York Times.