Hospitals across the northeastern Gulf Coast and Southeast are preparing for a "catastrophic and deadly storm surge" as Hurricane Helene approaches landfall, CBS News reported Sept. 26. 

UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford, Ill., is rescheduling some surgeries due to a sterilization-related issue.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Cleveland-based The MetroHealth System have shared a joint decision to end the trauma program at Mercy Health – Lorain (Ohio) Hospital, effective Oct. 15, and to not seek a level 3 trauma center reverification from the American College of Surgeons.

UC San Diego Health and San Diego County are partnering to expand the region's access to inpatient behavioral health services. 

Becker's has compiled a list of the hospitals with a CMS five-star rating for care transitions.

Illinois' first hospital-based donor care center will open Sept. 19 at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network and the medical center confirmed to Becker's.

Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health and the University of San Diego have announced a "transformative new partnership" that aims to improve the health and wellness for the campus community and wider San Diego region.

Sentara RMH Medical Center in Harrisonburg, Va., will close its pediatric unit at the end of September, though officials emphasize the hospital will continue to provide care for children in the emergency department and make safe transfers when necessary. 

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and Boston-based Mass General Brigham are strengthening their affiliation to expand access to specialty care for Florida residents. 

Pittsburgh-based UPMC and the Department of Veterans Affairs  Veterans Integrated Service Network No. 4, or VA Healthcare–VISN 4, are expanding a nurse liaison program that improves health outcomes and care for veterans.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic reduced unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections by 50% without diminishing patient satisfaction by implementing an ambulatory antibiotic stewardship program.

Officials at Exeter (N.H.) Hospital, have agreed to continue operating a specialized paramedic program through at least Dec. 20 after meeting with New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella. 

The John Hopkins Howard County Medical Center Foundation launched a new campaign to raise $3 million to expand its behavioral health unit in Columbia, Md. 

Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health has postponed the closure of Exeter (N.H.) Hospital's advanced life support paramedic intercept program after intervention from the New Hampshire attorney general's office, ABC affiliate WMUR reported Sept. 13.

McLaren Bay Region, a 415-bed hospital in Bay City, Mich., is consolidating services and employees, citing "transformational changes affecting the global healthcare industry."

At the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Sept. 11, Rep. Morgan Griffith, chair of the subcommittee, called the United Network for Organ Sharing's 38-year operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network a "monopoly."

East Kingston, N.H.-based Exeter Hospital will shutter its advanced life support paramedic intercept program Sept. 20 due to financial challenges and changing care demands, The Portsmouth Herald reported Sept. 10.

This year, Becker's has reported on care deserts expanding for five specialties.

Washington state's behavioral health hospitals have reduced admitting time for mental health patients from jail to its facility, The Seattle Times reported Sept. 10.

NYU Langone Health is now offering walk-in primary care services at two new locations in Manhattan, the New York City-based health system announced Sept. 6.