Improved access to and quality of care are major drivers behind the formation of a new clinically integrated network involving 23 rural North Dakota hospitals.

A hospital in London, Ky., went into lockdown the evening of Oct. 10 because of a report of an armed suspect, which was unfounded, according to The Lexington Herald-Leader, a local news outlet.

National metrics assessing the timeliness of emergency department care have slipped since 2020, CMS data shows. 

Great Falls, Mont.-based Benefis Health System has temporarily closed various hospital beds because of ongoing staffing shortages. 

Two months after wildfires devastated parts of Maui, Hawaii's health department is conducting a needs assessment to understand where healthcare gaps may exist after the fire upended resources and destroyed some care facilities. 

While seasonal cases of respiratory syncytial virus are not as high nationwide as they were during this same time in 2022, cases are still rising, and hospitals in Atlanta and Miami are reporting an increase in hospital admissions for it. Flu is also on the rise according to CDC data.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull in Brooklyn welcomed back its first patients Oct. 7 after evacuating the campus following the city's historic rainstorm Sept. 29.

Authorities responded to a fire that broke out early Oct. 7 on the women and children's floor at Intermountain Utah Valley Hospital in Provo. Staff evacuated patients from the area, and no one was injured, a spokesperson with the Salt Lake City-based system confirmed to Becker's Oct. 9. 

Brockton, Mass.-based Good Samaritan Medical Center suffered a power outage caused by a plumbing issue Oct. 7 that disrupted services at the hospital, according to a Brockton 25 News report.

Two people were taken to the hospital after a driver crashed into the Caldwell (Idaho) VA Clinic, Idaho News reported Oct. 6.

Plains, Mont.-based Clark Fork Valley Hospital will end its labor and delivery services effective Jan. 1, 2024, NBC Montana reported Oct. 6.

CarolinaEast Health System, a two-hospital system based in New Bern, N.C., temporarily stopped operations Oct. 5 because of an emailed bomb threat. 

A significant proportion of Americans indicate they would delay or avoid emergency care altogether due to concerns they would be held in hospital emergency departments for extended periods of time while waiting for an inpatient bed to open up, according to new survey findings.

Six clinics run by shuttered Martin General Hospital are set to close, NBC affiliate WITN reported Oct. 5.

Increasing numbers of migrants and asylum seekers to the U.S. has propelled cities nationwide to find the necessary resources to care for the influx of the incoming population. 

Following reports about the influx of thousands of migrants to New York City in the last year alone, the city's health and hospital system — which oversees 11 acute care facilities, five skilled nursing facilities, and 50 other care locations — asserts that "its hospitals are in no way strained" in their capacity to provide that care, a spokesperson told Becker's. 

Massachusetts hospitals are struggling to discharge patients in a timely manner, leading to a bottleneck that costs hospitals, The Boston Globe reported Oct. 2.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals Woodhull campus in Brooklyn evacuated and transferred 116 patients Sept. 30 to allow the facility to shut down its power and assess flood-related damage. 

Questioning a serious diagnosis can be daunting for patients when they don't know where to turn. But just six months into Cleveland Clinic's Clinical Review employer offering, hundreds of patient referrals have already been received since the program debuted in March. 

Power outages spurred Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville, Fla., to delay some elective surgeries this week, WJXT reported Sept. 28