Wolfson Children's Hospital and Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville (Fla.) opened the new Borowy Family Children's Critical Care Tower April 5, which cost $224 million to build.

A burst pipe April 2 caused the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington to close all but two of its 22 operating rooms, postponing 49 scheduled surgeries. 

Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center in Reno opened to the public April 4 and adds 170 beds to the region, the Reno Gazette Journal reported.

UVM Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, N.Y., is closing the hospital's maternity unit and adopting a regional approach to obstetrical care, hospital officials said in a March 29 news release.  

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The healthcare industry is undergoing a major transformation.

A 29-year-old man was shot and killed by deputies in the emergency room of Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach, Fla., after he ran through the hospital with a pair of scissors and raised them in the direction of police, according to the Indian River County Sheriff's Office.

The Audrain Community Hospital in Mexico, Mo., and the Callaway Community Hospital in Fulton, Mo., said they are suspending all services to restructure operations and become financially viable.

As hospitals across the U.S. face workforce shortages, several have had to halt some services. 

Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, Pa., plans to suspend several services by the end of May, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. 

South Lincoln Medical Center in Kemmerer, Wyo., will stop providing labor and delivery services beginning June 1 as the critical access hospital grapples with workforce challenges, according to the hospital's website. 

Mercyhealth received approval from the Illinois Health Facilities & Review Board to close 70 surgical beds at Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton in Rockford, Ill., the Rockford Register Star reported March 15.

St. Luke's Hospital in Boise, Idaho, went on lockdown and diverted ambulances March 15 in response to protests about an infant being treated at the facility, according to NBC affiliate KTVB. 

The Biden administration released a plan March 14 to restructure the veterans' healthcare system, which includes the closure of hundreds of hospitals and clinics and the construction of several new facilities.

Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medicine will temporarily pause overnight emergent care services at the Medical Center of Clifton Park (N.Y.).

Several hospitals are scaling back inpatient services or ending inpatient care. 

Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare in Utica, N.Y., is treating fewer COVID-19 patients but continues to operate in crisis mode because of staffing shortages, The Wall Street Journal reported March 9. 

In 2020, as America’s hospitals became overrun by patients presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, providers and labs began sending notifications of positive cases to their local health departments (LHDs). The notices provided these government agencies valuable information on where to mobilize resources to slow potential outbreaks.

Galesburg (Ill.) Cottage Hospital could lose its license after the Illinois Department of Public Health filed to revoke it, The Register-Mail reported March 4.

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural areas and depend on their local hospital for care. Since 2005, 181 of those hospitals have closed, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.