Virginia's overfilled and understaffed state mental health hospitals are seeking federal funding support, The Washington Post reports.

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health is experiencing high patient volumes and an elective surgery backlog that is affecting both patients and staff alike.

Like those across the nation, hospital emergency departments in Michigan are seeing a significant increase in pediatric patients who require mental health treatment but can't access an open psychiatric bed, according to WXYZ Detroit. 

Among people ages 12-17, visits for suspected suicide attempts across U.S. emergency departments soared earlier this year, and were largely driven by girls in this age group, according to the CDC's June 11 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 

For the first time in 90 years, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center is no longer admitting patients as the New York City-based hospital prepares to end inpatient services, according to The City.

Hospitals in several states are hitting a milestone: no COVID-19 patients for the first time since March 2020. However, the picture is much different for some hospitals in Oregon and Wyoming, which are still seeing surges in COVID-19 patients, according to CNN.

Health department records and interviews with patient families indicate the embattled Eleanor Slater Hospital, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Cranston, R.I., attempted to discharge some ventilator patients to another facility earlier this year without notifying them or their families, The Boston Globe reported June 2. 

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in New York City has started diverting patients to other hospitals as it moves to close more than 200 beds by July 1, according to BK Reader.

Geary Community Hospital resumed operations after a generator problem led the Junction City, Kan.-based hospital to transfer all of its patients and pause some services. 

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health will close its 24-hour standalone emergency center in Ware, Mass., on June 3. 

Mayo Clinic Health System is closing six clinics in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin due to low patient volumes.

The CEO of Children's Hospital Colorado declared a state of emergency in pediatric mental health May 25, a first for the Aurora-based hospital. 

An intervention program that paired community health workers with patients led to a drop in 30-day hospital readmissions, according to clinical trial results published May 20 in JAMA Network Open.

Geary Community Hospital in Junction City, Kan., transferred all of its patients to surrounding hospitals and canceled surgeries and elective procedures because of an issue with its generator, according to the JC Post.

Several healthcare organizations have closed medical departments or ended services to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or prevent patient care lapses. 

Waiting rooms have traditionally been where patients fill out paper forms with medical information and wait to see their physician. But amid the COVID-19 pandemic, changes focused on technology, the consumer experience and public health have occurred, The Wall Street Journal reported May 23.

Penn State Health in Hershey is opening its Hampden Medical Center Oct. 1, according to Penn Live.

Catholic Health's Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus, discharged its last COVID-19 patient May 18 as the Cheektowaga, N.Y.-based hospital transitions into an outpatient and ambulatory care center, according to ABC affiliate WKBW.

Lags Medical Centers, a chain of pain management clinics based in Santa Maria, Calif., has abruptly closed, according to a May 15 report from The Modesto Bee.  

Eleanor Slater Hospital, an embattled state-run psychiatric hospital in Cranston, R.I., isn't in compliance with federal requirements on patient mix, according to WPRI.com.