Springfield (Vt.) Hospital will shutter its childbirth center June 1 because it was a "financial strain" on the hospital, officials told the VTDigger.

City officials are looking to develop facilities other than jails to offer specialty medical care for inmates with medical or mental health issues, according to the Intelligencer.

Tulane Lakeside Hospital for Women's and Children in Metairie, La., is changing its name to Tulane Lakeside Hospital to better reflect the expansion of its adult services, including the addition of an adult intensive care unit.

HCA Houston Healthcare is eliminating inpatient services at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital in Houston and transitioning the facility to a freestanding emergency room.

Fifty-five hospitals and 10 nursing homes in New York City participated in emergency evacuation exercises March 6, according to a Brooklyn Reader report.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Hospital will suspend its heart transplant program next month due to a cardiologist shortage, reports WANE 15 News.

For the last six years, Walmart has been suggesting that its employees visit specific hospitals, known as Centers of Excellence, for surgeries and second opinions. Today, Walmart published a case study detailing its approach as a guide for other companies, according to CNBC.

Several police officers in Bolivar, Mo., came under fire last week after a viral video showed them searching a cancer patient's belongings for marijuana, the Daily Beast reports.

Hospitals nationwide are still turning away ambulances due to emergency room overcrowding, despite research suggesting the practice can harm patients, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth locked down its hospitals in Springfield, Ore., and Eugene, Ore., overnight March 7 after security officials found a suspicious man on the Springfield hospital's campus, The Register-Guard reports.

A birthing center owned by Prisma Health, the health system formed through the combination of Columbia, S.C.-based Palmetto Health and Greenville (S.C.) Health System, is stopping births due to financial pressures, according to the Greenville News.

The East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika treated 63 people in the aftermath of tornadoes that devastated the Southeast, and about 12 people were sent to other hospitals, according to AL.com.

Bay Medical Sacred Heart in Panama City, Fla., will not resume baby delivery services, affecting 20 employees, according to The News Herald.

An ambulance broke down in Hawaii while responding to a 911 call, and the patient died on the scene, reports KHON2 News.

A patient shot and wounded a physician at West Palm Beach (Fla.) VA Medical Center on the evening of Feb. 27, according to NBC News.

As they develop a cost-cutting plan, St. Albans, Vt.-based Northwestern Medical Center administrators also are planning a multimillion dollar emergency department expansion that will include new rooms for mental health patients, Vermont news website VTDigger reports.

Many hospitals prioritize elective admissions over emergency room admissions due to financial incentives, which is a growing issue the healthcare industry must address, two ER physicians wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post.

Beverly Hills, Calif., is adding nurse practitioners to the city's paramedic crews as part of a one-year program to help reduce unnecessary emergency room visits, reports ABC 7 Eyewitness News.

At HIMSS19 in Orlando, FL, TeleTracking Technologies, Inc. ("TeleTracking") announced that it would be launching three new solutions to meet the evolving needs of health systems. 

University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago is dedicated to securing permanent housing for homeless individuals who repeatedly visit the hospital's emergency room as part of its Better Health Through Housing program, according to WBUR.