Office-based primary care has been the traditional model for generations, but many millennials prefer the cost and convenience of walk-in clinics, which has forced primary care physicians to change their strategies accordingly, The Washington Post reports.

California children in some counties visited emergency rooms for asthma at much higher rates than the statewide annual rate in 2016, according to a California Healthline report.

Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center is slated to reopen Oct. 15 after the local healthcare district recently agreed to lease terms with Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health.

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital is shuttering its hospice program amid low volumes and insurance barriers.

As North Carolina residents tackle dangerous cleanup projects after Hurricane Florence, Wilmington, N.C.-based New Hanover Regional Medical Center is seeing a jump in emergency room visits, WECT reports.

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Medical Center revealed plans to discontinue outpatient psychiatry and outpatient physical therapy services at several of its health centers in Worcester, according to MassLive.

New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital is collaborating with paramedics from seven local fire departments to launch a mobile integrated health program that aims to help patients with chronic conditions manage their health from their own homes.

A Washington, D.C., initiative partially designed to reduce the number of unnecessary ambulance rides has seen some positive results, but it has not yet made huge strides toward its goals, according to The Washington Post.

As part of a plan to transition away from acute care toward outpatient services, Providence Health System in Washington, D.C., owned by St. Louis-based Ascension, will shut down its hospital in Washington, D.C., Dec. 14.

University of Kentucky Good Samaritan Hospital was forced to divert emergency room patients and partially evacuate Sept. 24 after a chemical spill, The Lexington Herald Leader reports.

Shriners Hospitals for Children-Twin Cities in Minnesota will eliminate its inpatient care by the end of the year, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Fox 9 News.

Emergency medical services and fire department personnel in Washington, D.C., responded to a spike in patients with a suspected synthetic marijuana overdose — taking dozens of people to hospitals during a 24-hour period between Sept. 12-13, The Washington Post reports.

Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio, has ended some services ahead of its closure Sept. 20.

Hurricane Florence touched down on the Southeastern coastline Sept. 13. While experts downgraded the hurricane to a Category 1 storm, the disaster has left large swaths of the Carolinas flooded as rain continues to batter the area, CNN reports.

Twin sisters Jalynne Crawford and Janelle Leopoldo gave birth to boys on the same day in June at the same Arizona hospital. The sisters underwent caesarian sections performed by the same physician two hours apart, according to ABC News.

Disastrous flooding from Hurricane Irma forced the Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina to float surgeons across campus in johnboats. Now, as Hurricane Florence quickly approaches the southeastern coastline, MUSC has turned to the military for help, The Post and Courier reports.

Police arrested and jailed a man reportedly involved in a Sept. 11 incident during which shots were fired at Kaiser Permanente Downey (Calif.) Medical Center, NBC4 News reports.

As Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm, pushes toward the East Coast, hospitals and pharmacies across the Carolinas are prepping for what could be catastrophic damage.

As Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm, nears the southeastern coastline of the U.S., hospitals and health systems across the Carolinas and Virginia, among other areas, are evacuating patients and providing alternate resources for people seeking medical care.

A discharged patient from Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Broward Health North stole an ambulance because he "needed a car" to get home, according to an NBC Miami news report.