M Health Fairview said its hospitals are crowding due to what it called a "quad-demic," an influx of influenza, RSV, COVID-19 and norovirus cases.

Fairview Southdale Hospital in Minneapolis announced a $39 million expansion to its current emergency department. The expansion will more than double the square footage of the ED, and the expanded ...

But two years after M Health Fairview started diverting patients to the unit from Southdale's emergency department, she is sold. "I worked in a typical ED for seven years," she said.