Jan. 31: Closing of Forum Health Tod Children’s Hospital and creation of a pediatric hospital

Jan. 31: Closing of Forum Health Tod Children’s Hospital and creation of a pediatric hospital at Humility of Mary Health Partners’ St. Elizabeth Health Center Boardman Campus is the first of possibly more collaborations between the competing Mahoning Valley health-care systems.

Feb. 21: The Forum Health Board of Trustees’ hiring of a New York City financial advisory firm to help it determine alternatives for the immediate produced a call from its unions for more community involvement in the decision making.

May 2: A Forum Health business partner sues the medical agency and its top official to dissolve a joint venture claiming breaches of contract and fiduciary duties as well as fraud.