Plus: Ex-Optum director gets prison time for fraud

August 27, 2026

1. Paralyzed after medication error, Ascension patient transferred to Chicago rehab facility Full story

2. From -4.8% to 26.7%: 25 large systems ranked by Q2 margins Full story

3. High-quality specialty care closer to home: see how ECU Health expanded telehealth here.

4. The 17 health systems Walmart sends its employees to for care in 2026 Full story

5. Woman charged after shots fired inside South Carolina hospital Full story

 

6. Over 50% of patients discharged within 75 minutes thanks to Smart Hospital technology. See more here.

7. Epic’s new ‘Rangers’ program could reshape the health IT consulting market Full story 

8. FDA approves pancreatic cancer drug that nearly doubles survival time Full story

9. Baptist Health shares its operator playbook for contract-intelligent supply chains here.

10. Former Optum director sentenced to 3 years in prison for defrauding company Full story

 

11. Governance first: How Children’s Mercy readied its analytics foundation for Epic and a smoother go-live, here.

12. MaineHealth again defends Palantir tool as nurses protest in 8 cities Full story

13. CMS should learn from 340B history, not repeat it: AHA Full story

14. The nurse manager pipeline problem hospitals can’t ignore Full story

15. UnityPoint sued over alleged time-rounding practices Full story

16. Boston Scientific cyberattack disrupts order shipments Full story

17. Healthcare dominates the highest-paying jobs by state Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

18. 40% reduction in discharge processing time: a Baptist Health Arkansas leader shares what it took here.

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20. EMS data usually reaches the hospital too late to shape decisions. See how systems are wiring it into real-time clinical and operational intelligence. Sign up with one click.

21. Becker’s late-August webinar lineup: patient safety, referral intake, AI trust and supply chain data. See the sessions here.

 

 

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