August 21, 2026

1. Why Epic joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing Full story

2. Hospital cyberattacks are now a credit risk Full story

3. BJC Health, University of Utah Health and WVU Medicine on what separates an AI vendor from an AI partner, and what they grade now. Read it here.

4. Health IT’s workforce shake-up: 7 notes Full story

5. AI is shortening healthcare’s strategy horizon Full story

 

6. De-escalation in behavioral health: UF Health, Memorial Hermann on protecting staff and patients here.

7. Kaleida Health’s $170M EHR rollout drove its Q2 deficit Full story

8. 100 great hospitals in America | 2026 Full story

9. Senate Democrats call on feds to halt Medicaid data sharing with ICE Full story

10. 87 health systems named to Epic’s 2026 Honor Roll, Gold Stars Full story

 

11. Deepfakes now target patient portals and call centers. Learn how to stop the fraud here.

12. 5 recent health system AI chief moves Full story

13. UC San Diego builds mobile hospital IT system to survive cyberattacks Full story

14. Mount Sinai receives cease-and-desist demand from insurer over new patient policy Full story

15. Ex-telehealth company owner gets 2 years in $110M Medicare fraud scheme Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

16. University of Iowa Health Care raised its KLAS EHR experience score 31.7 points. See the AI playbook here.

17. Your AI tools work. The handoffs between them still do not. Find out why (and what to do about it) here.

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

19. Becker’s August webinar lineup: CDI, remote monitoring, revenue cycle AI and staff safety. See the sessions here.

 

 

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