Plus: Debt hits $40 trillion: X notes for hospitals

August 20, 2026

1. Ascension hospital CEO apologizes for safety event that harmed 4 patients Full story

2. Providence appoints new CFO Full story

3. Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ dementia biomarker testing provides accurate answers to clarify diagnosis. Get the answers you need so your patients can receive the right care sooner. Details here.

4. Harvard to pay $53M in morgue scandal Full story

5. FDA authorizes 1st-of-its-kind blood draw robot Full story

 

6. Same tracks, new program: inpatient flow, infusion and perioperative operations. The Transform virtual event returns this September with a fresh speaker lineup, after drawing 4,400+ leaders earlier this year. Each of the three sessions stands alone — most leaders join for all of them. Save your seat here.

7. US debt tops $40 trillion: 6 takeaways for hospitals Full story

8. A ‘blistering’ pace: CIOs react to Epic’s AI rollout speed Full story

9. How to prevent surgical positioning injuries and the liability they carry — a perioperative expert explains here.

10. Trump nominates physician as FDA chief Full story

 

11. AI-generated answers now steer patients to practices. Make sure yours shows up here.

12. 153,174 patients affected by Amazon One Medical breach Full story

13. CMS sends $90M to South Dakota, $35M to Pennsylvania for rural care Full story

14. Cancer vaccine succeeds in phase 3 trial Full story

15. AdventHealth’s operating margin rises to 13.4% in Q2 Full story

16. Mount Sinai quietly stops accepting some new patients with government-backed plans Full story 

17. Leading through disruption: 6 ways healthcare CEOs turn trends into strategic advantage Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

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

19. See how Baptist Health built a contract-intelligent supply chain — here.

20. WellSpan Health cut workplace violence DART injuries 66%. See how here.

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

 

 

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