Plus: The dollar cost of ED walkouts

October 21, 2026

1. Hospitals’ two-sided nurse problem Full story

2. Early flu season sweeps across US: 8 updates Full story

3. One device replacing layered room tech made TIME’s 2026 Best Inventions list. See why here.

4. 87 health systems with strong finances Full story

5. Hackensack Meridian Health, Hunterdon Health sign agreement to merge Full story

 

6. UChicago Medicine, University Hospitals and ACO execs on how they drive consistent performance across owned, affiliated + independent practices in this webinar.

7. Vizient quantifies financial loss of ED walkouts Full story

8. Michigan hospital nurses strike ends after 411 days Full story

9. This rural hospital traded Excel OR tracking for real-time data — and hit 2x ROI in one quarter. See how in this webinar.

10. ACGME weighs cutting residents’ post-call rest: 7 things to know Full story

 

11. 4 things your team needs to know in the first seconds of an emergency call. Get the rundown during this webinar.

12. Iowa sues OpenAI over ChatGPT’s ‘dangerous medical advice’ Full story

13. Epic explores AI agents for routine visits Full story

14. Who health systems are laying off in H2 2026: Leaders vs. clinicians Full story

15. Where hospitals’ 340B claims data lawsuits against Lilly stand Full story

16. Birth center use has nearly tripled in 20 years, but access varies: 6 things to know Full story

17. 10 of the largest health systems on Meditech Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

18. 340B and reimbursement pressure won’t let up. See how 111 pharmacy leaders respond here.

19. A working method for measuring whether adoption and data quality actually improved after go-live. Find it in this webinar.

20. Delays don’t lose patients — silence does. What a new survey found here.

21. Becker’s upcoming webinars: network fragmentation, cloud ERP readiness and physician compensation data. See the sessions here.

 

 

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