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Drug error harmed 4 patients: Ascension hospital | Nev. wildfires force hospital closure | HHS weighs more vaccine changes | GLP-1s + breast cancer: 5 notes | 20 hospitals with longest, shortest ED visit times

Plus: The model reshaping psychiatric emergency care & its sustainability issue August 24, 2026 1. Ascension hospital confirms pharmacy medication error harmed 4 patients Full story 2. Nevada wildfires force hospital closure, evacuations: 5 things to know Full story 3. Three half-day…

Tenn. probes Ascension hospital after patient harm | UChicago cuts APP turnover 10% in 3 years | Hospital's ambulance diversion spurs state inspection | Atlantic Health taps 2 clinical execs from NYC systems | COVID test positivity highest since Feb.

Plus: Colo. hospital owed $4M for ICE detainee care August 21, 2026 1. State investigating safety event that harmed 4 Ascension Tennessee hospital patients Full story 2. UChicago cut APP turnover 10% in 3 years: Here’s how Full story 3.…

ED visit times by state | Yale New Haven's physician cognitive testing goes to trial | Neb. hospital files for bankruptcy | Nurse shortage halts hospital's NICU care | UNC Health's faculty group beats forecast by 8K new visits

Plus: Mount Sinai quietly stops taking some patients with government-backed plans August 20, 2026 1. ED visit times, by state Full story 2. Trial begins for Yale New Haven’s older physician cognitive test policy Full story 3. Leaders at UNC…

CEO apologizes after safety event harms 4 patients | Cancer vaccine succeeds in phase 3 trial | Harvard settles morgue case for $53M | 2 C-suite roles on the rise | Physician expected to lead FDA: Report

Plus: Most hospitals screen for sepsis, but only 36% staff a program: CDC August 19, 2026 1. Ascension hospital CEO apologizes for safety event that harmed 4 patients Full story 2. Melanoma vaccine succeeds in phase 3 trial Full story…

Senators to HHS: Restore AHRQ grants | Hospitals speed discharges as unpaid care jumps 23% | Advocate rethinks clinical workflows | Childhood vaccine exemptions hit record high | MultiCare taps clinical transformation chief

Plus: Best, worst states for women in the workplace August 18, 2026 1. 30 senators demand HHS restore canceled patient safety grants Full story 2. Advocate Health rethinks jobs, skills: ‘We can’t redefine care if the work looks the same’ Full…

250 hospitals earn 5 HCAHPS stars | Hurricane cuts off Hawaii region's only hospital | 8 Joint Commission moves | Millennial physician pay gains by specialty | 4 new drug shortages

Plus: How Lurie Children’s turned curbside consults into billable visits August 17, 2026 1. Hurricane cuts off access to Hawaii region’s only hospital Full story 2. 250 hospitals with 5 CMS stars for patient experience Full story 3. CMS wants…

Ascension closes a decades-old care gap | Cancer surgery waits grow up to 2 weeks | PA pay by specialty | 6 Penn Nursing studies on what staffing headcounts miss | BH access is a quality problem: Intermountain

Plus: 8 CMO, CNO exits in ’26 August 14, 2026 1. Ascension eliminates skin tone disparity in severe pressure injuries Full story 2. 6 Penn Nursing studies on what staffing headcounts miss Full story 3. $12M+ in recoverable capacity: why Baptist…

Bill floats hospital fines for nurse OT violations | CDC, physicians flag safety issues for 2 meds | Nev. hospital service closures affect 100 jobs | Vanderbilt taps 1st APP chief | The case for treating access delays as 'never events'

Plus: Sanford to open primary care clinic inside a public school August 13, 2026 1. Lawmakers push for mandatory overtime cap for nurses Full story 2. CDC warns 40% mortality in arbovirus cases tied to B cell therapies Full story…

Sharp reduces workforce | UK HealthCare cuts ED boarding 92% | 3 Qs on Trump's vaccine order | RN communication scores at top Magnet hospitals | Hims & Hers to sell compounded peptides

Plus: Does a ‘no-confidence’ vote predict a CEO exit? August 12, 2026 1. How 1 UK HealthCare unit cut ED boarding time 92% Full story 2. Sharp HealthCare reduces workforce by nearly 1%, affecting 260 employees Full story 3. Specialty…

Med groups condemn vaccine order | Piedmont cuts safety events up to 90% amid rapid growth | 8 GLP-1 updates | Ochsner weighs virtual nurse preceptors | Calif. hospital sues former CEO

Plus: CMS restores HCA Mission’s deemed status after IJ August 11, 2026 1. Piedmont cuts serious safety events up to 90% while quintupling in size Full story 2. National medical groups denounce Trump’s vaccine executive order Full story 3. Drug spend,…

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