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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,…

What's new to HCAHPS | Physicians fed up with AI health advice | FDA OKs cancer therapy after 2 rejections | Baystate taps chief physician | Henry Ford hospital to end inpatient, ED care

Plus: AAP revises flu guidance for immunocompromised children August 10, 2026 1. What’s been removed, added to HCAHPS in 2026 Full story 2. FDA reverses course, approves melanoma therapy after 2 rejections Full story 3. Staff have mental health benefits.…

Detroit cancer hospital sues Tenet | PeaceHealth, Emory name clinical execs | Connecticut Children's, DOJ reach gender care deal | Ascension's plan to retain advanced-degree nurses | Where 10 chronic diseases are deadliest

Plus: Calif. psych nurse ratios reshape workforce August 7, 2026 1. Detroit cancer hospital sues Tenet alleging overbilling: 6 things to know Full story 2. Connecticut Children’s to end pediatric gender care in Justice Department deal Full story 3. Train…

HHS moves to decertify organ group | HCA names clinical chief | Nursing's 5 newest specialties | 1st mRNA flu shot approved | 126 top hospital EDs

Plus: Ill. system names CEO-CNO after 2 leaders exit August 6, 2026 1. HCA Healthcare taps new chief clinical officer, president of ambulatory operations Full story 2. HHS moves to decertify organ procurement organization Full story 3. 1 infusion summit,…

Intermountain nurse ladder cuts turnover 45% | Ebola vaccine trial starts: 5 updates | Hospitals flag harm from drug shortages | 101 top healthcare employers for women | 2 pediatric systems tap clinical execs

Plus: Hospital leaders react to fastest-growing subspecialty August 5, 2026 1. Moderna begins human trial for Ebola vaccine + 4 other updates Full story 2. An Intermountain career program that led to 92% of nurses planning to stay Full story 3.…

US News: Best cancer, heart hospitals | CMS mandates malnutrition reporting: 6 notes | Ex-system CEO loans hospital $1M to cover payroll | Lilly expands experimental GLP-1 access | 2 dead in cyclosporiasis outbreak

Plus: Inboxologists support Cleveland Clinic’s new primary care workforce August 4, 2026 1. US News’ top cancer hospitals Full story 2. US News’ 50 best hospitals for cardiology, heart and vascular surgery Full story 3. How Denver Health and UnityPoint…

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