Plus: Med school enrollment up 37% in 20 years

September 30, 2026

1. 586 top hospitals for nurse communication Full story

2. RFK Jr: AI offers a ‘better informed’ second opinion than doctors Full story

3. Making the case for pharmacy in the C-suite is easier when you can ask a peer who’s done it. Join pharmacy leaders from UCLA Health, Cone Health and WVU Medicine at Becker’s 3rd Annual Fall CPO Summit, Nov. 4-6 in Chicago — apply here to be a reviewer.

4. Labor Department presses Rochester Regional on visa-sponsored residents Full story

5. Physicians’ starting salary reaches $419K: A breakdown of 14 specialties Full story

 

6. Webinar: CHLA on using AI to speed translated discharge instructions for patients — plus the governance lessons behind it. Register with one click.

7. Med school enrollment up 37% in 20 years: 6 things to know Full story

8. Joint Commission launches food recognition program Full story

9. States with the strongest, weakest protections against violence toward nurses: 7 notes Full story

10. Judge tosses defamation claims in ousted New York system CEO’s lawsuit; breach of contract claim survives Full story

 

11. CDC raises 2026 measles death count to 2 Full story

12. Ascension taps MedStar exec as VP of patient safety Full story

13. Members screen positive for colorectal cancer and never get the colonoscopy. In 2027, that becomes a plan score. Details in this webinar. Register with one click.

14. The case for dying in the hospital: Viewpoint Full story

15. HCA expands AI nurse handoff tool to 15 more hospitals Full story

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17. 4 in 10 Massachusetts psychiatric patients wait 24+ hours for placement. See why here.

18. How Kettering Health beat the 30-day heart failure readmission benchmark and protected Medicare reimbursements: here.

19. Becker’s upcoming webinars: workforce planning, healthcare large language models and physician-led cancer care. See the sessions here.

 

 

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