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 Health, NYU Langone and Hartford HealthCare on the AI that clinicians actually want to use — and how high that bar has moved. Read it here.

4. California hospital suspends NICU amid nursing shortages Full story

5. Nebraska rural emergency hospital files for Chapter 9 Full story

 

6. UT Southwestern is making the OR visible in real time across teams. Learn how here.

7. UNC Health Faculty Physicians beats new patient visit projections by about 8,000 Full story

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

9. Where states rank in physician, nurse communication: CMS Full story

10. Ebola epidemic is doubling every 20 days: 4 updates Full story

 

11. Nearly 7 in 10 patients view test results before a clinician weighs in: Study Full story

12. What health systems are getting wrong about physician burnout Full story

13. A surgical positioning injury draws scrutiny. Does your documentation protect your team — or expose it? See here.

14. Cedars-Sinai promotes 4 leaders Full story

15. Viewpoint: Autonomous AI could outperform human physicians Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

16. $12M+ in recoverable capacity: why Baptist Health Arkansas reframed ED boarding as a systemwide flow challenge here.

17. AI agents raise a new identity question: who — or what — is requesting PHI? Get answers here.

18. Patients now look to AI when seeking care. Learn what they’re finding in this webinar.

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

 

 

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