Plus: Sterilization issues pause surgeries at Maine hospital

August 27, 2026

1. Kaiser Permanente sued for $534M after patient’s cardiac arrest, amputations Full story

2. Visa changes rattle teaching hospitals Full story

3. Explore HF in a Box — lectures, guides, infographics & video to support modern Heart Failure management.

4. The 20 physician specialties with the highest, lowest annual compensation in 2026 Full story

5. ‘A continued assault on expertise’: Children’s hospitals reject new vaccine guidance Full story

 

6. Spend three days with the pharmacy leaders from UCSF Health, Mount Sinai Health System, UChicago Medicine and other leading systems. Becker’s 3rd Annual Fall CPO Summit is Nov. 4-6 in Chicago — apply here to be a reviewer.

7. Central Maine Medical Center halts surgeries over sterilization issue Full story

8. Chemo drug shortage turns ‘critical;’ FDA to allow overseas imports Full story

9. HCA names division chief nursing executive for 23 hospitals Full story

10. Woman charged after shots fired inside South Carolina hospital Full story

 

11. The clinical trial problem 128 groups want HHS to fix Full story

12. Travel nurse demand, by state Full story

13. Scattered contract data quietly destabilizes supply costs. Baptist Health’s procurement AVP on making contracts your control center. Sign up with one click.

14. ‘Physicians exiting our geographies is simply not acceptable,’ Yale New Haven chief clinical officer warns Full story

15. The most dangerous trends in healthcare today Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

16. ‘Overcrowded but underused’: hear a C-suite conversation on hidden capacity, AI + improving patient flow here.

17. CMS is about to measure pressure injuries far more closely — reporting turns mandatory in 2028. Two wound care and nursing leaders map the preparation. Sign up with one click.

18. Duke’s oncology chief + WVU Medicine’s pharmacy chief on which pharma bets scale here.

19. Becker’s late-August webinar lineup: patient safety, referral intake, AI trust and supply chain data. See the sessions here.

 

 

Apply to attend complimentary as a guest reviewer here! Opportunity exclusive to those directly employed by a provider organization.

 
 

 

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