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Familiar hospitals dominated the latest "Best Hospitals" rankings from U.S. News & World Report, which also rolled out several changes this year. There were a couple of newcomers to the 2026-2027 Honor Roll, which for 4 years now, has been ranked alphabetically instead of ordinally. Mayo Clinic–Florida in Jacksonville joined its counterparts in Minnesota and Arizona on the list, and UC San Diego Health made a return after being absent last year. (Henderson, 8/4)

Intermountain Health Saint Joseph Hospital is Colorado's new top-ranked hospital, according to U.S. News & World Report's latest Best Hospitals ranking. The ranking ends UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital's 14-year run as the state's leading hospital in one of the nation's most influential guides for patients comparing care. (Alvarez, 8/4)

See the best hospitals in the U.S. and find one near you. See the best cancer hospitals, heart hospitals, pediatric hospitals and more - and see how they rank. (8/4)

An owner of West Suburban and Weiss hospitals is asking a judge to enforce a settlement agreement that would see the hospitals sold to Insight Health Systems for $1 and include a paid consultancy for the hospitals’ current CEO. (Schencker, 8/3)

DispatchHealth is separating its technology platform from its service offerings in a move to address the changing landscape of home-based care. The shift means the company will market its logistics platform and remote patient monitoring equipment on its own, rather than bundling it with staffing for acute care, skilled nursing and urgent care in the home. (Eastabrook, 8/3)

Jennifer Eslinger has been named president and CEO of Summa Health, effective Sept. 21, the system said Monday. She will succeed Daryl Tol, who has served as interim president and CEO since Jan. 1. Tol succeeded Dr. Cliff Deveny, who stepped down from both roles at the end of last year. Deveny is now CEO emeritus and a strategic advisor for the system, according to a news release. (DeSilva, 8/3)

Hospital leaders are not eager to admit they’ve taken a pounding in Washington lately. But as earnings reports trickle in, uninsured numbers rise, provisions of the 2025 tax law kick in and some lawmakers want more cuts, the industry is acknowledging a difficult situation that challenges its storied political clout — and is fighting back. (McAuliff, 8/3)

Nurse labor unions are pushing for more control over how artificial intelligence is used in hospitals as the technology is increasingly incorporated into clinical care. AI use is rapidly expanding from back-office administrative functions to ambient listening in exam rooms and predictive analytics platforms that flag high-risk patients. The tools are touted as a path to improved efficiency and a way to reduce clinician burnout. But there are concerns about how the technology impacts nurses at the bedside. (Hudson, 8/3)

A novel system for autonomous control of supplemental oxygen for adult inpatients who needed it for acute illness or injury improved the proportion of time spent with adequate oxygen levels, the SAVE-O2 AI trial showed. (Phend, 8/3)