Listen to highlights of key stories in today's newsletter in our daily briefing podcast. 

1. Daily COVID-19 stats, state-by-state:

• Positivity rates + new cases
• States where virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Hospitalizations
• Deaths

2. UK variant found in 8 states; hospitalizations top 100K for 40 days — 6 COVID-19 updates  Full story

3. Biden plans stimulus relief worth trillions: 5 things to know  Full story

4. Health system leaders should ask these 5 questions before purchasing an IoT device. Click here to read more.

5. 'Lawless' vaccine rollout; 22 UK variant cases — 9 things to know about COVID-19 in Florida  Full story

6. States ranked by percentage of COVID-19 vaccines administered: Jan. 11  Full story

7. Weight-bearing MRI improves outcomes for several specialties. Click here to learn how ortho and spine surgeons benefit.

8. Wyoming hospital CEO says state not getting fair share of vaccines  Full story

9. BCBS Association to suspend donations to lawmakers who disputed Electoral College results  Full story

10. Congressional lawmakers advised to get COVID-19 tests this week  Full story

11. Don't Miss Learning Opportunities:

• Cutting costs isn't enough to support financial stability in 2021. Click here to learn how to avoid a shortsighted approach to revenue recovery.
• Community health systems can achieve more from the innovations they create themselves. Click here to learn how the right technology makes that possible.
• Still calling your patients? Click here to find out why texting them will bring about better results for your practice.

12. Man arrested after Cleveland Clinic worker abducted, assaulted  Full story

13. 'This discovery is a little disturbing': Centura Health data reports miss 2,500 COVID-19 hospitalizations since April  Full story

14. It's time to make health equity a reality. Click here to learn how physician and executive leaders are driving change at their organization.

15. Michigan health system seeks to fill 800 jobs  Full story

16. Corner Office: Geisinger CEO Dr. Jaewon Ryu on rising to the challenges of the pandemic  Full story
 

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