1. Hospitals urge patients to show compassion to workers amid staffing shortages  Full story

2. US to ship 500M additional rapid tests: 3 more national COVID-19 response updates  Full story

3. Fate of federal COVID-19 vaccination rules remains undecided by SCOTUS  Full story

4. Industry experts discuss how hospitals can improve care for patients receiving dialysis, while cutting costs and mitigating risks, by incorporating a dedicated team of Inpatient Services specialists into their staffing model. Listen here.

5. CDC sticks to same guideline: 'Any mask is better than no mask'  Full story

6. Blood shortage temporarily closes California hospital's trauma center  Full story

7. The historic drivers of emergency medicine success are shifting. Here's how to keep your program ahead of the curve.

8. Morgan Health partners with Kaiser: 5 things to know  Full story

9. 9 recent hospital, health system CEO moves  Full story

10. Medical prices increasing more slowly than other sectors: 4 things to know  Full story

11. Healthcare's digital era has arrived — these 10 must-reads will help hospitals respond.

12. Strike averted at California hospital  Full story

13. Houston hospital loses Medicare contract   Full story

14. Tenet aims to add 100+ surgery centers with USPI as 'gem for the future'  Full story

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• Test positivity rates
• Population fully vaccinated
• Hospitalizations
• Deaths
   

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