1. 10 top heart stories in October Full story

2. FDA announces 'serious' recall of heart pump battery packs Full story

3. 3 physicians in their 50s accuse Hackensack Meridian of age discrimination Full story

4. Aligning people, policies + tech across sites can deliver impressive financial results. Click here to learn how CommonSpirit does it. 

5. UW Health 1st in US to treat heart disease patient with cell therapy Full story

6. Colorado COVID-19 hospitalizations hit 2021 high despite early vaccination successes Full story

7. Current capacity management methods no longer cut it. See how hospitals are responding to rising patient volumes more strategically here. 

8. NJ hospital names chief of advanced heart failure treatment, transplant Full story

9. CDC recruiting providers to pilot health equity indicators for heart health Full story

10. American Heart Association shares new guidelines to reduce costs in chest pain evaluations Full story

11. EHRs are essential — but they won’t solve staffing issues. See how Hartford Healthcare found a simple solution.  

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

• Test posivity rates
• Vaccines administered
• Percentage of population vaccinated
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates