1. 9 hospitals laying off workers  Full story

2. Memorial Sloan Kettering paid $1.9M severance to former CMO  Full story

3. Fitch: Nonprofit hospitals can manage omicron despite challenges  Full story

4. Here's how a hospital reduced patient backlog and increased cardiac monitoring throughput from 49 to 864 patients in two years without additional resources.

5. City of Hope to acquire Cancer Treatment Centers of America  Full story

6. 11 hospitals, health systems pausing nonemergency surgeries this month  Full story

7. 8 top children's hospitals, ranked by Leapfrog  Full story

8. Atlantic Health System acquires majority stake in CentraState  Full story

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10. Most Americans with medical debt owe more than $2K  Full story

11. 13 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions  Full story 

12. 2 hospitals in China join Mayo Clinic Care Network  Full story 

13. Variation in care is tied to increased costs + adverse events. Better clinical decision-making starts with these 4 steps.

14. Vaccination-related employee departures at 50 hospitals, health systems  Full story 

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