1. Top 10 health technology hazards for 2021, ranked by ECRI Institute  Full story

2. Baylor Scott & White to cut, outsource 1,700 jobs  Full story

3. Verily hires new CIO, chief marketing officer: 5 details  Full story

4. 2021 and the future of physician compensation. Click here to attend the live discussion.

5. Cerner in the headlines: 8 latest stories  Full story

6. 17 healthcare companies offering most remote jobs  Full story

7. Netwalker ransomware website seized by law enforcement: 5 details  Full story

8. CHS to cut ties with Mississippi hospital 14 years early  Full story

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

10. HHS releases AI strategy, establishes AI council  Full story

11. UnitedHealth must redo 67K claims, judge rules  Full story

12. 8 hospitals ending services, closing departments  Full story

13. Your healthcare organization’s data needs protection. Join this webinar to learn how you can safeguard it with cybersecurity measures, digital ID and biometrics.

14. 10 key EHR interoperability trends, outlined by KLAS and CHIME  Full story

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

• Test positivity rates
• Hospitalizations
• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Death rates
• Vaccines administered 

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. The 5 phases of a third-party data breach + prevention strategies for hospitals. Click here to read more.

2. How to minimize the financial losses and promote surge preparedness — Lessons from a pandemic. Click here to download the e-book.

3. CIOs, CMIOs and CNIOs championed health systems' shift to telehealth amid the early pandemic. Download this whitepaper to learn how they successfully executed the shift to virtual.