1. IBM considers selling IBM Watson Health: 5 notes  Full story

2. CMS cuts payments to 774 hospitals over patient complications  Full story

3. Google opening office in Minnesota to advance Mayo Clinic partnership: 5 details  Full story

4. How health system CIOs and CISOs can further digital innovation. Click here to attend the virtual discussion.

5. Walmart may roll back its ambitious push into healthcare  Full story

6. Scammers post fake vaccine registration website, pose as Ohio health system  Full story

7. Email phishing attack at Michigan clinic exposes 2,500 patients' info  Full story

8. Biden picks lead of CMS Innovation Center  Full story

9. Your hospital needs to make the right decisions at the right times. Click here to register for Becker's Enterprise Imaging Virtual Event and learn how to ensure the right calls gets made.

10. Texas power improves as water problems worsen: 5 things to know Friday  Full story

11. Intermountain converts 1,200 hospital TVs into telehealth platforms with new Amwell device  Full story

12. CommonSpirit's net income triples to $1.9B in Q2  Full story

13. Infusion centers shouldn't feel like they're playing Tetris when forming daily schedules. Click here to learn how to implement predictive algorithms to optimize supply and demand matching. 

14. Epic, NorthShore, BCBS of Illinois awarded for joint payer platform  Full story

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

• Test positivity rates
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates
• Vaccines administered 

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1. Your health system can bridge the gap between behavioral and physical health. Click here to find out how technology plays a part.

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