1. Texas hospitals asked to postpone elective procedures, out-of-state workers recruited Full story

2. CDC confirms 2nd death caused by rare bacterial disease Full story

3. Tenet Massachusetts hospital hires 100+ permanent replacement nurses amid strike Full story

4. A sign of the times: How eSignature is a game changer in 4 key service lines. 

5. Researchers struggle to understand potential tie between COVID-19 vaccines, menstrual changes: 6 things to know Full story

6. COVID-19 hospitalizations reach record high in Arkansas Full story

7. Say goodbye to wound complications — see how 2 practices are rethinking incision management for better outcomes here. 

8. Unvaccinated people twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19, CDC says Full story

9. Nurse practitioners most recruited providers for first time in 28 years, report finds Full story

10. Arizona man diagnosed with the plague after 1 month of symptoms, CDC report finds Full story

11. The 'new normal' is here. See one major way health systems are adapting to a post-pandemic market in this short e-book.  

12. More testing needed to improve tracking of breakthrough COVID-19 cases, Fauci says Full story

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

• Test positivity rates
• Vaccines administered
• Percentage of population vaccinated
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates
• Highest case increases

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. The ABCs of ambulatory integration: Best practices from Adventist Health, Banner Health and CoxHealth.   

2. 11 must-reads on the patient affordability crisis

3. Why interoperability is the key to value-based care success