1. CDC director recommends boosters for healthcare workers, despite panel's vote Full story

2. Rhode Island Hospital closes part of ED over staff shortage Full story

3. Memphis hospitals treat 12 victims of grocery store shooting Full story

4. Traditional call center workflows are cumbersome and outdated. See how systems are changing that here. 

5. Good Samaritan Hospital CMO to resign after 18 months Full story

6. Number of NPs, by gender and state: KFF Full story

7. Is your OR ready for a post-surge caseload? The right tools + tech can expand capacity. Find out here.

8. What Johns Hopkins employee survey reveals about pandemic's mental health challenges Full story

9. Patient safety advocates propose new federal agency Full story

10. Study explores rare COVID-19 related inflammatory disease in adults: 8 notes Full story

11. Delaying the cloud migration process is costing your organization. Click here for a discussion on how to get started. 

12. COVID-19 misinformation prompts misuse of nebulizers, allergy foundation warns Full story

13. 30 Alabama hospitals in jeopardy as pandemic pressures persist Full story

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

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

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