1. 2-week COVID case increases highest in these 3 states Full story

2. 6 questions on CMS' vaccination rule, answered Full story

3. Nurses slam Kaiser Permanente's hospital-at-home push Full story

4. COVID-19 is still disrupting surgical services. Prevent a backlog and maintain a flexible approach with these best practices. 

5. California hospital to end acute care, close ED Full story

6. Intermountain Children's pauses non-emergent surgeries as patient volumes top winter surge levels Full story

7. Overworked call centers? Here's how Notable Health used AI to slash a health system's call volumes by 60%.

8. With 12 mouse clicks, physician tied to misinformation renews medical license Full story

9. More than 30,000 Kaiser workers plan Nov. 15 strike Full story

10. 26 hospitals leaders on the most important change they've made to address burnout Full story

11. Dashboards alone can't improve infusion scheduling. See what made the difference for UCSF Health here.

12. Men are more likely to die of COVID-19: 4 factors that may explain why Full story

13. Joint Commission, Kaiser name 1st recipient of new health equity award Full story

14. Nurses union urges OSHA to institute permanent COVID-19 protections for healthcare workers Full story

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

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