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

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

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3. Ochsner pressured 8 COVID-19 patients to accept hospice care, families say Full story

4. What if you could help standardize care with interactive clinical decision-making? With UpToDate® Advanced, clinicians can use UpToDate Pathways and Lab Interpretation in their workflow to support appropriate screening, diagnostic testing, treatment, and hospitalization. Learn more

5. Average physician pay increases in 11 specialties Full story

6. Clinicians warn of Benadryl overdoses linked to viral TikTok challenge Full story

7. Do frustrated patients call your office with billing questions? Join industry efforts to learn how leading providers have solved that problem. 

8. Dr. Atul Gawande: Shoddy public health infrastructure is why COVID-19 testing is as 'messed up as a pile of coat hangers' Full story

9. Steroids the new standard of care for severe COVID-19, WHO says Full story

10. California hospital at risk of losing level 1 trauma status Full story

11. How to transform the patient experience in the age of consumerism and COVID-19. Click here to attend the live virtual discussion. 

12. Leadership at Michigan nursing home told staff not to use PPE amid pandemic, 3 lawsuits claim Full story

13. 10 tips for preventing medication errors during COVID-19 surges Full story