1. Medical groups to Biden: ED boarding at a 'crisis point' Full story

2. Nurse who called EMS on own hospital speaks out  Full story

3. Duke LifePoint hospital could lose its Medicare contract — again Full story

4. Give patients the comfort they deserve without additional medications. Learn how one hospital is using aromatherapy as an adjunct for pain treatment

5. 'There's no space anywhere': Capacity issues intensify at children's hospitals — 4 updates Full story

6. Massachusetts system withdraws bivalent booster requirement Full story

7. 'Never lose your "why"': How Cleveland Clinic's 1st chief caregiver officer is tackling staff engagement Full story

8. 10 recent moves from nurses unions Full story

9. Set up value-based care models for success with remote primary care. Get strategies and tools to support the shift in this expert session. 

10. Ohio hospital closing earlier than planned due to patient safety concerns Full story

11. Glasses chart nurse stress levels at Texas hospital Full story

12. Canceled surgeries and mishandled meds: How ransomware attacks affect patient safety Full story

13. Change your compliance, accreditation and document management paradigm: go from reactive to proactive — Here's how. 

14. $21M verdict levied against physicians, nurse after undiagnosed disease led to infant's death Full story

15. Why are some COVID-19 patients slow to wake after ventilation? Turtles' brains may offer clues Full story

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Rising diabetes, hypertension and obesity rates — alongside unaddressed SDOH — have created a perfect storm for health plans. Increase rural members' access to care and help them sustain health improvements with this virtual tool.

2. OR closures will cost hospitals billions in 2022 — Hospitals must do more with less. Here's how 3 hospitals achieved greater efficiency in the OR with fewer surgical staff. 

3. Achieving sepsis quality improvements shouldn't take long. This hospital saved $384,000K + boosted compliance by 20% in just 4 months. Here's how.