1. Omicron accounts for 3% of new US COVID-19 cases Full story

2. Supreme Court declines to block New York COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers Full story

3. 46 top hospitals, ranked by Leapfrog 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. Yale New Haven Health saved 470 hours of nurses' time in 1 year with EHR tool Full story

6. Pfizer says antiviral pill sharply reduces severe illness, should work against omicron Full story

7. EHRs are essential — but they won’t solve staffing issues. See how Hartford Healthcare found a simple solution.

8. New York surgeons successfully attach pig kidney to human a 2nd time Full story

9. 4 ways to reach the vaccine-hesitant from 1st clinician inoculated in US Full story

10. Vaccination-related employee departures at 51 hospitals, health systems Full story

11. Opportunities to improve clinical care are endless. Lower readmissions, combat hospital-acquired conditions and reduce care variation. Click here to register. 

12. HCA's Florida market taps new CMO Full story

13. US healthcare workers walk off the job: 14 strikes in 2021 Full story

14. Viewpoint: Public health mandates should be tied to hospitalization numbers, not cases Full story

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

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

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