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Texas hospital loses Medicare contract over care quality | Mont. system takes RN recruiting abroad | Omicron & throat swabs: What to know | Blood shortage pauses trauma care at Calif. hospital | CDC: Mask guidance won't change

January 13, 2022 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. CDC sticks to same guideline: 'Any mask is better than no mask' Full story 2. UMMC loses Medicare contract after regulators report 'substandard' care Full story 3. Omicron & throat swabs:…

COVID hospitalizations up in 48 states | Omicron's spread, severity: 2 new findings | Healthcare workers stuck on the COVID ride | Travel nurses to face tighter rules in Calif. | Surge may end as rapidly as it started | Best places to work in healthcare

January 12, 2022 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. Healthcare workers can't get off the COVID-19 rollercoaster Full story 2. Omicron surge will end as rapidly as it started, physician leaders predict Full story 3. Omicron's spread, severity: 2…

Don't write off 'incidental' COVID hospitalizations, physicians say | 29 best healthcare jobs: US News | 1st pig heart transplanted into man | What Northwell's new CQO refuses to look away from | 8 states with high flu activity

January 11, 2022 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. US COVID-19 hospitalizations at record high Full story 2. Where people go wrong with 'incidental' COVID-19 hospitalizations Full story 3. 29 best healthcare jobs, per US News: Nurse practitioner is…

COVID now vs. last winter's peak | In Midwest, worst of surge to come: 5 forecasts | Ill. hospital closes | St. Vincent nurses strike over, but tension may persist | 28 patients infected in COVID outbreak at RI hospital | The surge through 9 nurses' eyes

January 10, 2022 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. Worst of omicron yet to come for Midwest + 4 more forecasts to know Full story 2. Illinois hospital closes, terminates staff Full story 3. US COVID-19 hospitalizations compared to…

Hospitals nationwide ration COVID treatments | W.Va. eyes 4th vaccine doses | Mont. hospital accused of underpaying nurses | Mission Health CMO to leave HCA | 19% of hospitals are critically understaffed: Nos. by state

January 7, 2022 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. Health systems ration COVID-19 treatments as cases surge Full story 2. West Virginia seeks permission to offer 4th vaccine dose Full story 3. Mission Health CMO to leave HCA for new…

Definition of fully vaccinated won't change: CDC | 6 notes on 'flurona' | 13 states set COVID hospitalization records | Rapid, but reliable? Home tests may lag with omicron | Pfizer boosters cleared for those 12+ | 8 CNO moves

January 6, 2022 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. CDC: Definition of fully vaccinated 'is not changing' Full story 2. 13 states set COVID-19 hospitalization records this week Full story 3. What's 'flurona'?: 6 things to know Full story 4. 118 hospitals…

COVID surge projected to peak in Jan. | Mass. systems to mandate boosters | CDC: Omicron makes up 95% of US cases | Henry Ford closes 97 beds amid staff shortages | Hospitals see more patients 'with COVID' vs. 'for COVID' | 13 CMO job openings

January 5, 2022 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. Omicron surge may peak in January, models predict Full story 2. Massachusetts health systems to mandate boosters for employees Full story 3. COVID-19 cases up in 46 states, down in 2,…

5 states see record COVID hospitalizations | New variant found in France | Longest nurses strike in Mass. history ends | 5 top safety issues for 2022 | Why this surge is complicating physicians' treatment decisions | 1 in 5 nurses burned out

January 4, 2022 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. 5 states reporting record COVID-19 hospitalizations Full story 2. New coronavirus variant detected in France Full story 3. Saint Vincent nurses ratify contract, end longest nurses' strike in Massachusetts history Full story…

Hospitalizations take center stage in COVID fight | Virus sidelines healthcare staff nationwide | CMS sets vaccination deadline for hospitals in 25 states | Some Americans get 4th vaccine doses | CDC eyes testing component for isolation guidance

January 3, 2022 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. Hospitalizations take center stage in COVID-19 fight Full story 2. Rhode Island allows COVID-19 positive healthcare staff to work in 'crisis' situations Full story 3. CDC considering revision to isolation guidance…

Daily COVID cases at all-time high | Ill. hospital loses Medicare contract | Ore. system sees state's first C. auris cases | Cleveland Clinic again bumps back nonurgent surgeries | 16 states facing hospital staff shortages | 45 CMO moves in '21

December 29, 2021 BHR Newsletter Virtual Events • Webinars • Whitepapers • OnDemand Learning • Podcasts 1. COVID-19 cases up in 41 states, down in 5, flat in 4 Full story 2. Oregon health officials investigate state's 1st Candida auris outbreak Full story 3. Illinois hospital loses Medicare…