1. Kaiser Permanente CEO: 'We're at or near capacity everywhere'  Full story

2. States ranked by COVID-19 test positivity rates: Dec. 26  Full story

3. COVID-19 data will wobble for next 10+ days: 5 considerations when reviewing numbers  Full story

4. A paper-based informed consent process can put your system at legal and financial risk. Click here to learn how one health system made it mobile.

5. 6 recent hospital, health system CEO moves  Full story

6. Chicago's Mercy Hospital remains committed to closure plan despite rejection by state board  Full story

7. 3 Must Reads

• Right drug, wrong dose? Why adjustments must be made for kidney function. Click here to read more.
• What do Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and Hackensack University Medical Center have in common? A commitment to surgical excellence. Click here to read more. 
• OR optimization case study: Lessons from Erlanger Health System and Baystate Health. Click here to read the report.

8. Inova plans $1B Alexandria medical campus  Full story

9. Trump commutes 20-year sentence for Florida healthcare executive  Full story

10. WVU Medicine makes leadership changes at 2 hospitals  Full story

11. Good digital transactions start with identity verification. Click here to find out how healthcare organizations can start to address that challenge.

12. Inside UVM Medical Center's ransomware attack: 11 details  Full story

13. Black physician dies of COVID-19 after alleging racist care at IU Health hospital  Full story

14. Anticipate patient needs in 2020 to thrive in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape. Join this virtual discussion for more on transforming the patient experience. 

15. Email hack exposes data of 485K+ Aetna, Blue Cross members  Full story