1. 2 North Carolina hospital board members resign over HCA ownership  Full story

2. CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan to end career at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health after 22 years  Full story

3. UW's Harborview Medical Center taps new CEO  Full story

4. Payers' cost-cutting efforts are targeting infusion patients. Learn how to keep them at your hospital.

5. 10 hospitals hiring CEOs  Full story

6. Excessive free time nearly as bad for one's well-being as scarce free time  Full story

7. Today's physicians have many stressors. Don't let EHRs be one of them. Learn how a mobile rich approach can ease the burden during this discussion.

8. Hospitals slam Lown Institute's social responsibility ranking  Full story

9. Mississippi health system promotes 6 leaders as part of 'systemness' reorganization  Full story

10. The world's biggest brands advertise on COVID-19 misinformation sites, report finds  Full story

11. The shift to high-acuity procedures in ASCs is here — tune in to find out if you're ready.

12. Walmart, Doctor on Demand, Grand Rounds launch innovation group to tackle health disparities in Black Americans  Full story

13. Mergers improve care outcomes for rural hospitals, study finds  Full story

14. How the pandemic changed the CIO role: 5 insights  Full story

15. US likely to miss big winter COVID-19 surge, analyst models predict  Full story

Becker's Learning Opportunities

1. Meaningful patient experience improvements go beyond satisfaction surveys. Click here for 4 bold thoughts to kickstart real change. 

2. COVID-19 altered the retirement timetable. Read the 2021 Retirement Survey Report to learn how health systems can respond. 

3. Your hospital's vendor access is probably disorganized. Here's how to standardize it + ensure HIPAA compliance.