1. Physicians are concerned about omicron's paradox for hospitals  Full story

2. States ranked by booster rates: Dec. 28  Full story

3. National Nurses United urges CDC to reverse isolation timeline cuts for healthcare workers  Full story

4. Healthcare is betting on precision medicine for a transformation, but barriers remain. Here's how organizations can make it a reality. 

5. 56 hospital CEO retirements announced in 2021  Full story

6. 43 hospital CEO resignations in 2021  Full story

7. Demand for heart care is rising as a cardiologist shortage looms. Here's how health systems are adapting to the specialty's top challenges.

8. Mosaic Life Care leader named CEO of Maury Regional Health  Full story

9. LifePoint completes acquisition of Kindred, launches new company  Full story

10. The less-discussed consequence of healthcare's labor shortage  Full story

11. More hospitals are eyeing a switch from reprocessing to single-use endoscopes. Here's why.

12. Inflation outpacing growth in physician compensation, Doximity analysis finds  Full story

13. 10 most read compensation stories in 2021  Full story

14. What 11 hospital CEOs told Becker's in 2021  Full story

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

• Test positivity rates
• Population fully vaccinated
• Hospitalizations
• Deaths

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