1. Tower Health shakes up hospital leadership: 4 things to know  Full story

2. Top hospital employers in each state, per Forbes  Full story

3. Cleveland Clinic posts $1.3B net income through 1st half of 2021  Full story

4. Health systems often overlook a critical factor that influences patient outcomes — see what it is here.

5. Shortage of anesthesia providers halts elective surgeries at Illinois hospital  Full story

6. Sutter Health pays $90M to resolve false claims allegations days after reaching antitrust settlement  Full story

7. Viewpoint: It's time to recalibrate expectations about the COVID-19 endgame  Full story

8. Piedmont's service area covers 85% of Georgia residents after 4-hospital buy: Moody's  Full story

9. The hospitalist and the health system — How these 3 organizations are managing costs and improving productivity without burdening physicians.

10. Cleveland Clinic's London hospital may create a glut of beds, analyst says  Full story

11. High travel nurse pay — up to $8K a week — worsens staff shortages  Full story 

12. COVID-19 surge pressures nonprofit hospital margins  Full story 

13. Break down imaging silos for good. Industry experts share 5 tips for building a cost-effective, clinician-friendly imaging ecosystem here.

14. U of Iowa Health's plan for $230M hospital garners opposition  Full story 

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

• Test positivity rates
• Population fully vaccinated
• Vaccines administered
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates 

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