1. Kaiser Permanente says lab glitch led to backlog of thousands of COVID-19 tests  Full story

2. IU Health suspends unvaccinated workers  Full story

3. UConn Health appoints physician as interim CIO  Full story

4. The patient transfer process is still ridden with inefficiencies. Learn how to simplify referrals for patients and providers here.

5. WHO adds new strain 'mu' to its variants of concern list  Full story

6. FBI, CISA warns ransomware attacks surge over holiday weekends: 6 things to know this Labor Day weekend  Full story

7. Cerner, the VA & 9 recent health IT exec moves  Full story

8. Feds file false claims suit against UPMC  Full story

9. Do you know how to protect your hospital from threats both within & beyond the firewall? Learn here.

10. Healthcare workers, once cheered as heroes, now threatened and harassed   Full story

11. Illinois medical group sued over data breach that exposed 655K patients' info  Full story

12. Mount Sinai builds algorithm that reads patient EHR data to make diagnoses  Full story

13. Physician profitability can be greatly improved with timely data. Click here to learn how.

14. Fired Wisconsin health system exec charged in kickback scheme  Full story

15. 5 health systems expanding telehealth  Full story

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