1. Hospital price transparency rule could challenge IT budgets, systems Full story

2. 23 hospital, health system CIO moves in 2020 Full story

3. Scripps CEO: Care rationing near if Californians ignore COVID-19 mitigation efforts Full story

4. How strong is your organization’s digital front door? Click here to learn how to create an omni-channel experience that increases efficiency and patient satisfaction.

5. COVID-19 variant found in Colorado, 2nd case suspected: What we know today Full story

6. VA's $16 billion EHR project faces internal criticism: 5 details Full story

7. Arkansas hospital shuts down urgent care app Full story

8. Northwell Health launches medical training app for faculty, students Full story

9. 3 Must Reads

• Digital communication can decrease preventable hospital readmissions by up to 18 percent. Click here to learn how physicians can use electronic alerts to drive better patient outcomes.
• 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.
• The telehealth connection: How technology is revolutionizing remote patient care. Click here to read the report. 

10. Biden taps 3 officials for COVID-19 response team; McConnell blocks bill for $2K stimulus checks — 7 updates Full story

11. DOD awards Philips, U of Colorado nearly $3M to validate wearable COVID-19 early detection device Full story

12. Wisconsin launches COVID-19 vaccine data tracker Full story

13. Top 5 digital transformation stories of 2020 Full story

14. How strong is your organization’s digital front door? Click here to learn how to create an omni-channel experience that increases efficiency and patient satisfaction.

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

• Where the virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates
• Test positivity rate + new cases

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