A report published Thursday by Definitive Healthcare found that nearly 334,000 health care providers–including 117,000 physicians–left the workforce in 2021, with many citing burnout and pandemic-related stressors, Mari Devereaux writes for Modern Healthcare. But Advisory Board's Sarah Hostetter doesn't want you to jump to the conclusion that we're experiencing a mass provider exodus, instead emphasizing three messages any executive who wants to engage and retain physicians should read.

Two hospital workers at Methodist Dallas Medical Center were killed on Saturday after a man attending the birth of his child opened fire in the labor and delivery unit of the hospital, raising concerns over increasing violence towards health care workers in the United States.

The ZOE Health Study last week released an updated list of the five most common Covid-19 symptoms reported by study participants—which differed depending on vaccination status.

According to a new report from Kaufman Hall, 2022 has been "the most difficult year financially" for health care organizations since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly as staffing shortages, sky-high labor costs, inflation and more continue to impact both revenue and expenses.

Writing in the New York Times, Ezekiel Emanuel, David Michaels, Rick Bright, and Michael Osterholm, all former members of President Joe Biden's advisory board on Covid-19, explain how the country's public health system needs to change before "the next crisis is upon us, leaving people to wonder why we did not do a better job of preparing."

President Joe Biden will receive an updated Covid-19 booster shot, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from the District of Columbia, Georgia, and Maryland.