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What does the future workplace look like for IT, finance and operational staff – and how best to keep them engaged in a work environment that has fundamentally changed?

This week's top stories include Cerner announcing that all U.S. employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8, SWORD Health acquiring Vigilant Technologies, and air ambulance charges rising substantially in four years.

The electronic health record vendor stated fewer than 0.5% of its staff left the company rather than get inoculated.

"When we talk about virtual care, think hybrid," he told Healthcare IT News in a wide-ranging interview about the future of telemedicine.

Kash Patel will join the New Jersey health system as chief information and digital engagement officer.

Company CIO Blackford Middleton wrote in a LinkedIn post that the healthcare collaboration software vendor had "run out of runway" in terms of funding and resources.

Collins, who has served as the director of the National Institutes of Health under three presidential administrations, will continue to innovate precision medicine at his National Human Genome Research Institute lab.

The health system's chief analytics officer offers some lessons learned assessing CDS and clinical workflows to reduce the alert fatigue for providers.

Previously, the IPO had three- to six-month waiting lists for adults needing care. Now it's typically a one- to two-week process from positive screen ID to initial assessment.

All U.S. employees must be fully vaccinated by December 8, the company said on Friday, as the new CEO pledged to spend every day "thinking about how to use technology to improve people’s lives."