The following leadership moves by women were reported on or after July 15:

Sam Flanders, MD, was chosen as the inaugural executive vice president for quality, safety and population health at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo. 

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina has made a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve allegations that the payer discriminated against 117 Black, Hispanic, Asian and multiracial applicants for a student training program, according to a July 21 news release.  

America's Essential Hospitals, which represents more than 300 safety-net hospitals in the U.S., is urging members to require employee COVID-19 vaccination.

Patients who arrive at the hospital via an ambulance are more likely to develop superbug colonization or infection, according to findings published July 21 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

COVID-19 vaccines will probably earn full FDA approval in the fall, President Joe Biden said during a July 22 CNN town hall in Cincinnati.

Stamford, Conn-based Sema4, a genomics company spun out of Mount Sinai Health System, completed its merger with special purpose acquisition company CM Life Sciences, the organizations announced July 22. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs's Cerner EHR pause will last until the end of 2021, Federal News Network reported July 21.

More than one-third of commonly read cancer treatment articles on social media contain misinformation that could potentially harm patients' treatment quality and chances of survival, according to research published July 22 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 

Google Cloud unveiled its healthcare data engine to offer end-to-end solutions from multiple platforms, such as EHRs, claims and research data.

The federal government is exploring ways to overhaul its health data reporting systems under a new task force convened by HHS' National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi, PhD, Politico reported July 21. 

The amount of people experiencing rare breakthrough COVID-19 infections will increase as more transmissible variants spread across the country, but health experts aren't alarmed, NPR reported July 21.

As U.S hospitals deal with fewer beds and more COVID-19 patients, some are taking steps such as rescheduling surgeries and turning down transfers to address dwindling capacity. 

A Georgia law firm penned a letter to ONC July 20 urging the agency to investigate alleged information blocking occurring within Doctors Hospital of Augusta's Meditech EHR system, Law.com reported. 

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth has created a new nursing position as nursing demand rises.

The CDC is monitoring 200 people across 27 states who may have been exposed to monkeypox after a person who traveled from Nigeria to the U.S was recently diagnosed with the rare illness. 

Eighteen health system presidents and CEOs have signed a request to Congress supporting President Joe Biden's $5 billion hospital and community-based gun violence prevention plan.

In January, a Kansas couple shared the story of how they received a $270,951 medical bill after the birth of their first child — even though they're both insured. Now, a state representative is proposing legislation to ensure stories like theirs don't happen again.

Amid a COVID-19 surge, Erik Frederick, chief administrative officer at Springfield, Mo.-based Mercy Hospital, has provided demographic details on the current patient census. 

Daily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have risen 171 percent over the last two weeks, according to The New York Times.