American Medical Association President Patrice Harris, MD, urged the U.S. Supreme Court to "do the right thing" as it considers a decision on whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protects workers based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Initiatives launched by entrepreneurs are solving the challenges of healthcare and completely transforming care delivery in the process, said John C. Goodman, PhD, during a keynote address Oct. 9 at the opening of the Becker's Hospital Review Health IT + RCM conference in Chicago.

Two conflicting demands press health system leaders today.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's administration has formed a task force of industry stakeholders to work together to address the state's healthcare issues.

Board members see the benefits of diversity but are largely "ready to move onto other topics," according to PwC's 2019 Annual Corporate Directors Survey.

About half of board directors believe a fellow member should be replaced, and 23 percent say more than one board member should be removed, according to PwC's 2019 Annual Corporate Directors Survey.

Embedding diversity and inclusion into an organization in a sustainable way can be a challenge. However, Winston Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has made it part of its strategy from the board-level down.

IBM Watson Health shared Dr. Dave Holson's, director of the ED at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens, perspective on how to improve operations in the ever growing Emergency Department. 

Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, Ind., released a plan Oct. 7 to address the cost of prescription drugs called, "Affordable Medicines for All."

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was treated at Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas last week for a heart attack, The New York Times reports.

Sheridan (Mich.) Community Hospital reorganized its board and restructured its organization roughly a month after the board fired the hospital's CEO.

The Trump administration issued a presidential proclamation Oct. 4 to deny visas to immigrants if they do not obtain health insurance within 30 days of entering the country or have the financial resources to pay for medical care out-of-pocket. 

As healthcare continues to be a top-ticket item for the 2020 presidential election, I've noticed that talk of reform overlooks one major stakeholder: the patient.

Detroit Medical Center said it will let a "select number" of its union security officers keep their jobs and offer the rest employment as contractors, TV station Fox 2 reports.

A bipartisan report from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University's School of Law in New York City concludes that the Trump administration has interfered with federal science so much that it has hit "crisis" levels, The New York Times reports.

A recent press release by ECG Management Consultants announced their partnership with Siemens Healthineers, their next commitment phase to improve healthcare delivery and enhance client relationships. 

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Oct. 3 aimed at improving private Medicare plans for seniors, according to CNBC. 

In the boardrooms of Philadelphia's nonprofit hospitals, women, especially women of color, are "severely underrepresented," according to The Philadelphia Inquirer's analysis of a recent study. 

After years of pushing for Medicaid reimbursement, New York hospitals finally got what they wanted this year — an increase valued at $140 million annually — after donating more than $1 million to the Democratic Party, The New York Times reports.

St. Luke's Health System, a faith-based, nonprofit health system based in Kansas City, Mo., will transition its Cushing Hospital in Leavenworth, Kan., to an emergency department-anchored microhospital model, affecting 145 employees, according to the Kansas City Business Journal.