Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth laid off 50 employees at several locations, a spokesperson confirmed to The Register-Guard.

Dwight McBee is the chief experience officer at Temple University Health System in Philadelphia. Here, he discusses the biggest challenges and opportunities for improving patient experience.

The editorial board of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has heard enough "whining" from a "vegan group" of physicians advocating to remove a McDonald's franchise from John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.

President Donald Trump's July 10 executive order to transform the U.S. kidney care market was good news for major dialysis providers Fresenius Medical Care and DaVita Kidney Care.

The Trump administration's latest healthcare efforts, namely its kidney care initiatives and a planned executive order on drug pricing, are at odds with its moves in court to obliterate the ACA, The New York Times reports.

Michael Becker, a former biotech executive who raised awareness about the human papillomavirus after being diagnosed with aggressive cancer, died July 9, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System is firing 23 employees, effective July 11, in connection to dozens of patient deaths between 2015 and 2018. Mount Carmel CEO Ed Lamb will also step down later this month, according to a statement on the health system's website.

Semih Sen became Cleveland Clinic's first chief business development officer July 1. Here he discusses his new responsibilities and how he hopes to help set the organization up for success.

Adam Boehler, HHS deputy administrator and director of CMS' Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, has been nominated to lead the International Development Finance Corp. and is leaving HHS, according to Bloomberg Law.

An administrator from Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health made headlines after firing off an email to the board of the N.C. State Health Plan that read, "Burn in hell, you sorry SOBs," according to multiple local news sources.   

BethAnn McLaughlin, PhD, the founder of #MeTooSTEM, left Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center July 8, Science reports.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order July 10 detailing plans to transform kidney care in the U.S.

Repealing the ACA could have several unexpected, more subtle effects beyond depriving 21 million people of health insurance, according to The New York Times.

In more than half of 110 CEO transitions consulting firm ghSMART helped companies with in the past two years, the "obvious" choice was not the person most likely to succeed in the role, leaders from ghSMART wrote in the Harvard Business Review.

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CEOs during the past month.

On June 11, Patrice A. Harris, MD, made history when she was sworn in as the first black female president of the American Medical Association. Here, she discusses the association's priorities, growth opportunities and leadership lessons she has learned.

UPMC Somerset (Pa.) appointed five leaders to its executive management group about five months after the former Somerset Hospital merged into the Pittsburgh-based UPMC system. 

Former Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker was appointed to the board of Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System amid a board-wide refresh, The Baltimore Sun reports.

Family members of two residents at Phoenix-based Hacienda HealthCare, which is under fire for issues including maggots and sexual assault, say media reports have sensationalized what is otherwise a high-quality long-term care facility.

President Donald Trump is expected to unveil a strategy to revamp the kidney care market, Politico reports.