Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Children's Hospital Colorado Puts Blame On Doctors For Refusing Trans Care To Minors
The Colorado Sun: Children's Hospital Colorado Pleads Not Guilty To Contempt Allegation
Children’s Hospital Colorado on Monday pleaded not guilty to allegations it has violated a court order to resume gender-affirming care for transgender youth. (Ingold, 7/20)
More healthcare industry developments —
Healthcare Dive: Clover Health Hit With Data Breach
On July 4, Clover discovered that a hacker had broken into the accounts of three employees and could have accessed members’ personal and protected health information. (Parduhn, 7/20)
The New York Times: ‘Too Rare To Care’? A New Center For Rare Diseases Hopes To Change That
Without fail, David Liu of the Broad Institute gets at least 20 messages every week from desperate parents. Their child, they’ll explain, has an ultrarare and devastating disorder caused by a mutant gene. Can he help them develop a gene therapy? (Kolata, 7/21)
Jacksonville Daily Record: City’s First Four-Year Medical School Opens At Jacksonville University
After a $50 million investment into an Arlington campus, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine opened Jacksonville’s first medical school on Friday. LECOM, which built its campus at Jacksonville University, hosted a ribbon-cutting to open its doors to around 75 students in osteopathic medicine, a field that focuses on whole-body care and preventive medicine. (Lister, 7/20)
NPR: With Healthcare Jobs Hot, College Men Are Choosing Nursing
Men are largely missing out on one of the hottest professions in the U.S. right now: nursing. For registered nurses alone, the Labor Department projects there will be 189,000 job openings each year for the next decade. But only 1 in 8 nurses are men. There have long been efforts to rewrite the script around nursing — to push back on the idea that it's women's work. Now, the economy is helping, too. (Hsu, 7/21)
In obituaries —
Modern Healthcare: Philanthropist Denny Sanford Dies At 90
Denny Sanford, the philanthropist who donated billions of dollars to the healthcare industry including his namesake Sanford Health, died Saturday. He was 90. (Kacik, 7/20)
