Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute had the lowest admission rate for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy of all prospective payment system-exempt cancer hospitals between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024. Eleven cancer hospitals are required to participate in the PPS-Exempt…
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Stony Brook (N.Y.) Cancer Center has appointed Raymond Bergan, MD, as its new director. Dr. Bergan stepped into the role Aug. 1, according to a July 16 news release from Stony Brook University. He joins Stony Brook from Omaha-based University…
Hematologists and oncologists are the most in-demand physicians, according to an AMN Healthcare report, “2025 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” published Aug. 5. The staffing agency analyzed 1,420 permanent physician and advanced practitioner recruitment requests between April…
The Knight Cancer Institute at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has received a $2 billion gift from Phil and Penny Knight. The gift will be used to establish a new cancer care delivery model, enabling the institute to accelerate…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals will design and integrate electronic patient-reported outcome tools within its Epic EHR as part of an initiative with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, according to a May 8 news release from the health system. In two recent…
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Pittsburgh-based UPMC has appointed John Byrd, MD, as director of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Dr. Byrd will step into the role in November and also serve as associate vice chancellor for cancer affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, according…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health doubled its rate of early-stage lung cancer diagnoses after implementing an AI-powered tracking tool within its Epic EHR. The tool has led to more than 70% of all lung cancer diagnoses to occur during stage 1…
Radiation therapy may account for half of all new cancers among the growing population of childhood cancer survivors, according to a study published Aug. 11 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. For the study, researchers from Duarte, Calif.-based City of…
Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded up to $28 million to develop an adaptive clinical trial targeting metastatic breast cancer. The trial is part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s Advanced…
An NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst (N.Y). team recently performed the system’s first stereotactic radiosurgery treatment using Varian’s TrueBeam linear accelerator. The hospital’s linear accelerator was funded by former Queens borough president Sharon Lee, according to a July 21 news release…