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From Access to Outcomes: One Healthcare Experience, Built for What’s Next

Disconnected systems don’t just slow operations, they create friction at every point of the patient journey and erode the staff experience over time. Many organizations have invested heavily in new tools. But when scheduling, communication, clinical workflows and follow-up care…

Jul 9, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago

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Gregory Hall

Chief Clinical Operations Officer Central Florida Healthcare

Jeff Gartland

Chief Executive Officer Relatient

Michael Palantoni

Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer athenahealth

Stanford Medicine treats 1st proton therapy patient with upright system

Radiation oncologists at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine have treated the first patient using its upright, compact proton therapy delivery system at the Stanford Medicine Cancer Center in Palo Alto, Calif. Physicians expect to treat the 7-year-old patient, who had a malignant…

GLP-1s and cancer: 6 things to know

As researchers continue studying GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro in a range of conditions beyond their approved uses, a growing body of evidence is pointing toward a meaningful role in cancer prevention and outcomes — with some of the…

Northwell opens wellness center for cancer patients

Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.-based Phelps Hospital, part of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, has opened a health and wellness center for cancer patients. The facility is donor-funded and located adjacent to the hospital’s infusion center, according to a May 27…

The overlooked vendor risk inside hospitals — what leaders need to know

Most hospitals’ vendor credentialing programs were built to protect clinical spaces, especially the operating room. But the operating room isn’t where most third-party personnel actually go. Environmental services, food and nutrition staff, biomedical technicians and facilities contractors move through patient…

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Hospice admission rates at 11 cancer hospitals

Among 11 cancer hospitals exempt from reporting to Medicare’s Inpatient Prospective Payment System, Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center had the highest hospice admission rates at 47.2% and 47%, respectively,…

North Carolina system breaks ground on cancer center

Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health has begun construction on the CaroMont Cancer Center, a 125,000-square-foot facility on the campus of CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia. Five things to know: 1. The project is part of a $200 million investment in…

UChicago clinical trial center receives $66M from NCI

The National Cancer Institute has awarded $66 million in funding to the University of Chicago to support clinical trial research. The six-year grant will support the NRG Oncology Statistics and Data Management Center, which currently has more than 100 active…

How AMC leaders are translating workforce and research into business value

Academic medical centers are facing a convergence of pressures: Medicaid cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, tightening NIH funding and labor costs that now represent 60% of total hospital expenses, up 5.6% in 2025. For many C-suites and…

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Moffitt division chief steps down from leadership role after research concerns raised

Elsa Flores, MD, has stepped down as division chief and associate center director of basic science at Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center. She will remain a senior member in the department of molecular oncology, according to a May 30 Tampa…

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