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Webinars AI in the healthcare contact center: What’s working, and what’s not

AI moved into the healthcare contact center fast, and the results have been uneven. Some organizations report real gains in efficiency, staff capacity and patient experience. Others never made it past the pilot or applied AI to problems it was…

Sep 23, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Presented by:

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Presenters:
  • Tara Aldridge, Director of Enablement, Vonage
  • Aamer Ahmed, MBA, VP & Chief Experience Officer, Tampa General Hospital
  • Philip Quick, Chief System Access Operations Officer, UChicago Medicine
  • Jesse Dodd, Director of Patient Access, University of Texas Medical Branch

Indiana University taps breast cancer leader 

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center has tapped Alastair Thompson, MD, as director of the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research. Dr. Thompson will also serve as associate director of translational research at the…

By: Elizabeth Gregerson

UNC Lineberger cancer center receives $20M gift 

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor.  The gift will support the cancer center’s Cellular Immunotherapy Program, according to an Aug. 6 news release from the University of North…

By: Elizabeth Gregerson

UCI Health to open inpatient cancer rehab unit

Irvine, Calif.-based UCI Health opened its 52-bed rehabilitation hospital, which will house the county’s first dedicated inpatient cancer rehab unit. The 68,000-square-foot freestanding UCI Health-Irvine Rehabilitation Hospital was developed through a joint venture partnership with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, according to an…

By: Mariah Taylor

FDA advisers to weigh cancer blood test

The FDA’s Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee will meet Sept. 23 to discuss and vote on Grail’s premarket approval application for its Galleri blood test, according to a notice published Aug. 10 in the…

By: Ella Jeffries

Webinars Closing the Gap to Evidence-Based Care: What Health Plans Can Do About the 17-Year OCD Diagnosis Delay

Your directory lists behavioral health clinicians. Whether a member with obsessive-compulsive disorder reaches one equipped to treat it is a separate question, and for OCD the correct diagnosis is often missed for years — a stretch during which that member…

Sep 9, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Presented by:

Presented by
Presenters:
  • Stephen Smith, Co-Founder & CEO, Noto and NOCD
  • Janice Rybicki, LPC, Senior Director, Client & Provider Success, NovaOne

FDA reverses course, approves melanoma therapy after 2 rejections

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to Tudriqev (vusolimogene oderparepvec-wtpg), a genetically modified oncolytic viral therapy for adults with unresectable advanced cutaneous melanoma whose disease progressed with a PD-1-blocking antibody-based regimen. Tudriqev is indicated in combination with nivolumab, according to…

By: Ella Jeffries

Geisinger opens cancer center 

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger opened a cancer center in Lewisburg, Pa., Aug. 6. The Geisinger Cancer Center Lewisburg will begin serving patients Aug. 10, according to an Aug. 7 news release from the health system. The facility has 12 exam rooms…

By: Elizabeth Gregerson

WVU names surgical oncology chief 

Morgantown-based West Virginia University School of Medicine has named Brian Boone, MD, division chief of surgical oncology.  Dr. Boone joined the division of surgical oncology in 2018 and was named a Benedum Distinguished Scholar in biosciences and health sciences in…

By: Elizabeth Gregerson
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