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The Competency Revolution: A Practical Model for Consistent Performance and Sustained Development

Workforce shortages, rising quality expectations and a Gen Z nursing workforce that often moves on within 30 months have exposed the limits of traditional skills-based assessment. Confirming that a task was completed no longer tells leaders whether a nurse can…

Sep 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Joel Ray, COL, USAF, NC, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Clinical Advisor, Laudio and StaffGarden by Ascend Learning
Larissa Africa, MBA, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN, Vice President, Healthcare Workforce Solutions, StaffGarden by Ascend Learning
Alicia Potolsky, DNP, RN, NE-BC, DipACLM, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, El Camino Health
Julie Balluck, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, System Chief Nursing Officer, Texas Health Resources

Top cancer hospitals by region, per US News

For the first time, U.S. News and World Report released regional rankings for four specialties, including cancer, alongside its 2026-2027 Best Hospitals rankings, published Aug. 4. “These new regional evaluations allow patients to easily identify which nearby, accessible hospitals excel…

Building a workforce strategy to outlast the physician shortage.

Most health systems know they have a physician shortage. Fewer realize how deep it runs. New data shows the shortage has been underreported, and the cost is landing squarely on the bottom line. Consider retention: only 18 percent of physicians…

Sep 17, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

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Melinda Giese, SVP, Enterprise Client Solutions, CHG Healthcare

American College of Surgeons launches rural cancer accreditation

The American College of Surgeons has developed an accreditation for rural hospitals that provide cancer care. Commission on Cancer Rural Cancer Program Accreditation aims to address the approximately 15% higher cancer death rate in rural communities compared to urban areas,…

Medicare pay cut sparks specialty battle over skin cancer care

Five Republican members of Congress have pressed CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reverse a roughly 75% Medicare payment cut tied to image-guided superficial radiation therapy, a skin cancer office-based treatment for less…

US News' top cancer hospitals

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson is the top-ranked cancer hospital in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-2027 ranking, published Aug. 4. MD Anderson has earned the top spot for the past 12 years. For its…

Spine positioning moves center stage: How 3 systems are reducing injury risk

Prolonged operative times and prone positioning make spine surgery one of the highest-risk settings for pressure and nerve injuries. The consequences land on patients, staff and margins alike. That risk is about to carry new accountability. Beginning in calendar year…

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Intermountain debuts new pancreatic cancer therapy

Grand Junction, Colo.-based Intermountain Health is now offering eligible patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer access to daraxonrasib, an investigational therapy that health system leaders said marks the first significant treatment advance for the disease in years, according to an Aug.…

An incoming 'tsunami' of cardiac dysfunction cases from chemotherapy

As the number of long-term cancer survivors grows, so does the number of patients with cardiac damage from chemotherapies and other cancer treatments, Medscape reported Aug. 3. Cardiac damage that can surface years after treatment is a well-known risk of…

Tennessee Oncology opens 33,000-square-foot medical center

A new cancer center providing medical oncology, radiation oncology and imaging services in Tullahoma, Tenn., opened Aug. 3. The operator, Nashville-based Tennessee Oncology, said Tullahoma Medical Center “expands access to advanced cancer treatments and diagnostic services, reducing the need for…