Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University at Buffalo have developed an AI tool to assess lung cancer patients’ risk of postoperative complications. The model combines clinical data, CT imaging and large language model-generated explanations to provide…
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Many DSOs have already invested in automation. Few have figured out how to manage it at scale. What worked across five locations often breaks at 50. As multi-site organizations grow, inconsistent workflows across patient and payer payment processes, limited visibility…
Jun 17, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
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Manu Chaudhry, DDS
Camie Worley
Haim Haviv, MBA
James Swan, MBA
Ray Caruso
The American Surgical Association has named B. Mark Evers, MD, director of Lexington-based University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, as president-elect. Dr. Evers will serve as the society’s president-elect for one year before assuming the presidency in 2027, according to…
Miami Beach, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center has opened the Irma and Norman Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center. The center more than triples the medical center’s cancer care capacity and will open to patients May 4, according to an April 27…
Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System will build a new cancer center, expected to open in 2028. The Cinelli Cancer Center will cost more than $150 million, according to an April 27 news release shared with Becker’s. The health system has…
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s credit rating was downgraded to “A2” from “A1” by Moody’s amid the construction of a new hospital tower. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on April 7 began construction on an estimated $1.68…
Controlled substance waste is one of the most overlooked cost centers in hospital pharmacy. Each waste event represents not just a lost dose, but lost nursing time, compliance overhead and real diversion risk. A recent multi-site study quantified the problem:…
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Matthew Gimbar, PharmD
Senior Associate Director, Pharmacy Operations, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences Syste
Paul Stranges, PharmD, MSHI, BCACP, AE-C, FCCP
Assistant Director, Opioid Stewardship & Drug Diversion, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
John Hertig, PharmD, MS, CPPS, FASHP, FFIP
Founder and President, Hertig Healthcare Advising
Across hospitals, patient flow challenges are playing out daily — delayed discharges, constrained capacity and growing pressure on emergency departments. These issues rarely start in one department. They reflect how effectively patients move across the entire system, from admission through…
Health system leaders weighing oncology research investments may be overlooking a core access issue: where patients can actually receive cutting-edge care. In a recent episode of the “Becker’s Healthcare Podcast,” Marwan Fakih, MD, division chief of GI medical oncology at…
Pharmacy is no longer a cost center defending its budget. It is an enterprise lever, and the executives running it are being asked to behave — and be staffed — accordingly. At the 2026 CPO Summit, the chief pharmacy officers…