On June 22, West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute opened the Melchiorre Cancer Center at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J. The cancer center cost $225 million, according to a June 23 news…
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Unprecedented growth creates unprecedented complexity. As Ochsner Health expanded to 47 hospitals across the Gulf South, medical device spend climbed 141% between 2018 and 2024 — and a growing share of procedural spend remained invisible to the teams managing it.…
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HHS has directed six of its agencies to reduce regulatory barriers associated with clinical trial research to accelerate pharmaceutical development in the U.S. The move — detailed in a road map called Operation TrailBlazer — comes as “a growing share…
Detroit-based Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute treated 15,754 new cancer cases in fiscal year 2025, marking a 47% increase in new cases since 2020. The increase marks the highest number of new cancer cases in a fiscal year in the…
The FDA approved 13 new immunotherapies in 2025, down from 22 approvals in 2024, according to the Cancer Research Institute “Cancer Immunotherapy Insights & Impact” report published June 1. The Cancer Research Institute tracks and analyzes FDA cancer immunotherapy approvals…
Smokers. Diabetic patients. Revision cases. Multilevel fusions. These are the patients where reliable fusion is hardest to achieve and where biologic selection carries the most weight. A clinical evidence review brings together more than 10 years of published literature and…
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The World Health Organization has redesignated Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer. Of the more than 800 WHO collaborating centres worldwide, St. Jude is the only collaborating centre dedicated to pediatric…
Most health systems can launch an AI pilot. Far fewer turn that early momentum into measurable, organization wide results. The first months after deployment are where it’s decided. Measurement choices, workflow friction and change management either embed AI into daily…
Jul 15, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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H. Jay Wisnicki, M.D.
Aaron Nye
Stephanie Lahr, MD, CHCIO, FACHDH
When Gundersen Health System and Bellin Health merged to form Emplify Health in 2025, training leaders faced a clear challenge: unify EHR education across two organizations and tens of thousands of clinicians without disrupting care. Their answer was a shift…
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Physician burnout continues to impact the overall sustainability of the U.S. healthcare system. In this paper, the American Medical Association (AMA) presents key findings from their 2025 national physician well-being survey. Findings include year-over-year national trends across key indicators such…
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