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What health systems get wrong before modernizing physician and provider compensation

For many health systems, the push to modernize physician and provider compensation arrives before the organization is actually ready for it. Governance is informal. Stakeholders are misaligned. Compensation practices vary across the enterprise. And the result — delayed timelines, incomplete…

Jun 30, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT

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David Kruse, Vice President, Physician Enterprise, Hallmark
Michael Porcelli, Vice President Physician Compensation, Summit Health
Kevin Birnbaum, Vice President, Acuvance Coker

175 facilities with cell therapy accreditation

In the U.S., 168 healthcare organizations have received accreditation for immune effector cell therapy from the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy. An additional seven received standalone immune effector cell therapy accreditation, meaning the facilities operate outside of a…

MD Anderson receives $19M for cancer research

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has received more than $19 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. To date, CPRIT has given more than $4 billion in cancer research awards, of which MD Anderson…

Imaging meets the cloud: Five questions healthcare leaders should be asking now

Enterprise imaging is at a tipping point, and legacy infrastructure models are struggling to keep up. As imaging volumes surge and AI adoption accelerates, healthcare leaders must rethink how their platforms scale, secure data, and support clinical performance. This whitepaper…

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From hidden cost center to strategic asset: Rethinking language services

Healthcare organizations are under intensifying pressure to control operational costs without compromising patient experience or clinical outcomes. Language services sit directly inside that tension — often treated as a back-office expense, yet tied to patient access, throughput and care quality.…

Jun 23, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

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Neil Wallis
Emmanuel Chepkwony
Corey Bolt

The capacity problem hospitals can’t build their way out of

Hospitals are facing the same equation from every direction: expenses are rising faster than reimbursement, patient demand keeps climbing and the workforce to meet it is shrinking. The traditional response — add beds, hire more staff, build new towers —…

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In-clinic versus mail-in cervical cancer screening: Kaiser Permanente study

Seattle-based Kaiser Permanente Washington increased cervical cancer screening completion by 2.2 percentage points after launching a mail-in self-collection program, according to a study published May 20 in NEJM Catalyst. Here are five things to know from the study: Read the…

Memorial Sloan Kettering taps chief digital officer

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has appointed Shakeeb Akhter as chief digital officer. Mr. Akhter joins Memorial Sloan Kettering after serving as senior vice president and chief digital and information officer at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, according…

WVU, Michigan Medicine join world's 1st cancer trial of electric implant

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Cancer Institute and Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine are participating in the world’s first in-human phase 1 clinical trial of an electric implant for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The small, implantable device delivers chemotherapy directly into…

Baptist Health receives $100M for cancer care, research

Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida has received $100 million to advance cancer care, research, prevention, education and innovation. The donation is the single largest philanthropic gift in Baptist Health South Florida’s 66-year history, according to a May 20…