Public safety retirees in Arizona now have access to broader cancer insurance benefits through a state law clarifying eligibility. Eligible retirees include former firefighters, law enforcement officers and corrections officers. The legislation passed in the spring, but the changes were…
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Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health has opened an outpatient hospital for patients with cancer and blood disorders in Wilmington, Del. The Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer and Blood Disorders Outpatient Services and Day Hospital is more than five…
Radiologists at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., have adopted AI technology to detect breast cancer earlier and more accurately. The hospital has used an AI algorithm developed by ICAD for about a year to analyze mammograms alongside human…
University of Chicago Medicine has extended its research partnership with the biopharmaceutical company AbbVie through 2027. The partnership was established in 2016 and focuses on accelerating outcomes for cancer patients through translational and clinical research, according to a Dec. 17…
Flemington, N.J.-based Hunterdon Health began a major renovation of its cancer center on Dec. 23. The Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center will remain fully operational throughout the project, which is expected to be completed in 2027. The project marks the second…
For Billy Laing, CFO of City of Hope Cancer Center Phoenix, the path to successful healthcare growth starts in the boardroom and runs through the physician’s office. “Your physicians are your heartbeat,” Mr. Laing told Becker’s. “I think some organizations…
ICU admission rates declined for adult CAR-T cell therapy patients at eight U.S. cancer centers between January 2018 and September 2023, according to a study published Dec. 30 in Critical Care Medicine. Here are three notes from the study: Read…
Incidence and mortality from uterine and colorectal cancers has increased globally among young adults, particularly in countries with higher Human Development Index scores, according to a study published Nov. 14 in Military Medical Research. For the study, researchers from Somerville,…
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network has joined the Tempus TIME Network, an AI-enabled platform designed to accelerate patient access to cancer clinical trials. The program will enable Allegheny Health Network to reduce the traditional clinical trial enrollment process from six months…
Musician Taylor Swift has donated to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville to support its greatest needs, along with an additional gift to its Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program. Ms. Swift’s donation will help the hospital respond to…