Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (Ark.), part of Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy, has expanded services through the opening of two specialty clinics: Mercy Oncology & Hematology – Fort Smith Tower West and Mercy Clinic Cardiology – Tower West. The clinic openings align…
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Hospital pharmacy teams have spent years mastering cost control. But as care shifts to outpatient settings and specialty and infusion therapies grow as a share of the formulary, medications are no longer just budget line items – they are potential…
Sep 23, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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- AJ Rivosecchi, PharmD, Director of Product, Bluesight
- Don Bladt, PharmD, Director of Inpatient Pharmacy Operations, Phoenix Children’s
- Sean Tingum, PharmD, Director of Infusion, Oncology, and Research Services, Essentia Health
- Ryan Anderson, PharmD, Pharmacy Manager, Supply Chain and Operations, VCU Health System
Adding chemotherapy to immunotherapy before surgery reduced tumor size more effectively than immunotherapy alone in patients with head and neck cancers, according to a study published Aug. 13 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Researchers at New York City-based Mount…
From chief financial officers to division chiefs, here are 85 cancer center leadership moves Becker’s has covered in 2026:
Princeton (W.Va.) Community Hospital, part of Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine, has appointed Mohammed Abdulhaleem, MD, director of medical oncology. The hospital also expanded its oncology team with the addition of Ashley Fleenor, PA-C, who has specialized in oncology care since…
The FDA has granted accelerated approval to Bristol Myers Squibb’s Zenbexus, the first FDA-approved cereblon E3 ligase modulator, or CELMoD, a new class of treatment for multiple myeloma. Zenbexus (iberdomide), in combination with daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj and dexamethasone, was approved…
Consider the arc. Paper charts gave way to electronic records, and electronic records got rich enough that data stopped being scarce. What did not change is that the work between departments still moves at the speed of someone remembering to…
Sep 9, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Sarah Galyon
- William A. Conrad, MD
Many finance teams have already pointed AI at the routine work — accelerating analysis, automating mundane tasks. While that progress is meaningful, it is also the smaller opportunity. The larger change is where finance spends its attention. When emerging trends…
Sep 29, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Frank Stevens, Chief Product Officer, Strata
- Josh Wiggins, Vice President of Product Management, Strata
Financial wellbeing isn’t adjacent to patient care, it’s embedded in it. A patient’s financial instability can predict recovery as powerfully as medication adherence, while a serious illness or forced early retirement can trigger a cascade of financial consequences that lasts…
Sep 16, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Surya Kolluri, Senior Vice President, Head of, TIAA Institute
- Marti DiLiema, Gerontologist and Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota School of Social Work
- Colin M. Pierce, CFP ®, CRPC ®, Senior Managing Director, Head of Healthcare Practice, TIAA Retirement Solutions
AI is already reshaping behavioral health care, from clinical documentation and scheduling to workforce and operational decisions. But as adoption accelerates, so do the stakes: patient privacy, informed consent, clinical oversight and the therapeutic relationship itself. The organizations getting this…
Sep 16, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Patricia Sylve, LPC-S, LCSW, Field Director, Behavioral Healthcare & Human Services Program Accreditation & Certification Operations, Joint Commission
- Andrea Leigh Yates, MBA RN CCRN, Field Director, Disease Specific Care and Health Care Staffing Services Programs Accreditation and Certification Operations, Joint Commission