Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has received a $30 million gift to establish a new cancer center in Santa Cruz, Calif. The Jean and E. Floyd Kvamme Advanced Cancer Center, expected to open in 2030, is part of a larger $50…
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In 2024, Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s heart transplant team set a world record by performing 174 heart transplants. One of the leaders behind the record is Kelly Schlendorf, MD. She serves as medical director of Vanderbilt’s adult transplant program…
Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute had the lowest admission rate for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy of all prospective payment system-exempt cancer hospitals between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024. Eleven cancer hospitals are required to participate in the PPS-Exempt…
Stony Brook (N.Y.) Cancer Center has appointed Raymond Bergan, MD, as its new director. Dr. Bergan stepped into the role Aug. 1, according to a July 16 news release from Stony Brook University. He joins Stony Brook from Omaha-based University…
Hematologists and oncologists are the most in-demand physicians, according to an AMN Healthcare report, “2025 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” published Aug. 5. The staffing agency analyzed 1,420 permanent physician and advanced practitioner recruitment requests between April…
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The Knight Cancer Institute at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has received a $2 billion gift from Phil and Penny Knight. The gift will be used to establish a new cancer care delivery model, enabling the institute to accelerate…
Chicago-based CommonSpirit’s Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colo., has implemented real-time EMS-to-hospital communication technology to streamline and enhance cardiovascular care. The program utilizes a communication platform called Pulsara. The platform transmits patient data from EMS teams to Mercy Hospital emergency room…
Twenty-four of U.S. News & World Report’s’ 50 top heart hospitals earned a five-star quality rating from CMS in 2025. CMS publishes its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings annually. Star ratings reflect a hospital’s performance across five quality measures: mortality,…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals will design and integrate electronic patient-reported outcome tools within its Epic EHR as part of an initiative with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, according to a May 8 news release from the health system. In two recent…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC has appointed John Byrd, MD, as director of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Dr. Byrd will step into the role in November and also serve as associate vice chancellor for cancer affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, according…