Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center has named three division chiefs within its department of internal medicine. All three appointees previously held interim chief roles for their respective divisions, according to an Aug. 12 news release from UNMC. Bryant England,…
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Patient wait times to receive first-course therapy after a cancer diagnosis grew by almost two weeks between 2012 and 2023, according to a study published Aug. 12 in JAMA Surgery. For the study, researchers from the University of California Los…
Robotic-assisted joint reconstruction has reshaped how surgeons plan and perform total joint procedures. Most of the attention goes to implant positioning and surgical precision. Far less goes to the operating room that has to support those procedures day after day.…
Sep 24, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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- James Germano, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Joint Reconstruction Specialist
- Tim Tzimas, President & CEO, Innovative Sterilization Technologies
Explore the often overlooked preanalytical factors that can impact urinalysis accuracy, from collection and transport to storage, preservation, and handling. This session reviews common causes of false-positive and false-negative results, current CLSI, EFLM, and ASM best practices, and practical strategies…
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Picture an inpatient room where the bedside nurse, virtual clinician, patient and operational leader are connected through a unified care environment, with virtual nursing extending the care team, AI-assisted safety monitoring supporting patients and clinicians, and digital technologies creating a…
Sep 28, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Mandy Richards, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Executive, Intermountain Health
A nationwide, evidence-based tobacco treatment program for cancer patients and survivors in the U.S. would save $12.32 billion in healthcare costs over 10 years, according to a study published July 14 in JCO Oncology Practice. Led by researchers from Houston-based…
Healthcare workforce strategy has become an enterprise issue. As healthcare organizations rely on increasingly varied workforce models, the external contracting infrastructure supporting that workforce often remains fragmented across labor categories, facilities, agencies, contracts, and regional labor markets, raising a question…
Sep 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Kevin Lewis, Senior Vice President, ProcureMed Alliance
- Jeff Niles, Executive Vice President, HWL
- Craig Hershovitz, Executive Vice President, ProcureMed Alliance
About 1 in 5 second-level appeals of denied anticancer medications in Medicare Part D were overturned, according to a study published July 23 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers analyzed 4,952 second-level appeals from 2020 to 2024. Here are four things…
Risk adjustment has traditionally lived downstream of the patient visit, reconstructed after the fact through chart review, queries and coding. This session explores what changes when documentation integrity becomes part of the clinical conversation itself, not a separate process layered…
Aug 19, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Eric Bricker, MD, Internal Medicine Physician and former Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Compass Professional Health Services
- Andrew Miner, MD, Chief Health Informatics Officer, Inova Health
- Padmanabhan Premkumar, MD, System Senior Vice President and President, Hartford HealthCare Medical Group and CEO of Integrated Care Partners
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health has received approval from the city to build an outpatient cancer treatment facility, according to an Aug. 11 report from The Wenatchee World. Construction on the project is expected to begin in December. The facility will…