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Monday morning is when the cost of inconsistent patient access surfaces — unmet demand, backed-up calls, stretched staff and provider capacity that patients cannot reach. For specialty practices, access is no longer just an operational headache; it’s a growth lever.…

Oct 15, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

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  • Marie D’Aiuto, VP of Patient Access Innovation, Assort Health
  • Michael T. Rohmiller, M.D., Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Strategic Advisor, Assort Health

Children are 23 percent of the U.S. population, yet pediatrics drew just 8.1 percent of matched medical residents in 2025, down from 8.8 percent in 2021, according to the Children’s Hospital Association. For children’s hospitals, that shortfall becomes a daily…

Nov 11, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST

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Presenters:
  • Kristi McGowin, CNO and VP of Patient Care Services, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD)
  • Desiree Ritter, ACNO and interim CNO, Children’s Hospital of Los Angelas (CHLA)
  • Crystle Illa, Director of Talent Acquisition, Children’s Minnesota
  • Enderson Miranda, VP Strategic Accounts, AMN Healthcare

The Trump administration plans to put more than $100 million toward education programs for U.S. researchers in science, technology, engineering and math, Bloomberg reported Oct. 7. President Donald Trump will announce the initiative at an Oct. 8 White House summit,…

As mergers and acquisitions take the final months of 2026 by storm, two academic health systems recently moved to acquire community hospitals.  Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health System acquired Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System Oct. 1. The acquisition brought five hospitals…

Inpatient CDI has traditionally depended on disruptive retrospective queries, fragmented workflows, and clinicians revisiting the record days or weeks after discharge. What changes when context and documentation guidance arrive during the encounter, while the clinical context is still fresh? Health…

Oct 15, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

Presented by:

Presented by
Presenters:
  • Carlos Armando Aguilar, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, The Christ Hospital Health
  • Samuel Y Ash, MD, Chief Information Officer, South Shore Health
  • Jason Jobes, Senior Vice President of Solutions, Norwood

Lane Regional Medical Center in Zachary, La., will close its inpatient labor and delivery unit Oct. 11, according to an Oct. 7 hospital news release shared with Becker’s. The closure comes two months after the hospital eliminated 14 positions and…

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health has opened a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Bangor, Maine. Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Bangor treats patients recovering from strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic conditions, according to an Oct. 6…

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