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Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health has received a 2026 Best Practices Award from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists for a program that reorganized pharmacists into a single population health team and assigned one to each primary care practice. Cone Health…
The Rural Health Transformation Program represents a significant opportunity for rural healthcare, but leaders are navigating different perspectives on what the funding can realistically accomplish. Some see a once-in-a-generation catalyst; others question how far a time-limited investment can go in…
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- David "Andrew" Porter, DMSc, MSM, PA-C, EM-CAQ, CHFP, Chief Executive Officer, Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant, Wayne General Hospital
- Priya V. Kumar, MD, MHCM, FSCAI, Vice President Medical Affairs & Chief Medical Officer, Self Regional Healthcare
- Dr. Nirmala Kishun‑jit, Senior Vice President Population Health, MCR Health
- Joe Ganley, Vice President Government and Regulatory Affairs, athenahealth
- Ronald J. Woita, DNP, MBA HM, RN, CENP, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Sky Lakes Medical Center
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