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From Spreadsheets to Smart Systems: AI-Driven Visibility for the Procedural Patient Journey

Picture the morning huddle where someone asks where a patient stands and three people check three different places to answer. One opens a spreadsheet, one checks a whiteboard and one calls the coordinator who happens to know. Nobody is wrong,…

Oct 8, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

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Mauricio Garcia Jacques, MD, MPH, Founder & CEO, Raport Health · Practicing pain & anesthesia physician · Founder, ACHE Institute of Houston, Raport Inc

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4 breakthrough therapies pharmacy departments should prepare for now

Four therapies have reshaped the outlook across oncology and metabolic disease in recent months. Two have already won FDA approval: a first-of-its-kind breast cancer drug guided by blood-based mutation detection and the first targeted pill for pancreatic cancer. A third,…

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic taps medical group president

Joseph Teel, MD, has been appointed president of the Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Medical Group, effective Sept. 8. Dr. Teel joined Newton Square, Pa.-based Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic from Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, where he most recently served as chief of regional primary…

The margin crisis reshaping health systems: WVU Medicine's chief strategy officer weighs in

Health system margins have struggled throughout 2026, and the pressure shows no sign of easing. Rising costs and demographic shifts away from traditional profit centers now collide with newer threats: OBBBA-driven coverage reductions, rising payer denials, the accelerated outpatient shift…

Oct 8, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Christopher Kerns, CEO, Union Healthcare Insight
Eric Fontana, Chief Data Officer, Union Healthcare Insight
Ben Gerber, Chief Strategy Officer, WVU Medicine

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Yale New Haven Health names chief clinical officer

The former chief clinical officer of Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System, Daniel del Portal, MD, has been named executive vice president and CCO of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health. As Temple’s CCO and senior vice president of medical operations, Dr.…

BJC names former Centene VP to revenue cycle role

St. Louis-based BJC Health has named Cindy Keen vice president of revenue cycle business operations, according to a Sept. 8 post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Keen joins the health system after spending more than six years at Centene. She…

Healthcare cybersecurity group warns of vishing, domain impersonation

Health-ISAC has issued a threat bulletin warning that the ShinyHunters cybercrime group is running targeted voice phishing (aka vishing) campaigns and registering medical-themed impersonation domains to breach health sector organizations. The nonprofit cybersecurity information-sharing group said Sept. 3 it has…

Former PeaceHealth CFO joins system board of directors

Ric Magnuson, former interim executive vice president and CFO of Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, has joined the system’s board of directors, according to a Sept. 8 news release. Mr. Magnuson served in the interim role with PeaceHealth from June 2025 to…

UTHealth Houston names chief health innovation officer

Babatope Fatuyi, MD, has been named chief health innovation officer at UTHealth Houston. Dr. Fatuyi previously served as chief medical information officer at the academic health center. He announced the leadership transition in a Sept. 8 LinkedIn post. In the…

Mississippi health system rebrands

Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest Health has rebranded as Forrest, bringing its hospitals, clinics and other care sites under one unified name and visual identity. The health system unveiled the new brand Sept. 8, according to a news release. The new identity…