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In this episode, Kathleen Sanford, DBA, RN, FAAN, Senior EVP, Chief Nursing Officer, CommonSpirit Health, discusses improving nurse retention through virtual integrated care, nurse residency programs, career support and shared governance.
In this episode, Kathleen Sanford, DBA, RN, FAAN, Senior EVP, Chief Nursing Officer, CommonSpirit Health, discusses improving nurse retention through virtual integrated care, nurse residency programs, career support and shared governance.
Health system leaders face relentless pressure to deliver capital cost savings, eliminate equipment redundancy, and repeatedly defend replacement cycles. Yet they must often confront these challenges with incomplete data, siloed systems, and aging spreadsheet-based workflows. The result: purchasing decisions driven…
Oct 20, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
Presented by:
Presenters:
- Kelley Jacobsen, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain & Shared Services, Trimedx
- David Stevens, Vice President & GM, Clinical Asset Management, Trimedx
For too long, Medicare Advantage has rewarded plans for becoming better at documenting how sick their members are. The next era should reward them for demonstrating how much healthier they make their members. Medicare Advantage is now the dominant alternative…
Pam Stoyanoff, president and COO of Methodist Health System in Dallas, has shared plans to retire, effective Dec. 31, after nearly two decades with the health system. John Phillips has been promoted and will succeed Ms. Stoyanoff as executive vice…