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Inside HonorHealth’s journey with AI-guided discharge planning

Creating inpatient capacity requires more than new technology. It requires rethinking how patient flow works day to day and aligning tools with how care teams actually operate. At HonorHealth, that has meant evolving how teams align on discharge plans, identify…

Sep 30, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

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Anthony Martinez, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, Clinical Director, HonorHealth
Lizandra Rubio, MSN, RN, CMSRN, Interim Network Director, Oncology Outpatient Operations, HonorHealth
Harold Peters, Executive Consultant - Transformation & Operations, HonorHealth
Jason Cohen, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Inpatient, Qventus

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Meet respiratory patients wherever they are

Get coverage in every care setting. Unpredictable respiratory trends and inefficient diagnostics put a strain on both outpatient and inpatient care. This guide explores how the BIOFIRE® Respiratory Solution empowers labs to deliver consistent, high-quality diagnostic results, wherever the patient…

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Nurses at Prime Illinois hospital seek union election

Registered nurses at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., have petitioned for a union election, according to a filing with the National Labor Relations Board. The National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United filed the petition Aug. 24 with the board’s…

Mount Sinai, Denver Health join AI trust coalition

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and Denver Health have joined PACT AI, a new coalition focused on building independent verification standards for artificial intelligence in healthcare and other industries. The Partnership for Assurance, Credibility and Trust on AI…

'Traditional solutions are no longer enough' to quell hospitals' workforce woes

The healthcare workforce crisis has been called urgent for years. What leaders across the country now describe is a problem that has moved past urgency into a breakdown across the pipeline, the employment relationship and the financial equation that has…

Hospital, physician groups urge CMS to pull back 2027 outpatient proposed rule

The comment period closed Aug. 31 for CMS’ CY 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center proposed rule, and healthcare groups laid out their objections in formal letters to the agency. The AHA, AAMC and AMGA each…

10 states with the longest, shortest workweeks

Louisiana has the longest average workweek in the U.S. at 36.5 hours, while Delaware has the shortest at 32.0 hours, according to an Aug. 31 LinkedIn post from WalletHub. The ranking draws on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data from…

Vandalia Health adds 17th hospital

Grafton (W.Va.) City Hospital has joined Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health, effective Sept. 1. The hospital will be renamed Vandalia Health Grafton Hospital, according to an Aug. 31 health system news release. The transition follows approval from the West Virginia Health…

Community and Clinical Workflow Insights for Hypertension Care: Part 1

In this episode, Aleah Johnson, Senior Program Lead, American Heart Association, and Jilyana Miklos, Community Health Director, YMCA Buffalo Niagara, discuss how the YMCA is supporting hypertension awareness through blood pressure kiosks, self-monitoring programs, education and community partnerships. They also…

Carlos Bohorquez on UC San Diego Health’s Growth Strategy and Financial Priorities

In this episode, Carlos Bohorquez, CFO, UC San Diego Health, discusses the system’s growth strategy, its Joint Powers Authority with Palomar Health and the financial challenges facing health systems, including HR1, 340B and potential site-neutral payments. He also shares how…