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Every health system is being asked to make decisions about AI. Few leaders have the context they would like to guide those decisions. Fewer have had the chance to hear from the people who actually build it: How does a…
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What 105 healthcare leaders say about the returns on outpatient growth—and what it takes to realize them Health systems and medical groups have shifted capital from inpatient facilities to ambulatory care, increasingly counting on outpatient growth to strengthen margins. But…
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Enterprise server prices are up 8-5%, RAM-heavy builds are up 15-25%, and SSD lead times now run three to six months. That repricing has landed in the middle of a planning cycle already complicated by AI. Next-generation GPU racks draw…
An AI investment that saves FTEs is easy to defend. One that improves patient safety, clinician satisfaction or access to care is harder to put in front of a finance committee. One health system addressed this by naming both. Green…
Tulsa-based Advanced Orthopedics of Oklahoma added Christopher Price, DO, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in foot and ankle reconstruction. to its orthopedic team. His clinical interests include fracture care, sports-related injuries, joint replacement and complex foot and ankle reconstruction, and his…
A standardized postoperative order set significantly reduced unnecessary paging between pediatric, orthopedic and nursing teams caring for children after spinal fusion surgery for idiopathic scoliosis, according to a Sept. 2 study published in Cureus. Researchers at Park Ridge, Ill.-based Advocate…
Golden, Colo.-based Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center added five physicians who will begin seeing patients in September. The additions bring the practice to 41 physicians across four clinical locations, according to a news release from the organization. Jacob Hartline, MD,…
Orlando (Fla.) Health launched the Orlando Health Spine Center in the Tampa (Fla.) Bay area Sept. 1. The multidisciplinary program brings together orthopedic, neurosurgical and pain management physicians to diagnose and treat patients with back and spine concerns, according to…
Medtronic’s Infuse Bone Graft for TLIF will qualify for a Medicare New Technology Add-on Payment effective Oct. 1. CMS granted the add-on payment for Infuse, according to a Sept. 2 news release from the company. NTAP status is a Medicare…
Spine surgeons told Becker’s that insurers are increasingly asking for the exact graft and implant names planned for surgery before approving some spinal fusions, on top of level-by-level coding, imaging and proof of failed conservative treatment. Getting a fusion approved…
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Separating AI Hype from Impact: Repeatable Outcomes and ROI When AI Understands Full Patient Complexity
Presenters: Kalie Dove-Maguire, MD, EvidentlyDavid Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, FACEP, University of Maryland Medical CenterJames M. Blum, MD, CDH-E, University of IowaSpencer Dorn MD, MPH, MHA, UNC Faculty Physicians, UNC Health
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