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When clinicians don’t trust clinical decision-support tools, they don’t just ignore them. They spend extra time verifying and correcting AI-generated recommendations undermining productivity and compromising the very quality-of-care gains these tools are meant to deliver. At Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting,…

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Real-time medication price transparency is no longer a someday ambition. As of 2025, 75 percent of hospitals had integrated real-time prescription benefit information for at least some payers, according to federal and CMS has required Medicare Part D plans to…

Jun 16-Jul 16, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT

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Christie Callahan

Lauren Hackenberg

Most AI implementations don’t fail because of the technology. They fail because organizations focus on deployment instead of behavior change. Clinicians don’t resist innovation — they resist disruption that doesn’t clearly improve patient care or make their day easier. In…

Jul 30, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

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Matthew Brown

Dr. Layla Lohmann

Boston orthopedic surgeon Sarav Shah, MD, is among the first physicians in the U.S. to use Advita Ortho’s Equinoxe scapula reconstruction system. The system is designed to treat fractures of the acromion and scapular spine, shoulder blade injuries that can…

The first patient worldwide has received Spinal Alignment Solutions’ PI-Rod spinal fixation system, the company said in a June 9 release shared with Becker’s. Micah Smith, MD, performed the procedure in Fort Wayne, Ind. The PI-Rod system features pre-contoured spinal…

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons applauded the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health for advancing the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, bipartisan legislation intended to reform prior authorization in Medicare Advantage. The bill would establish…

Somers Point, N.J.-based Shore Medical Center has become the first hospital in New Jersey to offer the Velys active robotic assistance platform for spine surgery. The platform pairs robotic assistance with navigation technology to support surgeons performing back and neck…

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based DISC Surgery Center at Palm Beach opened June 25 and is providing outpatient spine, orthopedic and interventional pain procedures.  Jason Cuéllar, MD, PhD, founding surgeon and medical director of the center, performed the first procedure that…

St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare will open a $194 million expansion at its Plaza campus June 29, adding more than 225,000 square feet of clinical space, according to a June 9 West Central Tribune report. The expansion adds space for orthopedics,…

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