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This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience.  At many infusion centers, nurse schedules are built on tradition rather than data, leaving teams stretched thin on busy days and overstaffed on slow ones. As patient volumes rise…

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  • Amanda Carbray, Clinic Operations Manager, Hartford HealthCare
  • Betsy Hlavac, Clinical Operations Manager, Ambulatory Infusion & Medical Oncology, Hartford HealthCare

Utilization review teams face a constant squeeze: manual EHR searches for clinical documentation slow admission and appeal processes, introduce errors and raise denial risk — all while revenue hangs in the balance. Stormont Vail Health confronted these inefficiencies directly. By…

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  • Chad Yeager, RN, MSN, VP of Quality and Population Health, Stormont Vail Health
  • Brianna Brown, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, CCDS, Director of Clinical Performance, Stormont Vail Health
  • Sri V. Suravarapu, MD, MPH, CPE, CHCQM-PHYADV, Medical Director of Utilization Review / Clinical Appeals, Stormont Vail Health

Despite time-outs and standard protocols, positioning-related nerve and pressure injuries continue to occur in spine surgery. They tend to strike where teams least expect them — in high-complexity cases, in prone and lateral positions, and in patients whose risk was…

Aug 25, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

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  • Jen Anzalone MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSL, NPD-BC, NE-BC, Perioperative Consultant and Surgical Services Nurse Manager, J. Anzalone Consulting

Orthopedic surgery is the first medical specialty to average more than $600,000 in annual pay, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2026.“ The report is based on responses from 5,916 physicians surveyed from Sept. 5 to Dec. 17, 2025. Five…

An early multicenter study evaluated Eminent Spine’s FDA 510(k)-cleared 3D-printed titanium pedicle screw in 33 patients undergoing spinal procedures. The study included patients treated from July 2025 to the present for conditions including loose pedicle screws, pseudoarthrosis, cervical-thoracic kyphosis, thoraco-lumbar…

The Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine dedicated the Bill and Lois Dolin Distinguished Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery during a July 22 ceremony. It is the first endowed chair in the school’s history. The $1 million…

An observational study published in Biomedicines evaluated 117 patients who received one to three applications of cryopreserved human umbilical cord tissue allografts for thoracic and lumbar paraspinal muscle and entheses defects. The study, which included patients across 11 clinics with…

Leawood, Kan.-based Kansas City Orthopedic Alliance has appointed Shawna Haggerty as chief operating officer, according to a July 23 Linkedin post. Ms. Haggerty joined the independent orthopedic practice after serving as assistant vice president of operations at Dallas-based HCA Surgery…

Orthopedic medtech company DePuy Synthes is investing about $350,000 to build an orthopedic education and training center in downtown Rochester, Minn., to support Mayo Clinic staff using the company’s technologies, according to a July 23 Post Bulletin report.  The 2,600-square-foot…

Omaha, Neb.-based Sequel Ortho is treating AI less as a technology project and more as an access and capacity strategy, according to John Bring, the organization’s vice president of clinical innovation and performance. Mr. Bring recently spoke with Becker’s to…

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