New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery named Joel Press, MD, as physician-in-chief, and he began the role on May 1. Dr. Press, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, will play an important role in HSS’ future of non-operative musculoskeletal…
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Hospital operating margins closed out 2025 at an adjusted year-to-date rate of 1.3%, according to Kaufman Hall. At that threshold, a single operational inefficiency can quickly become a financial crisis. This on-demand session offers a data-driven look at where health…
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Kristin Russel
Chief Marketing Officer, symplr
Todd Jones
Director of Market Intelligence, symplr
AI-powered nursing workflows are helping nurses spend less time completing documentation, but time saved is only the beginning of the ROI story. In this KLAS-moderated webinar, nursing and health system leaders from Reid Health and Corewell Health will share what…
Jun 3, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Jill Sheipline, MSHI, BSN, RN
Vice President, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Corewell Health
Misti Foust-Cofield MHA, BSN, RN
Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, Reid Health
Mac Boyter
Research Director, KLAS
Denver-based Western Orthopaedics has experienced a data incident impacting patient information, according to a May 5 report from Claim Depot. In September 2025, an unauthorized third party accessed data from Western Orthopaedics’ system. The practice’s analysis of the incident concluded…
Picture the OR board on a typical Monday — blocks held but underused, cases running late, add-ons pushing the schedule past prime time. Many hospitals recognize the pattern. Few have made durable changes to break it. The physician executives in…
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Matthew K. Tsuei, MD, FACS
President, Central Carolina Surgery; Former Chair, Surgical Services Executive Committee, Cone Health
Charles Harr, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, WakeMed
Ihab Dorotta, MD
Chief of Quality and Patient Safety and Chief of Clinical Operations, Loma Linda University Health
Spine robots have advanced significantly, especially with pedicle screw placement and surgical preplanning. However they’ve also hit a wall in some efficiency, cost and the roles they play in the OR. Spine surgeons discuss what evolutions are needed, including the…
Wayne Sebastianelli, MD, a sports medicine leader with University Park, Pa.-based The Pennsylvania State University, died at 68. Dr. Sebastianelli died May 4, and he served as director of athletic medicine for more than 30 years, according to a statement…
HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center in Phoenix has added awake spine surgery, according to a May 4 feature from the health system. Surgeons with the hospital used awake spine surgery for an L4-L5 transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. They used spinal…
GLP-1 utilization is climbing and so are the costs. For payers and employers, the instinct is to restrict access, layer on prior authorizations and focus narrowly on pharmacy spend. The problem with that approach is it often backfires. Members discontinue…
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Jennifer Jones, MSM, RD, CSOWM
Director of Clinical Solutions, Noom Health
Globus Medical CEO Keith Pfeil made $4.4 million in 2025, according to the company’s April 24 Securities and Exchange Commission proxy filing. Compensation packages for executives include salary, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive plan compensation, bonuses and other pay. Here…