Healthcare leaders have long debated what will reshape orthopedic surgery. Robotics. AI. Navigation systems. Endoscopic procedures. The assumption has been straightforward: the organizations that adopt new technologies the fastest will gain the greatest advantage. But during a panel discussion at…
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Most health systems can launch an AI pilot. Far fewer turn that early momentum into measurable, organization wide results. The first months after deployment are where it’s decided. Measurement choices, workflow friction and change management either embed AI into daily…
Jul 15, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- H. Jay Wisnicki, M.D., Medical Director, Union Square Eye Center
- Aaron Nye, Chief Operations Officer, Connect America
- Stephanie Lahr, MD, CHCIO, FACHDH, Chief Medical Information Officer, IntelePeer
When Gundersen Health System and Bellin Health merged to form Emplify Health in 2025, training leaders faced a clear challenge: unify EHR education across two organizations and tens of thousands of clinicians without disrupting care. Their answer was a shift…
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Innovation rarely fails because the technology falls short. More often, it fails because organizations underestimate what it takes to adopt it. Michael Gallizzi, MD, a robotic and endoscopic spine surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., has spent years…
For decades, spine surgery has largely operated on a straightforward premise: identify the problem and fix it. If an MRI showed spinal stenosis, instability, deformity and degeneration, the goal was often to address as much of the pathology as possible.…
Global medical technology company Advita Ortho presented nine scientific studies at the 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery in Matsuyama, Japan, highlighting research on AI-generated shoulder digital twins, automated surgical planning and navigation technologies…
SmartTrak, a business and market insights company in the orthopedic medtech space, has launched SmartTarget, a physician-level sales targeting solution integrated into its market intelligence platform. The offering combines all-payer procedure volume data with SmartTrak’s analyst-backed market intelligence, allowing commercial…
Physician burnout continues to impact the overall sustainability of the U.S. healthcare system. In this paper, the American Medical Association (AMA) presents key findings from their 2025 national physician well-being survey. Findings include year-over-year national trends across key indicators such…
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Women’s health is too often treated as a narrow benefit category, defined by maternity and annual screenings. The result is a system in which underdiagnosis is the norm, not the exception. For every one woman diagnosed with a serious condition,…
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Filling an open physician role costs more than $500,000. Yet only 39% of healthcare organizations have a formal retention policy and most aren’t using retirement benefits as the differentiator they could be. The problem is that traditional 401(k) plans offer…
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