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Innovating for inclusion: How health systems are rethinking language access

Health systems are under renewed pressure to embed equity across the patient journey. For non-English-speaking populations, language access is a critical piece but often underfunded, disconnected and reactive. At Intermountain Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network and LCMC Health, that’s changing.…

Dec 10, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM America/Chicago

Presented by:

Presenters

Dr. Toni Flowers

Corporate Chief Opportunity and Social Responsibility Officer LCMC Health

Joumana De Santiago

Director, Interpreter Services and Language Access Center Lehigh Valley Health Network

Carlos E. Martinez-Morales, BS, CMI, CHI, UT-CMLI-Spanish

Director, Language Services & Cultural Competence Intermountain Healthcare

Corey Bolt

Strategic Business Development Executive, Language Services AMN Healthcare

Patients with dementia face higher hazards in lumbar spine procedures: Study

Patients living with dementia experience a higher hazard for adverse events related to elective lumbar spine surgery, according to a recent study. “Clinical outcomes following elective lumbar spine surgery in patients living with dementia” was named as the 2025 Outstanding…

OnPoint Surgical names new chief commercial officer

OnPoint Surgical, an augmented reality and AI technology developer for spinal interventions, appointed Jeremy Laynor as chief commercial officer. Mr. Laynor has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in the medical device, software and health technology sectors, according…

Maxx Orthopedics earns FDA clearance for metaphyseal cone system

Orthopedic device company Maxx Orthopedics has received FDA clearance for its Freedom Metaphyseal Cone System. The system is used to address tibial bone defects, metaphyseal reconstruction, and other complex revision indications, according to a Nov. 15 news release from Maxx…

Onward's spinal cord stimulator cleared for at-home use

Onward’s Arc-Ex earned FDA 510(k) clearance for use at home, according to a Nov. 17 news release. The device is cleared for “use in conjunction with functional task practice in the clinic and take-home exercises in the home to improve…

Dr. Steve Zhou debuts Zavation Medical's new ALIF implant

Hanbing (Steve) Zhou, MD, of Orthopedic Associates of Hartford (Conn.) performed the first case using the Varisync ALIF NanoPrime system, according to a Nov. 15 news release. Zavation’s NanoPrime, which was launched on Nov. 14, is an implant material that…

2 leaders weigh in on pressure points in orthopedic value-based care

As more payers push orthopedic bundles, surgeons and health system leaders are being asked to improve outcomes at lower cost, all while navigating siloed workflows, tightening budgets and rising patient expectations. Orthopedic leaders say the biggest challenges lie not in…

From the desk of the CEO: The business case for physician well-being

Health systems are pursuing growth targets with an exhausted clinical workforce. Leaders from Jefferson Health, Henry Ford Health and Rush will make the executive case for physician well-being — not as a perk, but as a lever for retention, access…

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Presented by:

Presenters

Jim Gilligan

VP Health System and Group Partnerships, American Medical Association

Joseph G. Cacchione, MD, FACC, CEO

Jefferson Health

Steven Kalkanis, MD, EVP

Henry Ford Health; CEO, Henry Ford Medical Group and Henry Ford Hospital

Luis A. Garcia, MD, FACS, MBA, FACHE

President, RUSH Medical Group

Heather Farley, MD, MHCDS

VP of Professional Satisfaction, American Medical Association

Monument Health adds minimally invasive tendon pain treatment

Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health’s Orthopedic & Specialty Hospital has added a minimally invasive procedure for patients with chronic tendon pain. Primary care sports medicine physician Hollan Harper, DO, is using Tenex’s second-generation technology to treat conditions such as tennis…

NASS launches streaming platform

The North American Spine Society has launched a new streaming platform for spine education, replacing its previous pay-per-meeting model. The platform, called NASS Anytime, offers a subscription-based service with access to more than 100 hours of spine education, including surgical…