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Building the workforce your health system will need in 2027

Healthcare organizations are projected to face about 1.9 million job openings each year through 2034, driven by growing demand and the need to replace workers leaving the field. For years, health systems have tackled workforce challenges one at a time…

Sep 29, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

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Andrea Derler, Ph.D., Principal of Research and Value, Visier
Madeline Laurano, Founder and Chief Analyst, Aptitude Research
David Hashemi, System Director - People Insights, CommonSpirit Health

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When the grid fails: Baton Rouge General’s case for full-facility backup power

During Hurricane Ida in 2021, FEMA reported 39 Louisiana medical facilities were running on generator power. Traditional emergency systems are built to carry only a fraction of a hospital’s operations and when an outage stretches from hours into days, that…

Oct 1, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

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Jim Barbour, VP, Utilities East, ERock
Frank Magee, Senior Manager, Business Operations, Entergy

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Kentucky private practice to close

Wesleyan Medical Practice in Owensboro, Ky. will close in December 2026 when its founder, Sara Doolin-Thompson, DNP, retires from private practice, according to a Facebook post from the practice. Ms. Doolin-Thompson, who opened the practice in July 2022, said the…

Can this specialty stay unified amid increased specialization?

The consolidation reshaping orthopedic surgery isn’t slowing subspecialization — it’s accelerating it. As solo and small-group practices disappear, surgeons gain partners who can absorb more specialized cases, reducing pressure to remain a generalist. Increased specialization could lead to improved patient…

As independent ASC ownership shrinks, are physicians' stakes worth more?

Fewer physicians hold equity in their ASCs than a decade ago. But for the ones who still do, that stake is worth more than ever. Physician ownership has always set ASCs apart from hospital-owned outpatient departments. It gives physician-owners a…

Physicians tend to befriend people like them: 6 survey findings

Physicians’ closest friends tend to mirror them, same life stage, similar socioeconomic background and shared political views, according to Medscape’s “Physician Friendships Report 2026,” published Aug. 25. Medscape surveyed 1,002 physicians across 20 specialties from March 5 to May 22.…

Cardiology’s looming workforce cliff: 8 new findings

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., but the workforce charged with treating it is aging, growing too slowly to keep pace with the population and leaning more heavily on international medical graduates to fill gaps…

How Kettering Health beat the benchmark on 30-day heart failure readmissions

Heart failure sends more patients back to the hospital within 30 days than almost any other condition, and CMS penalties follow close behind. Kettering Health set out to change that. Its clinical and administrative leaders partnered to redesign heart failure…

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Isaac Humphrey, Chief of Staff, Head Hospitalist, Kettering Health
Alina Joseph, MBA, Executive Director, Heart and Vascular, Kettering Health

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Extreme obesity not a barrier for bariatric surgery: 5 study findings

Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Metamor Institute found that extreme obesity does not preclude bariatric surgery, according to a study published Aug. 24 in Obesity. Here are five things to know: 1. Researchers headed by Vance Albaugh, MD, analyzed 1,262,454 bariatric…

The $10B fraud warning for ASC physicians

In a recently released white paper titled “The Nation’s Challenge to Combat Durable Medical Equipment Fraud in Medicare,” HHS Office of Inspector General details three fraud vectors it says are fueling Medicare’s crackdown on durable medical equipment suppliers. The report…