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The 3-Part Communication Model to Build Trust and Boost Engagement

In times of stress or transformation, open and honest communication becomes the cornerstone of team cohesion, collaboration, and trust. This session examines the real risks of poor communication and outlines a clear, practical path toward transparency, consistency, and openness at…

Oct 22, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT

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Alberto Hazan, MD, MBA, s the Senior Vice President of Envision Physician Services for the West Division and has been a practicing emergency physician for more than 18 years. He is the author of over 40 medical articles and seven novels, including Dr. Vigilante, the #1 bestselling medical thriller soon to be adapted into a television series.

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Observation care — What, why, who and for how long

Observation care is underused, inconsistently applied and frequently misunderstood — but it has a major role to play in reducing unnecessary inpatient admissions and controlling national health expenditures. This whitepaper explores how properly implemented observation care can support payer-provider alignment,…

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Marshall University to launch anesthesiology residency program

The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in Huntington, W.Va., has received initial accreditation to create a new anesthesiology residency program. The program will provide clinical training in anesthesiology, including perioperative medicine, critical care, airway management, pain control…

Ascension narrows operating loss as it pursues ASC expansion

St. Louis-based Ascension, which signed a definitive agreement on June 17 to acquire ASC operator AmSurg, reported a fiscal 2025 operating loss of $490.9 million (a -1.6% operating margin), a significant improvement from its $1.8 billion loss (-6.3% margin) the…

CRC among younger adults: Where the problem stands and where it's going next

Colorectal cancer incidence among younger adults is climbing rapidly, creating an urgent public health challenge. U.S. CRC cases in people under 50 have risen about 2% per year since 2011, and younger patients are more likely to present with aggressive,…

Keeping GI care local in an era of consolidation

Benjamin Levy III, MD, a gastroenterologist at University of Chicago Medicine, joined Becker’s to discuss strategies to keep patient care high-quality and local while GI consolidation picks up. Editor’s note: This interview was edited lightly for clarity and length. Question:…

Tenet opens new Florida hospital & 3 more updates

Here are four recent updates from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International: 1. Tenet opened a new 54-bed hospital in Port St. Lucie, Fla., on Sept. 4. Florida Coast Medical Center is the sixth…

How ASCs can keep anesthesia sustainable

Amid mounting reimbursement pressures and rising operational costs, ASC leaders are looking to models for managing anesthesia costs and staffing that will sustain them into the future. Peter Bravos, MD, chief medical officer of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s surgery center…

Maine hospital adds pediatric gastroenterologist

Pediatric gastroenterologist Justin DeVito, DO, has joined Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Dr. DeVito has clinical interests in inflammatory bowel disease and eosinophilic esophagitis, according to a Sept. 18 system news release. He previously served as a…

Vandalia Health taps cardiologist

Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health has added Mina Shnoda, MD, to its cardiovascular team. Dr. Shnoda previously trained and taught at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, and completed his internal medicine residency at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, according to…