In a viewpoint published Nov. 10 in Medscape, David Johnson, MD, chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, outlined four studies presented at the American College of Gastroenterology 2025 Annual Meeting in Phoenix,…
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From higher material costs to new tariffs, ASCs could face a new wave of supply chain pressures in 2026. Here are seven key things to know: 1. Medical supply chain costs are projected to rise 2.41% in 2026, up from…
When surgical operations span 13 hospitals, fragmentation shows up fast: misaligned metrics, inconsistent workflows, disconnected schedules and underused ORs. MultiCare Health System tackled this challenge systemwide with a new approach — one that enabled 3,200 additional surgical cases in one…
Dec 11, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago
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Chris Hunt, MBA, MSHA, BSN, RN, CSSM, NEA-BC
AVP of Perioperative Services, MultiCare Health System
Katrina Freitag, MN, RN
Nurse Manager, Surgical Services, MultiCare Covington Medical Center
Tiane Kneerim
Associate Director, Client Outcomes Manager, LeanTaaS
Certificate-of-need laws, which regulate the development of new healthcare facilities and equipment purchases, continue to evolve across the U.S., reshaping ASC markets. Here are seven states where CON laws have shifted in the last few years: Alabama: Alabama state Sen.…
Here are four leadership changes — including both arrivals and departures — at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in the past 20 days: 1. Alexis Mussi was appointed CEO of MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, part of HCA. Ms. Mussi most…
GLP-1 receptor agonists — the drug class that includes Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro — were linked to improved survival among colon cancer patients in a new observational study from UC San Diego. Researchers analyzed clinical data from more than 6,800…
Health systems are awash in data but real transformation only happens when people can actually use it. At Mayo Clinic, that means delivering curated, enterprise-wide analytics to over 8,000 leaders and managers. Join Mayo’s analytic leaders to walk through how…
Dec 10, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Kayla Deutsch
Director, Analytics, Mayo Clinic
Olivia Robles
Senior Manager, Analytics, Mayo Clinic
Rich Rodgers
Vice President, Product Management, Healthcare Analytics Oracle
CapsoVision, a medical device developer, submitted an application Nov. 6 to the FDA requesting breakthrough device designation for its CapsoCam UGI capsule, aimed at detecting early-stage pancreatic cancer. The device offers panoramic imaging of the upper gastrointestinal tract and enables…
Ascension’s recent bid to acquire AmSurg marks a defining moment in its shift toward outpatient care, a move leaders say is central to its future growth strategy. The transaction, reportedly valued at $3.9 billion and expected to close in late…
Racial disparities in obstetric anesthesia remain an issue in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom regardless of key differences in the two countries’ healthcare systems, according to analysis recently published in Anaesthesia. The analysis looked at data from 13,398,421…