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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has enacted more than $1 trillion in Medicaid reductions over the next decade. As reimbursement tightens and patients arrive later with more advanced conditions, the cost of preventable, non-reimbursable infections is climbing. Waterborne pathogens…
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David Pierre
Director of Water Safety Programs LiquiTech ASSE 12080 Certified Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist
Jack Murphy
Vice President, Technology Solutions LiquiTech ASSE 12080 Certified Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist
Healthcare organizations are moving fast on AI — but many are hitting a more fundamental obstacle: their data is not ready to support it. Fragmented records, interoperability gaps and unreliable pipelines mean AI results can be inconsistent, hard to trust…
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Julie Smith
MSHI, NI-BC, CEN Head of Global Healthcare Market Strategy
For a growing share of members, the care journey now begins not with a nurse line or portal, but with AI. Conversational tools are stepping in before a clinician is involved, guiding symptom interpretation and next-step decisions. While this shift…
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Rachel French
Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, MD Live by Evernorth
New dental technologies, in particular AI, can help practices enhance the patient experience and improve trust if implemented correctly. The use of AI to confirm X-ray diagnoses and show patients exactly what is going on in their mouths is already…
Maine has enacted a bill that would expand the scope of practice for independent dental hygienists. LD 2030 aims to expand access to oral healthcare in the state by allowing independent hygienists to administer local anesthesia and nitrous oxide analgesia.…
The NYU Dentistry Oral Health Center for People with Disabilities has received a $5.48 million grant to improve access to care. The funding will support the addition of eight private treatment rooms for pediatric patients with disabilities, according to an…
Troy, Mich.-based Smile Partners USA has added a new partnership in Illinois. The organization partnered with Favia Family Dental in Arlington Heights, Ill., led by Joseph Favia, DDS, according to a recent LinkedIn post from Smile Partners USA. Favia Family…
DSOs have gained a largely negative reputation from patients and dentists due to various factors, including the involvement of private equity companies and claims of placing production above patient outcomes. Barry Lyon, DDS, director of provider recruiting and onboarding at…
The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine has launched a transfer agreement for dental hygiene graduates to continue their education. The dental school is offering graduates from a dental hygiene associate degree program at any community college in North…
Several dentists have begun leading new departments and organizations in recent weeks. Here are eight dentists who have been appointed to new leadership roles since March 3:
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