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Regulated healthcare environments face constant pressure to keep patient access, registration, documentation, verification, reminders, and exception handling moving without adding administrative burden to frontline teams. In this session, we’ll explore how AI agents can support the “work behind the work”…

Jun 3, 2026 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM America/Chicago

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Joe Nieto

Senior Director, Health & Life Sciences, Element Blue

Elena Brache

VP, Delivery and Innovation Center US, DruidAI

Imagine a hospital where, in the hours after a critical incident, the response is structured and trauma-informed. Where clinicians don’t carry the “second victim” experience back into their next shift in silence. Where managers know what to say in the…

Jun 9, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM America/Chicago

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Wendy Renedo

Manager of Well-being and Resiliency Novant Health

Kimberly Johnson, PhD LMHC

The Emotional PPE Project

Jacinta Harman

LCSW and VP of Clinical Services Marvin Behavioral Health

Batesville, Ark.-based Lyon College School of Dental Medicine has partnered with Arkansas Children’s to support the hospital’s pediatric dental program. Lyon College will provide administrative oversight and faculty services to Arkansas Children’s dental program, while the hospital will provide clinical…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Straine has united its three operating companies, Straine Dental Consulting, Straine Dental Analytics and Straine Dental Management, under one brand.  The organization began by offering practice management services to dental practices and has grown into a DSO supporting…

Dental practice ownership and clinical care are evolving amid rising costs, student loan debt and insurance pressures.  For veteran clinicians, this means navigating a field that has become increasingly complex since graduating dental school. For prospective dental professionals, this means…

Nebraska Medicaid recipients are facing challenges with scheduling appointments as the number of participating dentists has declined, the Nebraska News Service reported May 6. Six notes:  1. Nebraska currently contracts with three companies to manage its Medicaid program: Molina Healthcare,…

Here are three updates on unlicensed dentistry cases since April: 1. Jazemen Lyons, 37, is facing several charges for allegedly practicing dentistry without a license. She allegedly owned and operated Smile Lounge in Shaker Heights, Ohio, from 2022 until 2025,…

Boca Raton, Fla.-based Sage Dental has partnered with Curaechoice to expand access to dental care to employees and their families. Curaechoice is a no-cost benefits program that offers medical, pharmacy, dental and vision coverage to self-insured employers. The partnership gives…

Walter Villanueva, DDS, the owner of Kidiatric Dental & Orthodontics in Chandler, Ariz., has been indicted on charges of failing to report the abuse of a pediatric patient at his practice.  In 2022, Dr. Villanueva met with the mother of…

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