Glendale Heights (Ill.) Family Dental has temporarily closed its doors after a driver crashed their vehicle into the practice’s lobby, The Daily Herald reported Nov. 6. The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. local time Nov. 5, when the practice…
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Acute pain management remains fragmented across hospitals and departments. Protocols vary by unit. Teams operate in silos. Nonopioid options are underused. Patients fall through the cracks — especially during transitions of care. Without a coordinated approach, health systems face higher…
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A panel of dentists, lawmakers and public health professionals met Nov. 5 to discuss ways to improve the state’s workforce shortages, Spectrum News reported Nov. 5. Five notes: 1. The panel discussed several methods to address the shortages, including incentivizing…
Here are seven dental industry acquisitions Becker’s reported on in October: 1. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Dental365 acquired Van Buren Dental in Kettering, Ohio. 2. Atlanta-based Providence Dental Partners acquired The Dental Center of Atlanta. 3. A Heartland Dental property…
From practice openings to new laws, here are six updates happening in California’s dental industry, as reported by Becker’s since Oct. 3:
A retail property in Sharpsburg, Ga., that includes a Heartland Dental practice has been sold for $26.9 million, according to a Nov. 4 report from REBusiness Online. Other tenants at the shopping center include Publix, Jersey Mike’s, Dave’s Hot Chicken,…
Mercy, a 55-hospital system based in St. Louis, set out to overhaul shift coverage and reduce reliance on premium labor. Four years later, it has built a scalable workforce model that increases flexibility, fill rates and staff satisfaction. So far,…
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A Missouri judge has awarded nearly $9.5 million to patients of a former dentist who unexpectedly closed his practice in 2024, Fox 4 reported Nov. 5. Brian Jenkins, DDS, closed his practice in May 2024 due to “unforeseen circumstances.” According…
Health systems don’t have the luxury of building their way out of capacity constraints. WakeMed didn’t — and still boosted prime-time surgical access and throughput by double digits. In this session, WakeMed’s Chief Medical Officer Charles Harr, MD, shares how…
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Charles D. Harr, MD, MBA
Rear Admiral, MC, SHCE (Ret.), CMO/Executive Healthcare Strategist, WakeMed Health
Washington, D.C., currently has the lowest number of dental professional shortage areas, according to new data from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The HRSA updated its dashboard showing data on health workforce shortage areas Nov. 4. Here are the…