This month, dental professionals spoke with Becker’s about growth strategies, macroeconomic challenges, legislative changes and more. Here is what five dental professionals told us in August: US Oral Surgery Management exec on M&A: ‘We’ve had to be even more disciplined’…
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Randall Walston has spent 35 years with ECU Health and now leads a single police department covering all nine of the system’s hospitals in eastern North Carolina — roughly 150 sworn officers responsible for every campus, satellite, and home health…
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- Shan Sinha, Co-Founder & CEO, Canopy
- Randall Walston, Police Chief, ECU Health
Connecticut has the highest annual median wage for orthodontists of any state, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In total, there were four states where the median wage for orthodontists was more than $350,000. Below are the…
Henderson, Nev.-based PDS Health opened nine de novo practices in seven states in August. Here are the integrated healthcare support organization’s newest practices: PDS Health supports more than 1,100 offices in 24 states, according to an email shared with Becker’s.
Researchers at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Eastman Institute for Oral Health received a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to develop an AI-powered platform designed to detect oral disease outside of traditional…
Bedside monitors produce waveforms, numerics and alarms faster than care teams can absorb them. Turning that stream into real-time insight is the challenge now facing AI in patient monitoring, and most organizations are not yet positioned to meet it. In…
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Dentistry doesn’t have an access problem or a workforce problem, according to a group dental leaders — it has a design problem. State practice acts, licensing requirements and credentialing rules were built for a version of dentistry that no longer…
AI is actively reshaping the dental market, opening new ways to rethink how revenue cycle work is structured and delivered. But technology alone does not guarantee stronger RCM performance. The greater opportunity for DSOs and dental groups is to pair…
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- Raju Siva, Chief AI Officer, Medusind
- Adam FitzGerald, SVP, Dental & Strategic Initiatives, Medusind
Landing the first job out of dental school can shape a new dentist’s entire career trajectory — for better or worse. The right role could lead to mentorship, confidence and a pathway to further career growth, while the wrong role…
Picture a prospective patient comparing different care options in a conversation with an artificial intelligence tool. She never types your system’s name, never lands on your service line page and never appears in your funnel. Two of your competitors are…
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- Claire Wirtanen, Associate Director, Paid Media, IQVIA Health System Solutions
- Anna Moore, Specialist, AI Solutions, IQVIA Health System Solutions