Shreveport, La.-based Ochsner LSU Health has opened its relocated Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Institute in Shreveport. The expanded clinic provides oral services including dental extractions, wisdom teeth removal, dental implants, facial cosmetic surgery, corrective jaw surgery and treatment of TMJ…
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Increased practice profitability and more favorable economic conditions predicted by experts is leading many investors to be optimistic about M&A activity for dentistry. Barry Lyon, DDS, dental director for Main Street Children’s Dentistry and Orthodontics and Dental Care Alliance, recently…
At NMHS, virtual nursing is an enterprise-wide model serving a 400-bed flagship hospital and seven community hospitals. With virtual nurses completing 90% of discharges and 70% of admissions, NMHS has proven what’s possible when digital care is built for frontline…
Jan 28, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Heather Wilf, MSN RN, CAVRN
Manager Virtual Care, North Mississippi Health Services
Marcia Murphy, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC, ANP-BC, NE-BC, CCRN, CPHQ
Chief Clinical Operations Officer, Vitalchat
Here are three dental leadership moves that have taken place since Dec. 2: 1. Dental membership platform Clerri appointed Jim Higgins as its next CEO. 2. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Imagen Dental Partners appointed Samantha Adams as its next COO. 3. Dual-specialty…
Effingham, Ill.-based Heartland Dental has selected Dentira as the enterprise lab management platform for its network of supported practices. The DSO will integrate the full Dentira lab suite, which will help its practices unify lab procurement, digital case routing, workflow…
A grand jury indicted a man in Atlanta who has been accused of performing cosmetic dental procedures without a dental license, according to a Dec. 11 report from WSB-TV 2 Atlanta. Brandon Dillard, who called himself a “top veneer specialist”…
Patient experience is no longer a “nice to have” — it’s a core driver of growth, retention and reimbursement. Yet many health systems are falling short due to one persistent barrier: data that is fragmented, inaccurate or untrusted. To meet…
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Inpatient care makes up just 7% of healthcare encounters but drives disproportionate costs and contributes to rising financial strain, even bankruptcy for patients. Low value care erodes hospital margins yet is difficult to define. Ardent Health launched a systemwide initiative…
Jan 21, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Susan Hughes
Vice President Case Management, Ardent
Mukul Mehra
Senior Physician Executive CDS, Premier’s Stanson Health
Petoskey-based North Central Michigan College has unanimously approved a dental hygiene degree, the school’s first for-credit dental offering. The three-year program will have one year of general education and introductory dental coursework and two years of classroom and clinical instruction,…
A dentist in Follansbee, W.Va., is planning to retire at the end of the year after more than 40 years of service, according to a Dec. 15 report from The Intelligencer. Michael Pipo, DDS, opened his first dental practice in…