Two hospitals set out to reduce maternal harm. Both have good clinicians, an analytics team and a quality committee. One joins a collaborative that hands it early benchmarking data, weekly working sessions with peers and a shared set of measures.…
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Jonathan Burke, DMD, has been selected as director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, effective Sept. 20. Dr. Burke currently serves as medical director of an oral and maxillofacial consulting firm in Philadelphia. He previously held an…
The American Dental Association is urging Congress to strengthen oversight of dental insurance markets while ensuring that fraud prevention and competition policies do not impose unnecessary burdens on independent dental practices. Six notes:
Most cancers still surface only after symptoms appear, often too late. Multi-cancer early detection promises to change that, and with a Medicare coverage pathway now established and employer and consumer demand rising, the executive conversation has shifted from whether MCED…
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Student placements touch far more of a health system than education does. Human resources, infection control, clinical leadership, supervisors and unit teams each carry a piece of them, and when responsibility is split that many ways, no one holds the…
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Steven Price, DDS, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiring to defraud D.C. Medicaid of $3.4 million. Dr. Price operated the Washington Smile Center. From January 2017 through March 2022, Dr. Price and a dental…
Behavioral health needs continue to rise, yet many individuals face challenges finding the right care at the right time. Join Becker’s Healthcare and Cigna Healthcare for a discussion on innovative strategies to improve access, engagement, and outcomes through personalized provider…
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Mark Baker, DDS, an oral surgeon of Oral Surgery Specialists of Idaho, has died, according to a Sept. 17 report from Idaho State Journal. Dr. Baker’s vehicle struck an elk around 9:27 p.m. on Monday. He died at the scene,…
Several dental companies were recently ranked among the best health technology companies in the World by Time. TIME partnered with Statista to create the “World’s Top HealthTech Companies of 2026” list, using metrics such as financial performance, reputation and online…
Julie Brann, DMD, has opened Braselton Endodontics in Braselton, Ga. The practice provides services including root canal therapy, endodontic retreatment, surgical endodontics, cracked tooth diagnosis and treatment, dental trauma management and CBCT 3D imaging, according to a Sept. 17 news…
