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How Hartford HealthCare aligns infusion nurse schedules with real patient demand

This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience. At many infusion centers, nurse schedules are built on tradition rather than data, leaving teams stretched thin on busy days and overstaffed on slow ones. As patient volumes rise…

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Amanda Carbray, Clinic Operations Manager, Hartford HealthCare
Betsy Hlavac, Clinical Operations Manager, Ambulatory Infusion & Medical Oncology, Hartford HealthCare

9 dentists making headlines

Here are nine dentists who have made headlines in the last week:

Federal bill would establish patient safety standards for teledentistry

Rep. Brian Babin, DDS, R-Texas, recently introduced the Oversight of Responsible Teledentistry for Healthy Outcomes Act, which would require patients to receive an in-person dental examination before most orthodontic treatment can be initiated through teledentistry. HR 9829 also requires an…

With $125M in growth capital, Smile Doctors is ready for the 'now' era

Dallas-based Smile Doctors is entering its next phase of growth with $125 million in capital, a new CFO and plans to capitalize on the adult orthodontic market. The orthodontic support organization outperformed its growth plan in the first half of…

How Stormont Vail Health rebuilt utilization review to protect revenue

Utilization review teams face a constant squeeze: manual EHR searches for clinical documentation slow admission and appeal processes, introduce errors and raise denial risk — all while revenue hangs in the balance. Stormont Vail Health confronted these inefficiencies directly. By…

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Chad Yeager, RN, MSN, VP of Quality and Population Health, Stormont Vail Health
Brianna Brown, MSN, BSN, RN-BC, CCDS, Director of Clinical Performance, Stormont Vail Health
Sri V. Suravarapu, MD, MPH, CPE, CHCQM-PHYADV, Medical Director of Utilization Review / Clinical Appeals, Stormont Vail Health

Why positioning injuries still happen in spine cases that follow the rules

Despite time-outs and standard protocols, positioning-related nerve and pressure injuries continue to occur in spine surgery. They tend to strike where teams least expect them — in high-complexity cases, in prone and lateral positions, and in patients whose risk was…

Aug 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Jen Anzalone MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSL, NPD-BC, NE-BC, Perioperative Consultant and Surgical Services Nurse Manager, J. Anzalone Consulting

Virtual dental platform rebrands, focuses on medical-dental integration

Los Angeles-based Dentulu, a virtual dental care platform, is rebranding to Dentulu Integrated Health, integrating dentistry, medicine, diagnostics and preventive health services. Under the new brand, the company is expanding its care offerings beyond virtual dentistry to provide medical services,…

Imagen Dental Partners adds Seattle practice

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Imagen Dental Partners recently added a Seattle practice to its network. The dental partnership organization added Floss General + Cosmetic Dentistry, led by Nassim Pietsch, DDS. The practice offers a range of general, restorative and cosmetic services. Imagen…

Texas dental practice suffers data breach

Cure Dental in Belton, Texas, recently suffered a data breach affecting more than 800 patients. The practice said on its website that it detected unauthorized cyber activity on June 25 that potentially compromised the personal information of up to 878…

Texas dental office remains closed amid patient death investigation

Cuddle Kids Dental in Fort Worth, Texas, remains closed following the arrest of its owner, Chrishelle Hemphill, DDS, who was charged after a 4-year-old patient died during a dental procedure in April, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth reported July 23. A…