Chicago-based Aspen Dental recently opened two locations in Texas and Utah. The first office is located in Bastrop, Texas, and led by owner Nathalia Rodriguez Rojas, DMD. The second office is in American Fork, Utah, and led by Managing Clinical…
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ASCs now handle 60 to 70 percent of U.S. surgeries, and the stakes around sterile processing have never been higher. Surgical site infections carry a price tag of $20,000 to $60,000 or more per event, and compliance gaps continue to…
Jun 17, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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- Nina Goins, MSN, RN
- Jeremy Gibson-Roark RN BSN MBA CIC CNOR
- Damien S. Berg BA, BS, CRSCT, AAMIF, Master Sergeant (Ret)
DSOs are facing new and emerging challenges this year that have led executives to rethink their growth strategies and investments. Here are four threats to DSO growth this year: Low practice supply Sixty-nine percent of DSOs expect to increase their…
Dental AI developer Videa has debuted Ambient Intelligence, a conversational intelligence program built for dental practices. Ambient Intelligence is designed to provide practices with insights into what communication styles resonate with patients, where communication may be breaking down and how…
Artificial intelligence is changing how pediatric dentistry can best serve their patients, from diagnosis to behavior management. Barry Lyon, DDS, director of provider recruiting and onboarding at Dental Care Alliance, recently spoke with Becker’s about how pediatric dentistry is benefiting…
2026 marks an unprecedented convergence of forces that will reshape the market landscape: This executive brief reveals why traditional gap closure programs are failing and how diagnostic intelligence enables the shift from retrospective campaigns to continuous, real-time quality management. Healthcare…
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Verber Dental Group, which has 14 locations in Pennsylvania, recently suffered a data breach that may have involved protected health information. The dental group identified unusual activity within its network Jan. 27, according to a May 8 website notice. An…
Most health systems have built programs that deliver results for specific populations: cancer patients, high-risk cardiology cases, post-discharge transitions. The harder question: what happens to everyone else? Rising-risk patients with one or two chronic conditions often cycle through primary care…
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Referrals are one of the highest-volume workflows in healthcare and one of the most broken. In one large health system study, only about 54 percent of inbound internal referrals were completed. That gap represents more than lost revenue. It reflects…
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Workplace violence and safety concerns continue to rise across healthcare settings, placing new pressure on clinical, operational and security leaders to adopt more connected, technology-driven approaches. In this discussion, executives from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, CHRISTUS Health, Integris Health and…
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- Roy E. Alston, PhD
- Damon Blankenbaker
- Jeanne Venella, DNP, MS, CEN, CPEN
- Elizabeth Sparks, MSN, RN, NE-BC