Explore the often overlooked preanalytical factors that can impact urinalysis accuracy, from collection and transport to storage, preservation, and handling. This session reviews common causes of false-positive and false-negative results, current CLSI, EFLM, and ASM best practices, and practical strategies…
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Picture an inpatient room where the bedside nurse, virtual clinician, patient and operational leader are connected through a unified care environment, with virtual nursing extending the care team, AI-assisted safety monitoring supporting patients and clinicians, and digital technologies creating a…
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Shanghai-based Angelalign, a clear aligner company, is set to appeal a judgment from a Chinese court in China that ruled in favor of Tempe, Ariz.-based Invisalign manufacturer Align Technology in a patent infringement battle. The Chinese court directed Angelalign’s Chinese…
Healthcare workforce strategy has become an enterprise issue. As healthcare organizations rely on increasingly varied workforce models, the external contracting infrastructure supporting that workforce often remains fragmented across labor categories, facilities, agencies, contracts, and regional labor markets, raising a question…
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Morrisville, N.C.-based Affordable Care has completed a recapitalization transaction to reduce debt and improve its financial foundation for long-term growth. The recapitalization reduced the DSO’s debt by $1 billion, or about 65%, provided $75 million in new capital and extended…
Risk adjustment has traditionally lived downstream of the patient visit, reconstructed after the fact through chart review, queries and coding. This session explores what changes when documentation integrity becomes part of the clinical conversation itself, not a separate process layered…
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A North Carolina woman accused of practicing unlicensed orthodontics is now facing an additional charge, WRAL reported Aug. 12. Ebony McBean of Garner, N.C., was originally charged in February with three felony counts of obtaining property by false pretense and…
Several DSOs were featured on the Inc. 5000 2026 list of the fastest-growing private companies. The rankings are based on a company’s revenue growth over a three-year period. Here are the leaders of five DSOs with the largest revenue growth…
A number of dental practices have closed in the past few months, with some shutting down due to financial troubles and officials stepping in to close practices in other instances. Here are five recent dental practice closures, as reported by…
What separates the dental groups pulling ahead from the ones falling behind isn’t which one has the best AI tool, according to dental leaders. DSOs are racing to adopt the newest AI, automation and 3D printing technology. But the leaders…
