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The intelligent centralization playbook unpacked: How Cone Health, St. Luke’s & Akron Children’s use AI for Pharmacy Growth

Pharmacy leaders are being asked to absorb more clinic volume, shorten time to therapy and prove enterprise value — all without new headcount. A few systems are finding a way. In this live session, pharmacy leaders from Cone Health, St.…

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

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Kyle Finnerty, PharmD, MBA, MS, Director of Pharmacy Services, Akron Children's Hospital
Kristen Kruszewski, PharmD, MBA, VP and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Cone Health
Josh Weber, PharmD, MBA-HCM, CSP, ACE, Senior Director, Ambulatory, Retail & Specialty Pharmacy Services, St. Luke's Health System

What Healthcare Leaders Wish They’d Known Before Deploying AI in Patient Access

Every healthcare organization is under pressure to improve patient access, reduce administrative burden, and do more with limited staff. AI has quickly become part of that conversation, but knowing where to start, and how to avoid costly missteps, is less…

Aug 18, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Sunny Eappen, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Assort Health
Matt Penrose, Director of Clinical Operations, TidalHealth Peninsula Orthopaedic Institute

What Healthcare Leaders Wish They’d Known Before Deploying AI in Patient Access

Picture the months after an AI rollout in patient access: clinicians working around the tool instead of with it, a workflow that looked seamless in the demo now creating new friction and a nagging question about whether patients are actually…

Aug 18, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

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Sunny Eappen, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Assort Health

Hiring for jobs that don’t exist yet: How Grady Health System is building healthcare’s next workforce

Health systems are investing in artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure and new care delivery models faster than they can staff them. The talent required to operate these environments often does not yet exist, and traditional recruiting models were not built to…

Aug 6, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

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Luisa Kurtz, DVP Sales, Leadership Solutions, AMN Healthcare
Tanner Burch, Vice President, Advisory Services, AMN Healthcare
Rick Roche, Chief People Officer & Chief of Staff, Grady Health System

How leaders are recruiting for this fast-growing specialty

Electrophysiology is one of the fastest-growing subspecialties, but workforce pipelines are not keeping up with demand, hospital leaders told Becker’s. Like many specialties, there are a limited number of fellowship training positions, but the electrophysiology fellowship also was extended from…

Banner Health completes 1st-in-US cardiac procedure

Phoenix-based Banner Health performed a first-of-its-kind in the U.S. minimally invasive cardiac procedure on an 89-year-old man. The patient, George Berry, was diagnosed with severe tricuspid valve regurgitation, according to a July 9 system news release. Several years ago, he…

Mount Sinai names chief of clinical cardiology

New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai named Samin Sharma, MD, chief of clinical cardiology. Dr. Sharma will oversee the strategic direction and daily clinical operations of the cardiology division, according to a July 8 system Facebook…

The Performance Gap Your Pharmacy Training Metrics Can’t See

Health system pharmacy leaders invest heavily in training their teams. What that investment rarely reveals is whether those teams are ready to perform when a situation demands more than process knowledge. Traditional models were built to move people through a…

Aug 10, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT

Presenters:

Michael Alexander, Co-Founder, Audirie
Dr. Tina Moen, PharmD, Chief Pharmacy Officer, TRC Healthcare

Denials Teardown: What’s Actually Working in Independent Practices Right Now

Most practice leaders believe denials are under control. New data tells a different story. In a survey of 360 independent practices, only 1 in 4 could pinpoint where revenue was leaking, and denials were climbing for nearly half. The reason…

Aug 13, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT

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Ian Maurer, VP, Veradigm
Jana Fullbright, Director of Revenue Cycle, State of Franklin Healthcare
Joseph Jacot, CEO, Michigan Vascular Center

Cedar-Sinai taps electrophysiology leader

Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai named Michael Shehata, MD, director of the division of cardiac electrophysiology. As division director, Dr. Shehata, a cardiac electrophysiologist, will oversee the program and its fellowships, according to a July 2 system news…