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My Care Village: Slowing the COVID-19 Second Wave

Americans have seen firsthand the devastation the coronavirus has brought to their community. However, there’s another looming threat overtaking this country: the secondary impact on mental health as a result of the pandemic. Joining UPIC Health CEO Mary Tucker today to share their insights are Bill Smith, founder of the mental health advocacy organization Inseparable,…

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How to Manage Revenue Losses Due to COVID-19 While Continuing to Supply Essential Community Services.

The most prominent topic in healthcare today is COVID-19. All healthcare areas felt the pandemic’s effects, and no practice was immune to the financial challenges resulting from the virus. Mary Tucker, CEO of UPIC Health, brought together a panel of healthcare experts to discuss these challenges and get some insights on how practices can…

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How UPIC Health Is Supporting Healthcare

Lying in a hospital bed, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, Mary Tucker had an idea. She saw hospital personnel shuffle in and out of her room with her health information that wasn’t swiftly shared and saw inefficiencies that up-to-the-moment technology could help solve. Firsthand, Tucker saw opportunities that existed for improvement. For this premiere…

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Why Leadership Without Humanity Is Failing Today’s Workplace
March 24, 2026

As the world faces historic labor shortages, an increase in burnout, and record-high turnover, organizations are confronting a leadership reckoning. In May 2024, Gallup found that more than 50 percent of U.S. employees were actively searching for new jobs or watching for openings. Taken together, these trends signal a clear and growing breakdown in…

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Understanding Joint Commission 360 Standards: What They Mean for SPD Teams (Part 2)
March 23, 2026

Healthcare teams today are feeling the pressure to move beyond last-minute compliance and instead build processes that work consistently every day. That shift is especially clear in sterile processing departments (SPDs), where the Joint Commission 360 model is redefining what “survey readiness” really means. With patient safety directly tied to instrument quality—and studies consistently…

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Building the Next Generation of Educators Through Apprenticeship Pathways and Workforce-Aligned Training
March 23, 2026

Teacher shortages aren’t exactly a new headline—but lately, they’ve started to feel a lot more urgent. In some places, schools have gone years without enough fully trained teachers in the classroom, exposing real flaws in how we prepare and retain educators. Add in the rising cost of becoming a teacher and training models that haven’t…

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Understanding Joint Commission 360 Standards: What They Mean for SPD Teams (Part 1)
March 17, 2026

For a long time, compliance in healthcare was tied to the survey cycle. Now, that model is shifting. With the introduction of Joint Commission 360, organizations are being asked to demonstrate continuous performance—not just preparedness. As patient safety comes under increasing scrutiny, The Joint Commission is moving toward an approach built on real-time data, traceability,…

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