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		<title>Guest Editorial: Healthcare on the Edge: innovation, equality and resilience in era of system strain</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Opinion by Merilee Kern, MBA Healthcare leaders across the country are confronting mounting pressure. AI integration is accelerating. Cybersecurity threats are escalating. Rural hospitals continue to close at troubling rates. Patient trust remains uneven. Infrastructure is aging. Reimbursement models are tightening.Much of the national conversation centers on scale. Larger systems. Bigger networks. More technology.Yet some [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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