In this episode of The Pulse in 15, Mary Delaney sits down with Teri Weber to talk about the growing complexity of absence management—and why so many employers are feeling the impact across their organizations.

From FMLA and ADA to evolving state leave laws, rising mental health–related absences, and hybrid work challenges, absence is hitting organizations from every direction. What used to be a compliance exercise is now directly impacting productivity, cost, manager effectiveness, and employee trust.

In this quick 15-minute conversation, Teri focuses on what matters most right now:

• Where employers are most at risk
• What’s changed in the absence landscape
• Practical steps leaders should be thinking about this year

If you’re navigating absence across your workforce, this is a conversation worth 15 minutes of your time.

In this podcast, Dr. Joshua Dowell, a private practice pioneer in radiology care, explores the future state of interventional radiology and why moving these services away from hospital‑based setting represents a critical opportunity for the healthcare system. He discusses how alternative care models can meaningfully reduce costs, lower patient risk, and improve quality—particularly in cancer care. The conversation highlights how rethinking site‑of‑care decisions in interventional radiology can unlock a more sustainable cost structure while delivering better outcomes for patients.

After listening to this podcast, participants will be able to:

• Explain the potential impact of shifting interventional radiology away from hospital‑based services, including implications for cost, access, and care delivery.
• Understand how alternative interventional radiology models can improve patient care and reduce risk, particularly through more appropriate care settings.
• Identify the drivers of improved cost structure when interventional radiology services move outside of traditional hospital environments.
• Recognize the path forward for improving cancer care through innovative interventional radiology delivery models.

In this episode of The Pulse in 15, Mary sits down with Bryan Trainor to discuss the value Kwik Trip has found in moving from separate, vendor-specific reports to having all their information in one place. Bryan shares how bringing data together into a single, transparent view has helped create clarity, reduce fragmentation, and better align goals and priorities across internal teams and vendor partners. The conversation highlights why data integration matters, how transparency changes the way partners work together, and how a unified view of information supports smarter, more coordinated strategy.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the value of moving from siloed, vendor-specific reports to a unified view of information, and how a single source of truth supports clearer, more consistent decision-making.
• Explain how greater data transparency helps align goals and priorities across vendor partners, shifting conversations from isolated metrics to shared outcomes.
• Recognize how integrated data enables organizations to identify patterns, gaps, and opportunities that are difficult to see when information is fragmented.
• Describe how a transparent, comprehensive data approach can strengthen collaboration and support more coordinated strategy execution.