Month: October 2025

Webinar: Inside MedStar’s OR Overhaul: 30% Drop-in Abandoned Block Time, October 15

October 2, 2025

Webinar: Inside MedStar’s OR Overhaul: 30% Drop-in Abandoned Block Time, October 15

Disjointed scheduling policies. Manual workflows. A lack of real-time data. There were the challenges facing MedStar Health’s perioperative teams – until a new access strategy changed everything.

By adopting systemwide block standardization and a transparent governance model, MedStar drove a 0% reduction in unreleased, unused block time; increased block utilization across multiple hospitals by up to 11%; and secured 6,500+ hours through open-time requests. Their approach grew surgical access, improved planning and ensured continuity during an HER transition.

Join this live session to hear how MedStar’s perioperative leaders implemented change at scale and turned OR access into a competitive advantage.

What You’ll Learn:

  • How data transparency shifted OR culture from “block ownership” to patient-first access,
  • What drove a 34-day average in block release proactivity, and
  • Real-world results: 2% case volume lift and improved physician engagement.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, October 15, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Using Actionable Data to Optimize Staffing and Maximize ROI, October 7

October 2, 2025

Webinar: Using Actionable Data to Optimize Staffing and Maximize ROI, October 7

Labor costs remain the largest expense for hospitals, yet many teams still make staffing decisions without timely, reliable data. Premium pay, overtime and agency use surge when leaders can’t see demand signals in real time or match the right clinician to the right shift.

This webinar focuses on how to turn workforce data into decisions that cut labor waste without sacrificing care quality. Expect a practical discussion on what to measure, how to interpret it, and how to act quickly at the unit and enterprise level.

This session will outline a data-to-decision framework for staffing that improves utilization, strengthens governance for contingent labor and supports ROI targets.

Learnings Include:

  • The key data points that drive cost-effective staffing decisions,
  • How to use real-time insights to improve provider utilization and workforce planning,
  • Strategies to align contingent labor management with organizational goals and ROI targets, and
  • How to build dashboards leaders trust to monitor spend, productivity and savings.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, October 7, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Article: Certified Nurse-Midwives: The Untapped Soluti8on to the Nation’s Maternal Health Crisis

October 1, 2025

Article: Certified Nurse-Midwives: The Untapped Soluti8on to the Nation’s Maternal Health Crisis

It’s no secret that the United States is facing a worsening maternal health care crisis. We have the highest maternal and mortality rates of any other developed country. Black mothers are at even greater risk of dying or facing serious complications.

Hospitals are closing around the country due to staffing shortages, leaving women to face a harrowing gap in care, with rural and underserved communities at greatest risk. To address these issues, hospitals and health systems must look towards all measures to improve maternal health care, including elevating the role of certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) on maternal care teams.

While there is extensive data supporting the use of midwifery care – births guided by midwives have less:

  • Complications,
  • Interventions,
  • inductions, and cesarean sections, as well as
  • higher rates of VBACs (vaginal birth after cesarean) and general patient satisfaction

The vast majority of U.S. births do not involve CNMs. In the U.S., there are only 4 midwives for every 1,000 births, while other countries see between 30 – 7 midwives per 1,000 births. Not only do these countries have lower maternal mortality rates, but also lower costs of maternal care.

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Whitepaper: 2025 Cyber Threat Report: Healthcare Now Accounts for 17% of Cyberattacks

October 1, 2025

Whitepaper: 2025 Cyber Threat Report: Healthcare Now Accounts for 17% of Cyberattacks

In 2024, healthcare faced more targeted cyberattacks than any year on record. Threat actors used tactics once reserved for Fortune 500 companies against small clinics, diagnostic centers and regional hospitals.

The 2025 Cyber Threat Report breaks down exactly how these attacks unfolded – and what leaders can do now to prepare for future attacks. This report is not just a retrospective. It’s a proactive roadmap to help teams identify, isolate and shut down today’s most dangerous threats.

Learnings Include:

  • Why malicious scripts are now the top threat vector in healthcare,
  • How threat actors are bypassing defenses via outdated systems and misused tools, and
  • The shift from ransomware encryption to high-leverage extortion and data theft.

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