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3-Part Webinar Series: Overview of Rural Health Capital Resources, June 18

June 2, 2025

3-Part Webinar Series: Overview of Rural Health Capital Resources, June 18

Session 101: In this introductory session, participants will discover the basics of federal, state, and private sources of capital for rural health and learn how capital resources are used in rural settings to achieve community health improvement goals.

Session 102: In this foundational session, participants will explore how to access federal, state, and private capital sources to support rural health initiatives. The discussion focuses on practical strategies for utilizing these resources to achieve meaningful community health improvements in rural settings.

Session 103: This session provides an overview of the structure of the rural-serving philanthropic sector, explores how philanthropy view rural organizations and communities, and shares practical lessons for engaging and building long-term partnerships with rural funders.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, June 18, 11:00 a.m.

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CE Opportunities: Two Expert to Expert Webinars Introducing New eCQMs for 2025 Implementation

June 2, 2025

CE Opportunities: Two Expert to Expert Webinars Introducing New eCQMs for 2025 implementation

Join the Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Mathematica for these two Expert to Expert Webinars.

Each webinar will review:

  • Measure intent and specifications, including:
  • Initial patient population,
  • Denominator,
  • Exclusions,
  • Numerator,
  • Data elements, and
  • Logic

Common questions for JIRA and other sources will be addressed. 1.0 Credit is offered for each of these webinars.

For additional information on these webinars and other Expert to Expert webinars, visit the Expert-to-Expert website.

Cost: Free

When:

  • Thursday, June 12, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

New eCQM for 2025 Implementation – Hospital Harm: Acute Kidney Injury eCQM (HH-AK)

    • At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
      • Locate measure specifications,
      • Value sets,
      • Measure flow diagrams, and
      • Technical release notes on the eCQI Resource Center

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  • Wednesday, June 18, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography

    • At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
      • Locate measure specifications,
      • Value sets,
      • Measure flow diagrams and,
      • Technical release notes on the eCQI Resource Center;

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Pregnancy and Postpartum Tobacco Cessation Resources

June 2, 2025

Pregnancy and Postpartum Tobacco Cessation Resources

The Missouri Tobacco Quit Services is proud to offer an opt-in Pregnancy and Postpartum Program that has given new and expectant moms the support they need to stop using tobacco while they are pregnant and help to prevent relapse after giving birth.

Participants receive:

  • Nine telephone coaching sessions (five during pregnancy and four postpartum),
  • A dedicated female Tobacco Cessation Coach,
  • Nicotine replacement therapy with physician consent,
  • A personalized welcome backed,
  • Digital services, including 2-way chat,
  • CASH INCENTIVES for all pregnancy and postpartum completed calls.

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Webinar – Preparing for What’s Next in Language Access: Navigating Regulatory Shifts + Sustaining Equitable Care, June 12

June 2, 2025

Webinar – Preparing for What’s Next in Language Access: Navigating Regulatory Shifts + Sustaining Equitable Care, June 12

Recent federal actions have reignited questions about language access requirements – but despite the headlines, the core compliance framework remains steady. What’s changing is how leading health systems are adapting and communicating across increasingly diverse patient populations.

In this session, legal counsel and leaders from Intermountain Health, Main Line Health and Catholic Health share how they’re approaching regulatory uncertainty, refining internal processes and protecting patient trust – all without starting from scratch.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Legal clarity: Recent federal changes and what they mean for compliance and risk exposure,
  • Inside the playbook: How Main Line Health and Catholic Health are adapting communication practices, and
  • Systemwide impact: Ways language access can drive better outcomes and long-term financial stability.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 12, 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

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Engage Webinar Series – Empowering the ED: Five Strategies to Elevate Your Rural Emergency Department Performance, June 16

June 2, 2025

Engage Webinar Series – Empowering the ED: Five Strategies to Elevate Your Rural Emergency Department Performance, June 16

Join Custom Learning for this ENGAGE Webinar where Dr. John Jones and Brian Lee CSP, HoF, deliver practical insights and actionable strategies to help rural hospital leaders strengthen ED operations – by investing in what matters most: people.

This webinar is for rural hospital executives and clinical leaders.

Topics include:

  • Staffing models,
  • Admissions optimization,
  • Data-driven decisions,
  • Critical care training, and
  • Medical Director leadership

Key Takeaways:

  1. How to focus on optimizing admissions,
  2. The importance of data,
  3. Why critical care procedure education is critical,
  4. Optimize Medical Director leadership and support, and
  5. Above all, the importance of people

Cost: Free

When: Monday, June 16, 10:00 a.m.

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Whitepaper: How Corewell Health, Sutter Health, and UChicago Medicine are Transforming Patient Care with AI

June 2, 2025

Whitepaper: How Corewell Health, Sutter Health, and UChicago Medicine are Transforming Patient Care with AI

AI becomes more integrated into clinical workflows; leading health systems are evaluating its real-world impact on both clinicians and patients. Corewell Health, Sutter Health, and UChicago Medicine have partnered with Abridge to deploy generative AI that reduces cognitive load and documentation burden, freeing clinicians to focus more fully on patients.

Recent research on the Abridge AI platform’s use in clinical settings, including a study conducted by UChicago Medicine and Press Ganey, demonstrates significant improvements in patient experience across key metrics – such as clinician attentiveness, communication, and shared decision-making. These results underscore Abridge’s growing role in achieving the healthcare system’s quintuple aim:

  • Improving population health,
  • Enhancing care experience,
  • Reducing costs,
  • Advancing equity, and
  • Combating clinician burnout.

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Whitepaper: What CNOs, CIOs Need to Ask Before Choosing a Scheduling System

June 2, 2025

Whitepaper: What CNOs, CIOs Need to Ask Before Choosing a Scheduling System

One nurse is juggling back-to-back shifts. Another is sent home early. Meanwhile, care coordination falters and tensions rise. These ripple effects often trace back to a hidden disruptor: a scheduling system that can’t keep pace with the demands of modern clinical operations.

This guide – built for CIOs, CFOs, chief nursing officers and procurement leaders – helps healthcare teams cut through the noise and confidently assess workforce scheduling tools that align with their unique challenges.

Inside, you’ll find structured worksheets, essential vendor vetting questions and a breakdown of must-have features, from mobile scheduling an float pool optimization to be seamless system integration.

Use this guide to:

  • Clarify your organization’s top scheduling priorities, including self-scheduling, shift swapping and OR/ER complexity,
  • Evaluate vendors side-by-side with a focus on functionality, interoperability and long-term scalability, and
  • Align stakeholders around RFP timelines, budget considerations and the metrics that matter.

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Article: How Mercy is Advancing AI Across the Enterprise

June 2, 2025

Article: How Mercy is Advancing AI Across the Enterprise

As health systems nationwide navigate the complexities of integrating AI into clinical and operational workflows, St. Louis-based Mercy is scaling both traditional and generative AI across its enterprise.

Byron Yount, PhD, chief data and artificial intelligence officer at Mercy, spoke with Becker’s about:

  • the health system’s top priorities,
  • how it ensures responsible use of these technologies, and
  • how it’s preparing its workforce for an AI-enabled future in healthcare.

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On Demand Webinar: An Overlooked Strategy to Cut Care Delays & Enhance Outcomes

June 2, 2025

On Demand Webinar: An Overlooked Strategy to Cut Care Delays & Enhance Outcomes

Silos between emergency medicine and hospitalist teams pose serious risks to patient outcomes and create bottlenecks that slow throughput and strain operations.

Increasingly, hospitals are breaking down these barriers by integrating these teams, leading to fewer care delays, smoother care transitions and more efficient resource utilization. Join clinical and operational experts in this session to gain practical insights on optimizing team integration to drive better outcomes and efficiency.

You will Learn:

  • The most significant operational and clinical benefits of integrating emergency and hospital medicine teams,
  • How to overcome common barriers to integration, and
  • Actionable strategies to enhance collaboration, reduce care delays and enable quicker recovery times.

Cost: Free

When: This is an on-demand webinar, available upon clicking the link below

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Webinar – Beyond Temporary Fixes: How Locums and Permanent Physicians Create Workforce Synergy, June 19

June 2, 2025

Webinar – Beyond Temporary Fixes: How Locums and Permanent Physicians Create Workforce Synergy, June 19

Many hospitals rely on locum tenens to fill critical gaps, but at what cost? Short-term fixes often mask deeper issues that threaten care continuity, financial stability and physician retention.

This webinar explores how leading systems are rethinking their workforce strategy to reduce locums’ dependency and invest in long-term clinical and financial stability.

Join this live session to learn how to:

  • Spot when locum usage signals systemic staffing gaps,
  • Transition from locums to permanent coverage, without disruption, and
  • Strategies to boost retention and reduce costs with smarter workforce planning.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 19, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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