Webinar: Predicting Tomorrow’s Patient Expectations with AI, October 8

October 2, 2025

Webinar: Predicting Tomorrow’s Patient Expectations with AI, October 8

Healthcare is changing faster than ever, and patient expectations are evolving right along with it. Today’s patients want care that’s not only high-quality but also personalized, convenient, and digital-first.

The challenge for healthcare leaders is staying one step ahead. In this session, we’ll explore how predictive analytics, and AI can uncover emerging trends, anticipate patient needs, and empower organizations to deliver exceptional experiences – before patients even ask for them.

Join this session for a forward-looking discussion on how to use AI not just as a reactive tool, but as a proactive strategy to build loyalty, strengthen reputation, and maintain a competitive edge.

Key Takeaways:

  • Spotting Early Signals:
    • How predictive analytics identifies shifts in patient sentiment and preferences from feedback, reviews, and surveys.
  • Personalization at Scale:
    • Ways AI can help tailor patient communications, care journeys, and support touchpoints to different demographics and needs.
  • Operational Foresight:
    • Using AI to forecast demand, optimize resource allocation, and reduce bottlenecks that impact patient experience.
  • Building Reputation Resilience:
    • How staying ahead of patient expectations translates into stronger trust and a more positive online presence.
  • Future Outlook:
    • What healthcare leaders need to know about the next wave of AI in patient engagement and experience management.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, October 8, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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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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Webinar: Half-day LOS Drop – How this 270-Bed Acute Care Hospital Did It, October 9

September 30, 2025

Webinar: Half-day LOS Drop – How this 270-Bed Acute Care Hospital Did It, October 9         

Reducing length of stay isn’t easy, especially when discharge planning is hampered by delayed processes, limited visibility to estimated discharge dates (EDDs) and growing capacity strain. That was the case at Mobile, Ala.-based Springhill Medical Center – until a focused, cross-functional effort began driving change.

In just two months, Springhill implemented new workflows and AI-powered tools that delivered measurable results across the board.

In this live session, Sharon Barnicle, executive director of revenue cycle, shares how the hospital built a more predictive, accountable discharge process – one that reduced average length of stay by 12 hours, cut discharge processing times in half and helped reach 90% compliance with EDDs.

You’ll Learn How Springhill:

  • Used AI to proactively plan discharges based on capacity needs,
  • Standardized communication across nursing, case management and administration,
  • Surfaced discharge barriers early with real-time alerts and watchlists, and
  • Built daily accountability tied to LOS and EDD goals.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 9, 1:00 p.m. – 2 p.m.

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Webinar: Payer Collections Unlocked: 3 Keys to Drive Collections Through Improved AR for ASCs, October 2

September 30, 2025

Webinar: Payer Collections Unlocked: 3 Keys to Drive Collections Through Improved AR for ASCs, October 2             

Ambulatory Surgery Centers face unique revenue cycle challenges – from implant-heavy procedures to payer-specific contract rules and front-end requirements that, if missed, quickly turn into denials and revenue leakage. With leaner margins than hospitals, effective accounts receivable (AR) management isn’t optional – it’s essential to financial health.

In this 60-minute webinar, Nimble’s RCM experts will share three proven strategies, grounded in real-world ASC experience. You’ll learn how to master the payer contract landscape, strengthen front-end and pre-authorization processes, and ensure compliance with payer policies – practical steps that help your ASC capture the revenue it has earned, protect cash flow, and maximize cash per case.

Participants will gain real-world insight into:

  • Mastering the payer contract landscape
    • Integrate contract terms into systems,
    • Prevent inflated AR, and
    • Address implant and Medicare Advantage complexities
  • Strengthening front-end and preauthorization processes
    • Implement workflows that reduce denials,
    • Improve AR accuracy, and
    • Confirm benefits and authorization requirements up front
  • Ensuring compliance with payer policies and coding accuracy
    • Align documentation and coding with payer guidelines,
    • Medical necessity rules, and
    • Frequency limits to safeguard revenue

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, October 2, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Prescription Automation: Unlocking Better Medication Access and Improved Patient Care, October 8

September 30, 2025

Webinar: Prescription Automation: Unlocking Better Medication Access and Improved Patient Care, October 8              

Manual prior authorization and fragmented pharmacy workflows slow starts to therapy, drive callbacks and frustrate clinicians and patients. As workloads grow, time to therapy stretches and prescription abandonment rises.

This session focuses on practical ways AI and automation can streamline electronic prior authorization, simplify pharmacy workflows and speed medication access without adding headcount. Hear how organizations can deploy responsible automation across the prescription journey to reduce delays and improve care continuity.

In this webinar, Mike Cohn, Vice President of Network Operations at CoverMyMeds will join a member of Becker’s editorial team to discuss prior auth delays and AI, and answer audience questions.

What You’ll Learn:

  • How to achieve faster time to therapy by streamlining prior authorization and benefit checks across provider and pharmacy teams,
  • Strategies to automate data gathering, routing and status updates, and
  • How to reduce prescription abandonment by fixing handoffs and improving patient communication.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, October 8, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: CMUs are Cutting Waste, Supporting Patient Safety: Results from 3 Health Systems

September 29, 2025

Whitepaper: CMUs are Cutting Waste, Supporting Patient Safety: Results from 3 Health Systems

Across hospitals, outdated telemetry setups and “drive-by” nurse checks remain common – all while environments are inundated with 350+alarms per patient per day.

These models contribute to delays, over-monitoring, alarm fatigue, and compromised safety.

This report shows why leading systems are rethinking the model with centralized monitoring units (CMUs) that scale across hospitals and support smarter staffing.

Key Takeaways include:

  • The CMU model to reduce excess telemetry systemwide by 10%,
  • How to save 8 hours/day with technology, and
  • Health First’s approach to buying new technology and creating savings.

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