HRSA Webinar: Sustaining Rural Labor & Delivery Programs, May 4

April 28, 2026

HRSA Webinar: Sustaining Rural Labor & Delivery Programs, May 4

Rural Hospitals face ongoing financial and operational pressures that have contributed to the closure of many Labor & Delivery programs nationwide. This webinar, hosted by researchers at the Flex Monitoring Team (FMT) for rural Medicare hospitals and presented by Stroudwater, will highlight practical strategies to help rural hospitals assess and strengthen the financial sustainability of these services.

The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) funded the development of the Sustaining Rural Labor & Delivery Programs brief; this webinar will highlight key insights from the brief and cover:

  • Approaches to improving how costs are tracked and reported,
  • Understanding the financial performance of Labor & Delivery services, and
  • Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and partnerships.

Attendees will gain actionable insights to support informed decision-making and help maintain access to essential maternity care in rural communities.

Cost: Free

When: Monday, May 4, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: The Hidden Cost of the Status Quo: Why Healthcare Safety is the Defining Strategic Imperative for 2026

April 28, 2026

Whitepaper: The Hidden Cost of the Status Quo: Why Healthcare Safety is the Defining Strategic Imperative for 2026

When clinicians worry about their safety, the impact reaches far beyond a single incident. Confidence drops, reporting suffers, turnover rises and operational strain spreads across the organization.

This healthcare safety report shows why best-in-class hospitals are treating safety as a strategic priority. It connects worker safety to workforce retention, trust and operational performance, giving leaders a clearer view of what is driving risk and what can improve outcomes.

The findings are drawn from an online survey of 1,014 healthcare employees across clinical, operational and executive roles. The results are hard to ignore – Nearly 85% of survey respondents have personally experienced a safety incident during their careers. More than 20% (1 in 5) have been involved in incidents that escalated to physical violence, and 76% of healthcare workers consider personal safety a daily concern.

One system that adopted connected safety technology saw violent incidents decline by 30% within six months, while incident reporting increased by 50%.

For leaders focused on sustaining care delivery, this report offers a practical look at how proactive safety programs can support both staff protection and organizational performance.

Download the report to learn:

  • How safety affects retention, trust and operational resilience,
  • What front-line trends reveal about workplace violence today,
  • Where proactive safety programs are driving measurable change, and
  • Why reporting culture matters for long-term improvement.

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Webinar: Patient GPT: Clinical AI Powering the Rise of Consumerization in Health Systems, May 5

April 28, 2026

Webinar: Patient GPT: Clinical AI Powering the Rise of Consumerization in Health Systems, May 5

Millions of Americans are already turning to AI tools to understand symptoms and make real-time health decisions, signaling a clear demand for more immediate and accessible care.

To meet that demand, healthcare must shift from a system centered around the provider to one built around patients, with more personalized, connected, and 24/7 access to support.

In this session, K Health’s Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Ran Shaul and Hartford HealthCare Medical Group President Padmanabhan Premkumar will discuss how PatientGPT is helping define that next phase as a clinically integrated AI system designed to give patients more personalized, always-on guidance, connect them to care, and operate as an extension of the care team. Attendees will see PatientGPT in action, gain a clearer understanding of what modern clinical AI deployment looks like inside a health system, and learn why foundational accuracy, safety, and clinical rigor are essential to building trust and adoption at scale.

This discussion will explore:

  • How clinically integrated AI can turn digital entry points into more seamless, patient-friendly paths to care,
  • Where clinically trained AI can create value across triage, navigation, and access, and
  • Insights from early patient users and how PatientGPT’s clinical rigor is directly impacting patient outcomes.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, May 5, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Driving Faster Starts and Clearer Costs in Healthcare Capital Projects, May 5

April 28, 2026

Webinar: Driving Faster Starts and Clearer Costs in Healthcare Capital Projects, May 5

As capital projects move from strategy to reality, delays, unclear costs and compliance complexity can slow progress and strain already limited resources.

In this session, we’ll discuss managing growing capital demands with tighter budgets and oversight requirements. It offers a practical look at why projects lose momentum post-planning and how to maintain speed without sacrificing control.

Attendees will learn how to:

  • Accelerate project starts while maintaining governance and oversight,
  • Improve cost visibility earlier to reduce downstream surprises, and
  • Build repeatable delivery models across capital portfolios.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, May 5, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Why Language Access Remains an Unsolved Systems Problem, May 13

April 27, 2026

Webinar: Why Language Access Remains an Unsolved Systems Problem, May 13

Every health system provides language access, but few can clearly explain how it works across the organization.

When leaders attempt to map their approach, gaps quickly emerge. Workarounds develop in silos, knowledge fails to transfer and system weaknesses are often amplified for patients who use languages other than English.

This session explores why language access remains difficult to standardize and scale, and what it takes to move beyond fragmented efforts. Drawing on experience building a systemwide language access plan and measurement framework at Cincinnati Children’s, speakers outline how communication should function as core infrastructure across care delivery.

Attendees will learn:

  • Why language access operations are difficult to define, standardize and improve,
  • How communication breakdowns expose broader operational weaknesses,
  • What a systems-based approach to language access looks like in practice, and
  • Leadership actions to build, measure and sustain language access infrastructure.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, May 13, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Webinar: How Three Health Systems are Overcoming Today’s Workforce Challenges, May 19

April 27, 2026

Webinar: How Three Health Systems are Overcoming Today’s Workforce Challenges, May 19

Healthcare organizations are navigating workforce strain while balancing financial constraints and evolving care demands.

During this conversation, leaders from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Fairview Health and Penn State Health share how finance, HR and clinical teams are working together to address workforce challenges and stabilize operations.

You will hear how cross-functional collaboration is shaping workforce strategies across organizations and how alignment across leadership functions can support more sustainable workforce planning and operational stability.

Attendees will learn:

  • How finance, HR and clinical leaders are partnering to address workforce challenges,
  • Key financial, operational and clinical considerations shaping workforce strategy, and
  • Practical approaches to cross-functional collaboration.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, May 19, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Interoperability’s Next Chapter: How Healthcare Leaders are Reenvisioning Connected Care, May 6

April 27, 2026

Webinar: Interoperability’s Next Chapter: How Healthcare Leaders are Reenvisioning Connected Care, May 6

Interoperability has long been healthcare’s unfinished project.

Despite decades of investment, the industry still operates within fragmented data environments that struggle to keep pace with care delivered across hospitals, physician groups, labs, post-acute providers and community settings.

As care delivery grows more distributed and value-based payment accelerates, the question is no longer whether organizations should share data, but how they can do so at scale – efficiently, securely and sustainably.

In this webinar, healthcare leaders will discuss how they’re adapting interoperability strategies to meet current demands and what it takes to translate shared data into stronger care coordination, operational performance and patient experience.

Insights include:

  • Where the biggest gaps and friction points exist in data exchange today, from technical barriers to governance challenges,
  • How distributed care models are changing interoperability strategy, with examples of recent operational and technical shifts,
  • Where point-to-point integrations fall short and what defines a more scalable, enterprise wide connectivity approach, and
  • Which metrics and indicators leaders use to assess whether interoperability investments are improving workflows, coordination and performance.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, May 6, 1:00 p.m. – 2:oo p.m.

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Webinar: Food Insecurity as Clinical Risk: How Health Systems are Scaling Nutrition-Integrated Access, April 29

April 27, 2026

Webinar: Food Insecurity as Clinical Risk: How Health Systems are Scaling Nutrition-Integrated Access, April 29

Food insecurity is increasingly recognized as a clinical risk factor that drives utilization, destabilizes patient outcomes, and contributes to variation in performance across populations.

As value-based care strategies mature, leading organizations are moving beyond ad hoc food assistance toward structured, nutrition-integrated access programs designed to align support with patient acuity and risk.

This session walks through how health systems are building those programs, embedding registered dietitians, stratifying by risk level and creating clear pathways that connect food access to care outcomes and patient engagement.

Key Takeaways:

  • How food insecurity drives utilization risk, instability and quality variation across patient populations,
  • How nutrition-integrated access programs can be structured to match patient acuity and risk levels, and
  • How registered dietitians embedded in access programs can strengthen engagement, equity and outcomes.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, April 29, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Webinar: How a California Hospital Cleared its Surgical Backlog in 3 Months, May 14

April 27, 2026

Webinar: How a California Hospital Cleared its Surgical Backlog in 3 Months, May 14

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, a 427-bed community medical center, faced a daunting surgical backlog – and then eliminated it entirely in just 90 days.

In this session, perioperative leaders from PVHMC share how their team used data-driven strategies and technology to overcome fragmented scheduling, manual workflows and communication barriers across multiple facilities.

Attendees will learn how the hospital increased case volumes, improved resource utilization and achieved financial ROI within six months while a aligning 83 schedulers across sites.

Hear how PVHMC:

  • Transformed paper-based scheduling into streamlined, cross-department workflows across the main OR, outpatient pavilion and GI clinics,
  • Used proactive block management to release 142 blocks (46,000 minutes) and fill 47% with additional cases,
  • Achieved ROI within six months through FTE savings and increased post-implementation case volumes, and
  • Achieved 100% scheduler adoption and aligned 83 clinic schedulers into one cohesive team.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, May 14, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Smarter Spend, Safer Care: Real-world RTLS Strategies for Asset Management, Staff Safety and Compliance, May 6

April 20, 2026

Webinar: Smarter Spend, Safer Care: Real-world RTLS Strategies for Asset Management, Staff Safety and Compliance, May 6

Hospital executives face mounting pressure to reduce costs while protecting patients, staff and operations across the enterprise.

In this webinar, hospital leaders will learn how health systems are using Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) to address some of healthcare’s most persistent challenges, from excess equipment spend and rental costs to staff safety risks and compliance gaps.

It will create clarity on which metrics matter most, how to evaluate performance gains and how RTLS data can support smarter capital, clinical and operational strategies.

Key takeaways include:

  • How RTLS reduces capital and rental costs through improved asset utilization,
  • Ways staff protection and infant security technologies mitigate risk and liability, and
  • How environmental monitoring supports compliance and patient safety.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, May 6, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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