January 14, 2026

SDOH Series: Radon, Lung Health and Health Equity Webinar, January 29

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, is partnering with the Bureau of Environmental Epidemiology and the American Lung Association to offer this free webinar.

Join this webinar to learn more about radon risks, how they connect to lung cancer and how to take action to improve environmental health and health equity.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, January 29, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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January 9, 2026

Webinar: From Repetitive to Real-Time: AI that Lightens the Back-Office Load, January 22

While clinical AI gets the spotlight, back-office operations are quietly being reshaped by automation, data intelligence and workflow tools that ease burdens across finance, HR, administration and more.

The result? Leading health systems are improving efficiency, reducing burnout and building a more sustainable workforce behind the scenes.

This session explores how AI is actively solving pain points in non-clinical areas, unlocking time, insights and morale. From automating the repetitive to providing real-time insights, AI is helping back-office teams work smarter and stay longer.

Key takeaways:

• Where AI is driving immediate gains in operational efficiency and workforce morale,
• Case-based lessons on easing burnout and improving retention, and
• How to strategically apply AI without adding complexity or cost.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, January 22, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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January 9, 2026

Webinar: POCUS Without Chaos: How Health Systems Build Workflows That Actually Work, January 27

Point-of-care ultrasound programs often grow faster than the workflows supporting them. Images live in silos. Exams go undocumented. Billing is missed and leaders lack a clear view of ROI.

Health systems like Baylor Scott & White Health, Yale New Haven Health and University of Maryland Medical System have taken a different approach – treating POCUS as an enterprise workflow, not a side project.

In this live session, system ultrasound, emergency medicine and IT leaders share how they’ve built scalable POCUS programs that improve documentation, reduce risk and surface real financial impact across departments.

Learnings Include:

• How undocumented or unbilled POCUS exams quietly erode revenue
• The governance, IT and clinical decisions required to scale POCUS beyond individual departments.
• What successful systemwide deployments get right – from integration strategy to ongoing support.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, January 27, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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January 9, 2026

Webinar: Behavioral Health’s Breaking Point: New Survey Reveals What Leaders are Prioritizing Next, January 28

Burnout, denials, workforce gaps – behavioral health leaders are under pressure from all sides. With demand climbing and capacity stretched, the sector faces a defining moment.

This live webinar unpacks results from a nationwide Becker’s – NextGen Healthcare survey of senior behavioral health executives, surfacing where leaders are focused for 2026, and how technology, automation and AI are driving sustainable change.

Join to explore what forward-thinking organizations are doing to protect revenue, reduce clinician overload and scale resilient, tech-enabled care models.

You’ll Learn:

• Why workforce sustainability ranks as the top priority heading into 2026 – and the strategies leaders are using to reduce burnout and boost retention.
• What the data says about documentation burden, and how augmented intelligence is helping clinicians reclaim lost time.
• The biggest sources of revenue leakage in behavioral health, from denials to coding complexity, and where automation is strengthening integrity across the board.
• How leading organizations are structuring AI governance to safely scale use beyond pilots.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, January 28, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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January 9, 2026

Webinar: Federal Rural Definitions, January 22

In 2025, many agencies across the federal government released new data allowing users to understand how rural populations and areas are changing. This webinar will provide a brief history of rural population over time and review how the term “rural” is defined.

Presenters from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) will focus on how FORHP compiles information from the Census Bureau, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Services (ERS) to identify rural areas in the United States for rural health grant program eligibility. Changes to rural areas, as identified by FORHP with their most recent September 2025 data release, will be highlighted.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, January 22, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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January 9, 2026

Webinar: From Insights to Action: Identifying Needs for Rural Substance Use Disorder Training Through Professional Listening Sessions, January 14

This two-part presentation from the Center of Rural Addiction at the University of Vermont (UVM CORA) will:

• Share findings about what helps and hinders SUD treatment in rural communities, and
• Introduce the UVM CORA Opioid and Substance Use Treatment Training Scholarship Program – an intensive, no-cost, two-day training initiative tailored for rural primary care practices.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify methodologies used in listening sessions to explore facilitators and barriers to providing SUD services in rural communities in Northern New England.
• Summarize practical insights and lessons learned from listening sessions across diverse rural settings.
• Describe the structure, objectives, and intended impact of UVM CORA’s Opioid & Substance Use Treatment Training Scholarship Program.
• Explain how feedback from health care professionals has shaped program design and informed broader strategies to support rural primary care teams.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, January 14, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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January 9, 2026

Webinar: From Fragmented Fixes to Systemwide Control: UVA Health’s Approach to Drug Shortage Management and Supply Chain Transformation, January 27

With over 200 active drug shortages in 2025, supply chain disruptions have become a daily operational threat for hospital pharmacies. But UVA Health is showing that health systems don’t have to accept chaos as the norm.

By partnering on a multi-pronged strategy involving AI-powered analytics, smart workflow automation and ready-to-use compounded sterile products, UVA Health built a more controlled, resilient and patient-centered drug supply approach.

Join UVA Health leaders to learn how they transformed their response from reactive to proactive.

You’ll gain insights on:

• UVA’s shift from fragmented response to end-to-end shortage management,
• How embedded analytics and automation reduce pharmacy workload and variability, and
• Key lessons from UVA’s supply chain evolution and how to adapt them fast.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, January 27, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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January 9, 2026

Webinar: How Ardent Health Cut Low-Value Care and Boosted ROI in 90 Days, January 21

Low value care erodes hospital margins yet is difficult to define.

Ardent Health launched a systemwide initiative to tackle low-value care and strengthen throughput, empowering physicians with in-workflow tools and a shared framework for clinical decision-making with transparency into costs and clinical value of therapeutic options.

In this session, an Ardent leader will share how they drove measurable impact within 90 days, sustained adoption across diverse sites and built a scalable cost containment framework.

Takeaways include:

• How Ardent defined and targeted low-value care systemwide,
• The provider engagement strategies that enabled rapid adoption, and
• A breakdown of early wins and how ROI was validated and scaled.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, January 21, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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January 9, 2026

Webinar: Public Health and Regulatory Considerations for Kratom and 7 -OH Products, January 30

This session is designed to clarify the distinctions between natural kratom leaf (which contains trace amounts of 7-OH) and the newer potent products with added or synthetic 7-OH that are increasingly available in retail settings and online. The webinar will address the growing concerns among health care professionals, public health officials, and community advocates regarding the misuse, unpredictable potency, and emerging health risks associated with these unregulated substances and current legislative efforts.

Key Topics

• Pharmacology and Health Effects:
  • Discuss how kratom’s primary compounds, mitragynine and 7-OH, interact with the body’s opioid receptors and the potential for both stimulant and potent opioid-like effects.
• Public Health Concerns:
  • Review data on adverse effects, including addiction potential, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, overdose risks (especially when combined with other substances like alcohol or benzodiazepines) and contamination issues.
• Regulatory Landscape:
  • Examine the complex and patchwork regulatory status at federal and state levels, including the FDA’s position that kratom is an unapproved new dietary ingredient and cannot be lawfully marketed as such.
• Recent Agency Actions:
  • Outline recent actions by the FDA and state authorities, such as FDA warning letters to companies illegally marketing 7-OH products and the FDA’s recommendation to the DEA to classify concentrated 7-OH as a controlled substance.

Cost: Complimentary for all attendees

When: Friday, January 30, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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January 8, 2026

Webinar: UAMS’ AI Playbook for Capacity Lift & Fewer Cancellations, January 21

Manual, fragmented pre-admission testing strains perioperative teams and the operating room. Phone tag for histories, missing documents and late risk discovery all drive day-of surgery delays, idle rooms and staff burnout. Leaders need a faster, more reliable way to prepare patients without adding FTEs.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) reworked its pre-admission testing model with AI-enabled workflows to give each nurse an assistant for information gathering, risk flagging and follow-up tasks. The result: a 50% increase in PAT nurse capacity, a 25% reduction in surgical cancellations and a 60% drop in manual document processing time.

In this session, Tammy Jones, PhD, RN, CNO and associate vice chancellor for patient care services and clinical operations at UAMS, will detail how her team changed the work, not just the tools. She will be joined by Andrew Fisher, MD, assistant professor of anesthesiology at the Medical University of South Carolina, to discuss perioperative governance, clinical criteria and integration considerations.

Learnings include:

• How to supercharge pre-admission testing programs with AI,
• How to successfully implement an AI solution, ensuring staff and integration into existing workflows, and
• How to use AI to enhance staff productivity and optimize patients before surgery.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, January 1, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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