Rural youth are less likely than their suburban and urban peers to use mental health apps and teletherapy despite experiencing similar rates of anxiety and depression, according to an Aug. 19 report from Hopelab. To develop the report, the company…
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The World Health Organization has released the “Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Minimum Service Package” aimed at improving the scale and quality of emergency mental health responses. The roadmap provides step-by-step guidance on appropriate mental health and psychosocial support activities…
The University of Colorado Denver has launched a training program to prepare mental health providers to use “psychedelic-facilitation skills” in various clinical settings. The 16-week, two-course series includes weekly self-paced online learning modules and scheduled virtual classroom meetings twice per…
Margin erosion, payer rate compression and regulatory mandates are squeezing healthcare revenue. For many systems, reimbursement strategies remain reactive, leaving millions on the table. Without a data-driven approach, organizations risk falling behind in payer negotiations and missing opportunities that standalone…
Sep 18, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Michael Faulkenberry, Director, Data & Intelligence Solutions Strata Decision Technology
- Josh Wiggins, Senior Director of Product Management-Decision Support Strata Decision Technology
Hospitals face an overwhelming number of performance metrics, making it challenging to know where to focus. In this session, you’ll learn how health system leaders cut through the noise prioritizing the right metrics and using advanced analytics, interdisciplinary huddles, and…
Sep 24, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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- Tony Briningstool, MD, FACEP, Chief Executive Officer, Emergency Medicine
- Mihir Patel, MD, MBA, CPE, Chief Executive Officer, Hospital Medicine
Amid an escalating national crisis in youth mental health, emergency department boarding times for children and adolescents have increased as they wait for behavioral health and psychiatric services. Clinicians strive to avert these boarding outcomes by expanding access to mental…
Siloed systems. Burned-out teams. Delays in care delivery. Today’s operational challenges are compromising performance across the healthcare enterprise, and the cost of inaction is rising. Operations are now a systemwide priority — the engine driving results across clinical, IT, HR…
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Generative AI is changing healthcare at an accelerating pace. Yet, less than half of health systems have moved beyond the ideation stage of AI projects. That is not the case for the Abridge ambient AI platform’s 150+ enterprise customers. Abridge…
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While the healthcare industry buzzes with AI promises, Memorial Hermann Health System and St. Luke’s Health System have moved beyond pilots to deliver enterprise-scale results. Join clinical, informatics, and technology leaders as they share concrete outcomes from millions of AI-documented…
Sep 10, 2025 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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- Dr. Terry Ribbens, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, St. Luke’s Health System
- Dr. Ryan Walsh, Chief Medical Information Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System
- Dr. Will Morris, Chief Medical Officer, Ambience Healthcare
Illinois has enacted new legislation that restricts the use of artificial intelligence in mental health care, barring it from providing therapeutic or psychotherapy decision-making services. On Aug. 1, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act…