Life Link III® provides on-scene emergency response and inter-facility transportation for the most critically ill or injured patients. Established in 1985 as one of the first nonprofit consortium programs in the nation, it has grown into one of the largest hospital-based programs in the United States, completing over 2,000 patient transports annually. With a robust history of improving patient care and transport safety, Life Link III is the first and only critical care air medical transport program in the nation to receive the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Beacon Award for Excellence at the Gold level.

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Healthcare organizations are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (AI), not just for clinical applications but also to optimize operations and workforce management. With 78% of healthcare leaders reporting that their AI budgets would grow in 2025, the pressure to streamline staffing, reduce costs, and boost productivity has never been greater.

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In this session, Foundation Health shares how they solved these challenges using the slot-based workflow in myClinicalExchange, a model that lets hospitals publish capacity in advance so schools can request only from confirmed openings. The result is a process that’s more transparent, fair, and efficient for everyone.

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By moving beyond a legacy platform, Zotec Partners deployed CredentialStream to modernize enrollment workflows, reduce charge-hold time, and enable high-velocity decision-making through advanced reporting and automation.

Learn how to equip nurses with clinical judgment needed for safe, confident practice in the ICU and PCU. The AACN Knowledge Assessment Tool (KAT) and Essentials of Critical CareOrientation (ECCO) work together to give nurse educators and leaders a powerful framework to assess new nurse readiness, close knowledge gaps, and deliver evidence-based clinical education.

Healthcare is evolving—and nursing education is evolving with it. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and HealthStream have partnered to launch a transformative new library of microlearning courses designed to make professional growth more accessible, relevant, and holistic.