HAP’s 2026 Patient Safety, Quality, and Equity Symposium offers a dynamic platform for health care leaders, clinicians, and quality improvement professionals to come together in pursuit of safer, more equitable, and higher-quality care across the commonwealth.

An effective payor contracting process is essential for the financial health and operational success of health care providers. In this session, Tania McCrea, WellSpan Vice President of Payer Contracting and Population Health, will share practical strategies to navigate the increasingly complex payer landscape in 2026 and beyond.

HAP's Emergency Management Conference provides the setting for professionals in emergency preparedness, physical security, and cybersecurity to discuss the opportunities and challenges for the future, network, and collaborate on ways to move health care preparedness forward. We’ll also talk about best practices for business continuity, and how to respond to life-threatening situations to keep your hospital and communities safe.

I-TRANSFER is an implementation science study focused on improving identification of sepsis survivors, care transitions to home health and outpatient care, and timely attention the first week after discharge. This session will report on the barriers, facilitators, implementation strategies, and outcomes of the I-TRANSFER study across five health systems with a special focus on documentation of sepsis and information transfer to the post-acute care.

In this one-hour webinar for HAP Nurse Ambassadors, nurse leaders will look at election forecasting for the 2026 midterms, what national trends are likely to shape the political landscape, and how these dynamics may translate into state level outcomes that influence health care policy in Pennsylvania.