Where we convene change.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our first Upstream event on October 13th. Learn more about the previous event here, and stay tuned for future Upstream events coming in 2027!
Half of Ohio's hospitals have been operating at a loss since 2022. Medicaid changes could push hundreds of thousands off coverage. A federal AI pilot is already making Medicare decisions in our state. Upstream is where the people who can actually do something about it sit down together, at one table, for one afternoon.
Upstream brings policymakers, clinicians, hospital leaders, technology companies, patients, and community voices into the same room, and designs the afternoon around what actually moves healthcare forward: the right people, relationships before business, patients at the center, and conversations that lead to action.
Here's what the day actually looked like, and who was in the room:
“The policy angle made Upstream valuable, from having a state senator and two representatives in the room to hearing about legislation to keep an eye on. It was worth the drive to spend the afternoon focused on healthcare in our state of Ohio.”
J.D. Whitlock, CIO, Dayton Children’s Hospital
