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Tampa Bay
Health Connect

Where health meets innovation

in Tampa Bay

A community connecting healthcare professionals, practice owners, and technology leaders across Tampa Bay. Access events, workshops, and resources that help keep Tampa the leader in Healthcare and wellness innovation.

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Tampa Bay, Florida

Come Take a Journey

300+
Dentists offices in Tampa Bay area
15–30%
Avg. patient no-show rate
1000+
Health services companies in Tampa Bay area
50%
Provider time spent on admin work

Healthcare in Tampa Bay deserves a community built for what's next

AI is reshaping how patients find care, how practices operate, and how health businesses grow. But many healthcare and wellness professionals could use additional guidance, peer support, or access to the people building these tools.

Tampa Bay Health Connect brings together the people who need to know what's changing and the people building the change. Practice owners. Developers. Compliance leads. Agency operators. Health and Tech. All in one room. Learning from each other.

In-person and Virtual events and workshops

Meetups, hands-on AI workshops, and practice-owner roundtables across Tampa Bay. Real conversations.

Practical education

No hype. No jargon. Learn what tools work for healthcare, which ones are safe, and get feedback from industry leaders.

Connections that matter

Meet the dentists, home health operators, healthtech founders, and engineers who are figuring this out together. Tampa Bay's healthcare network, modernized.

Built for the people who run healthcare in Tampa Bay

Whether you own a practice, build health software, work in wellness clinics, or manage operations, there's a seat for you.

Practice owners and managers

Dental offices, primary care, urgent care, specialty practices. Learn how AI changes patient acquisition, operations, and compliance.

Home health and wellness

Agency owners, caregivers, wellness businesses. Discover automation for staffing, scheduling, intake, and patient communication.

Healthtech builders

Developers, CTOs, and founders building for healthcare. Connect with the practices that need what you're building.

The Opportunity

Tampa Bay has the talent, the demand, and the momentum.

But we have still have important challenges to solve.

59,100
Nursing shortage projected in Florida by 2035 — Tampa Bay among the hardest hit
Source: Florida Hospital Association
7.8%
Nursing vacancy rate statewide, with high turnover driving burnout
Source: Florida Hospital Association, 2024
800+
New Florida residents per day — over half aged 60+, concentrating demand in Tampa Bay
Source: Florida Hospital Association
50%+
Of healthcare budgets consumed by labor costs alone
Source: Redesign Health

The good news? The momentum is already here.

The same region producing the shortage is also producing the innovation to solve it.

9,062
Nursing students enrolled in West Central FL programs — 79% acceptance rate
Source: FL Board of Nursing, 2023
#19
USF's national ranking for most innovative university
Source: U.S. News 2026
$50M/yr
Florida's Healthcare Innovation Revolving Loan Fund — available to regional startups
Source: SB 7018 / FL DOH
285
Patents secured by FL High Tech Corridor universities in 2025
Source: National Academy of Inventors

"59,100 nurses short by 2035. 9,000+ students in the pipeline. The gap is where we work together."

What's coming

Join the list to get first access to events.

Summer
'26

AI for Healthcare Businesses — Intro Workshop

How AI search works, and the automations every practice should consider implementing.

Summer
'26

Tampa Bay Healthcare + AI Roundtable

Small group discussion for practice owners. What's working, what's not, and where the industry is headed.

Fall
'26

HIPAA + AI: What's Safe, What's Not

Practical guidance session for healthcare operators using AI tools.

Community space coming soon

We're building a community for Tampa Bay healthcare professionals to share, learn, and connect. Join the waitlist to get early access.

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