Healthcare providers and community leaders are invited to a forum Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Baptist Heart Center on efforts to improve access to trauma care in western Kentucky.

Keynote speaker Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo, M.D., will discuss the importance of a statewide trauma system and the need to include western Kentucky.

The forum begins at 6 p.m. Reservations are required and can be made by phoning Western Baptist Hospital at (270) 575-8452.