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Advancing Health
Advancing Health is the American Hospital Association’s award-winning podcast series. Featuring conversations with hospital and health system leaders and front-line staff, Advancing Health shines a light on the most pressing health care issues impacting patients, caregivers and communities.
Episodes
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Peer-to-Peer Solutions for a Healthy Workforce: Lessons from NYC Health + Hospitals
The mental and physical well-being of the nation’s caregivers has been a main priority for health care leaders across the country, but implementing support…
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Joining Forces in Support of Mental and Behavioral Health
Psychiatric hospitals and community mental health centers (CMHCs) often work independently in their efforts to meet patients’ needs. Butler Hospital decided to…
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Training Future Health Care Leaders to Address Health Disparities
John Bluford’s distinguished career in hospital and health system administration has spanned more than four decades, and he has been recognized by Modern…
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San Luis Valley Hospital Delivers When Families Need Obstetric Care
Rural hospitals in the United States are struggling to maintain obstetric services, and in the last five years more than 300 birthing units across the country…
Advancing HealthThe First 1,000 Days of Life: Creating Brighter Futures for New Moms and Babies
Welcome to “Rural,” a yearlong series devoted to rural hospitals and health systems in America. Being a new parent is challenging in the best of circumstances…
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Part Two: Cyberthreats and Assessing Third-Party Risk with Providence
For cybercriminals, the backdoor into the protected systems of hospitals and health systems often comes via a third party. In this second of a two-part…
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Part One: Cyberthreats and Assessing Third-Party Risk with Providence
More than one in every three Americans had their health care records stolen or compromised in 2023, creating threats to hospitals and health systems across the…
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Leadership Dialogue Series: Investing for Impact with Healthcare Anchor Network
Investing in the health and well-being of communities is a core mission for all hospitals and health systems. Their community investment can take many forms…
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Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling With Roxie Wells, M.D.
In the health care field, women occupy only 15% of C-suite executive positions, and for women of color that percentage is even smaller. The importance of…
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Integrating Age-Friendly Care in an Emergency Department With Sharp Grossmont
The number of adults age 65 or older will reach about 95 million in the United States by the year 2060. Hospital emergency departments will need to showcase…
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No Vacancy: How Dartmouth Health is Solving Workforce Shortages
Employee vacancies have hit the health care field hard, making it difficult to consistently provide the high-quality care communities expect from their…
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Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals: Anchoring Community Health With NYC Health + Hospitals
For decades, Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals (MAHs) have provided critical health care and social services to diverse populations in the nation’s cities. MAHs…
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Reimagining the Workforce: Strategies from the 2024 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan
Without a strong and healthy workforce, providing exceptional health care will always be difficult. Addressing the root causes of emerging and continuing…
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ChatGPT: Is it Practical for Health Care Data Analytics?
After launching in November 2022, it took ChatGPT just two months to become the fastest growing consumer app in history — proof of the rapid adoption of AI…
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Leadership Dialogue Series: Driving Community Health Improvement With SBH Health System
For hospitals and health systems of every size and location, it’s critically important to adapt to the needs of their communities. Over the years, SBH Health…
Advancing HealthBeyond Birth: Matters of the Heart With Orlando Health
This special series explores the medical complications that can accompany pregnancy, successful prenatal and postpartum treatment programs, and how hospitals…
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A Portfolio of Community Investment With Advocate Health
Hospitals and health systems are rightly called cornerstones of their communities, and none take that mission more seriously than Advocate Health. The health…
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A Game of Cat and Mouse: How the FBI is Confronting The Rise of Cyberattacks in Health Care
Hackers and cybercriminals are targeting hospitals and health systems at alarming rates, disrupting operations and threatening direct patient care. In this…
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Sparking Social Connection and Community With Indiana University Health
In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a shocking 80-plus page advisory declaring loneliness and social isolation as reaching epidemic levels in American…
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The Growing Role of Chief Wellness Officers in Health Care
In U.S. health care there has been a significant increase in the number of chief wellness officers (CWOs) employed by hospitals and health systems. CWOs are an…
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The Effects of Medicare Advantage on Rural Hospitals With St. Bernards Healthcare
Half of all Medicare beneficiaries get their benefits through Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, which are offered by private companies and in theory should…
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Leadership Dialogue Series: The Rise of AI in Health Care With ChristianaCare
The influx of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care is here to stay, yet there is considerable debate about the best and most effective ways to safely…
Advancing HealthBeyond Birth: Navigating Perinatal Depression With Endeavor Health
This special series explores the medical complications that can accompany pregnancy, successful prenatal and postpartum treatment programs, and how hospitals…
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Peer Support and Building an Infrastructure of Employee Mental Wellness
For many clinicians the pressure of treating a never-ending line of patients can be stressful. The COVID pandemic has been a health care game changer, and its…
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The Evolving Role of the Physician Leader
One hallmark of America's rapidly changing health care system is the evolving role of physician leaders who have chosen to wear two leadership hats as both…
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Health Care Transformation Begins With Its People
In today's health care field, leaders must address a multitude of complex and intertwined challenges. One of the most important is supporting the well-being of…
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Best of Advancing Health 2023: From Quiet Quitting to Sustainable Well-Being
Thanks for listening to the Advancing Health podcast and we hope you have found it engaging and informative! As we wind up 2023 we wanted to re-release one of…
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A National Staffing Emergency in Rural Health Care
Attracting and retaining skilled health care workers in rural settings is more difficult than ever before, with increasing competition from other employers and…
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Leadership Dialogue Series: Redefining Health Care for 2024 With Dartmouth Health
Health care has experienced challenges and tribulations over this past year, but this also has created opportunities and advancements to help positively…
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The Well-being Impact of Northwestern Medicine's Scholars of Wellness Program
In recent years, American health care has become acutely aware of the importance of well-being for its workers. To address the mental stresses of health care…
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Why Nurses on Your Board Matter
The push for increased diversity and inclusion on boards of governance for hospitals and health systems is a necessity for success. A 2023 AHA national survey…
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Meeting Demand: Creating a New Pipeline of Health Care Workers
The health care field needs workers, and the demand will increase even more in the years to come. Grady Health System realized that accessing a key demographic…
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Workforce Burnout: Embedding an Organizational Culture of Wellness
High levels of stress and burnout in the health care field not only cause more errors on the job, but can cost hospitals and health systems millions of dollars…
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Predicting the Patient: Using Analytics for Better Outcomes
The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is essential for clinical and nursing teams to make critical patient care decisions, but what if even more patient data…
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A Workforce for the New Era of Equitable Health Care
It’s estimated that the health care industry will need at least an additional 3.5 million workers in the next five years to meet demand, but where will they…
Advancing HealthBeyond Birth: Understanding Perinatal Depression With UMass Memorial Health
American health care has come a long way over the years, but there is at least one glaring exception — maternal health. This three-part series explores the…
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Better Behavioral Health Care Through Collaboration and Virtual Care
In the U.S. health care system, the demand for behavioral health care has long outpaced availability, with many patients forced to turn to their primary care…
Advancing HealthThe Evolution of Rural Emergency Hospitals as a New Model of Care
Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) officially became a new type of care provider on January 1, 2023, expanding the scope of services that rural providers can…
Advancing HealthThe Future of Rural Hospitals and Health Systems
An estimated 57 million rural Americans depend on their hospital as an important source of care and critical pillar of their community. In this conversation…
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You're Not Alone: Supporting New Moms With the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
The many emotions pregnant and postpartum women experience can have a huge impact on their mental well-being, and if left untreated can have devastating…
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Improving Maternity Care for Indigenous Populations
People of American Indian and Alaska Native descent, also known as Indigenous, are twice as likely to experience pregnancy-related deaths as white women. In…
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The Must Do's for Welcoming a New CEO
For health care organizations, welcoming a new CEO can present uneasy change — but it also allows the opportunity to creatively address some of the field's…
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2023 Circle of Life Honorees: Leading the Way in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
The American Hospital Association is proud to be a major sponsor of the 2023 Circle of Life Award, which honors health care organizations that are…
Advancing HealthLeadership Dialogue Series: At the Intersection of Technology and Nursing With Advocate Health
As the nursing profession continues to evolve, it is embracing new technologies and practices that allow nurses to focus on what matters most — their patients…
Advancing HealthLeading With Empathy: Workforce Well-Being at Ochsner Health
Addressing burnout and the mental health of employees is not only the right thing to do, but also improves care, quality, patient satisfaction and the…
Advancing HealthBeyond Birth: The Social Needs of New Mothers With Ascension
American health care has come a long way over the years, but there is at least one glaring exception — maternal health. This three-part series explores the…
Advancing HealthEquity of Care Award Winner Monument Health: A Commitment to Inclusion
The AHA's Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award recognizes outstanding efforts among hospitals and health care systems to advance equity of care and reduce…
Advancing HealthFoster G. McGaw Prize Finalist GBMC HealthCare: Focusing on the Social Determinants of Health
The AHA’s prestigious Foster G. McGaw Prize honors health delivery organizations that have demonstrated a strategic approach to community health and addressing…
Advancing HealthPlaying Cyber Defense in the Age of Digital Innovation
Digital innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning and other spaces are becoming more present in health care. With these advancements also come…
Advancing HealthEquity of Care Award Winner Meritus Health: Influencing Equity in the Community
The AHA's Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award recognizes outstanding efforts among hospitals and health care systems to advance equity of care and reduce…
Advancing HealthHow UVA Health is Helping to Build a Nursing Workforce
Building and retaining a nursing workforce is one of the many challenges facing health care today. In this conversation, Wendy Horton, chief executive officer…
Advancing HealthEquity of Care Award Winner Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: Pathways to Health Equity
The AHA's Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award recognizes outstanding efforts among hospitals and health care systems to advance equity of care and reduce…
Advancing HealthIntegrating Behavioral and Physical Health to Treat the Whole Person
In the United States, behavioral health and physical health can sometimes be treated as if they are unconnected, usually involving separate sites of care. One…
Advancing HealthHearing the Voices of Human Trafficking Victims
For health care professionals, victims of human trafficking aren’t easy to spot, and many victims are reluctant to share much about the horror they endured…
Advancing HealthFor Our Kids: Pediatric Behavioral Health Needs With UMass Memorial
When kids experience acute behavioral health needs, they need to be cared for at the right time and the right place. In this conversation, Brian Skehan, M.D…
Advancing HealthLeadership Dialogue Series: The Dynamic Work of Boards With Saint Luke’s Health System
The many pressures squeezing health care providers have all served to make the role of hospital trustees, or governing board members, more important than ever…
Advancing HealthHow Technology Can Prepare the Health Care Workforce and Transform Care
The gap between supply and demand for health care continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Reinventing and transforming the nature of care delivery is…
Advancing HealthFBI Violence Prevention Strategies to Assess and Manage Threats Against Health Care
Since 2020 the health care workforce has faced a sharp increase in workplace violence. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has found that health care workers…
Advancing HealthRemembering the Highland Park Mass Shooting: Reflections and Lessons in Emergency Preparedness
The 2022 mass shooting during the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois killed seven people, wounded another 48 and traumatized an entire community…
Advancing HealthPreventing Suicides in the Health Care Workforce: Steps to Supporting Every Worker
The AHA’s Suicide Prevention Learning Collaborative was created to start a dialogue among health care providers about the best ways to provide support for…