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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
Advancing HealthLeadership Dialogue Series: Mikelle Moore from Intermountain Healthcare
On this Leadership Dialogue Series podcast, AHA Board Chair Wright Lassiter III, is joined by Mikelle Moore, senior vice president and chief community health…
Advancing Health[Special Edition] Nurses’ Journey from Ukraine to U.S. with Ochsner Health
Before long, some Ukrainian nurses who are fleeing the war in their country will be taking a journey of some six thousand miles, to call Louisiana their new…
Advancing HealthA Conversation with Dr. Neel Shah: Reaching for Valuable, Equitable Maternal Care
Women in America have the highest mortality rate than any other developed country, but equitable maternal care can change that. In this podcast, Priya Bathija…
Advancing HealthThe Power of Opioid Prevention and Treatment Series: Opioid Stewardship Program Construction 101
The opioid crisis has been around for decades and has progressively worsen during the pandemic. According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics…
Advancing Health[SPONSORED] How Great Leaders Prepare for the Imaginable as well as the Unimaginable
Since the onset of the COVID pandemic in 2020, health care has faced many workforce challenges in delivering patient care, including staffing shortages and…
Advancing HealthThe Power of Opioid Prevention and Treatment Series: Starting your opioid stewardship journey
During the past two years, the health care field has been focused on fighting COVID-19…as it should be. Yet at the same time, another crisis surges. The…
Advancing HealthNavigating the Nation’s Infant Formula Shortage
Recently, families across the nation are struck with a shortage of infant formula, causing ripples of misinformation. Though efforts to alleviate the current…
Advancing HealthLeadership Dialogue Series: Erin Fraher
On this Leadership Dialogue Series podcast, AHA Board Chair Wright Lassiter III, talks with Erin Fraher, associate professor in the Department of Family…
Advancing Health[Special Edition] Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospital Quality Measurement Programs
CMS's Hospital Quality Measurement and Value programs have shaped the hospital field and given patients information to inform their care for over 15 years. But…
Advancing HealthCaring for Kids at Home: Gillette Children's Virtual Rehab Program
Hospitals have accelerated the development of their innovative telehealth programs during the pandemic. In this Members in Action podcast, Julia Resnick…
Advancing HealthEquity Through Precision Heart Care with Cleerly, Inc. and Lee Health System
Dr. Leon D. Caldwell, Senior Director, Health Equity Strategies and Innovation, in the Institute of Diversity and Health Equity at the AHA, sits down with Dr…
Advancing HealthTrauma-Informed Leadership with Henry Ford Hospital and Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
Leading care teams through COVID-19 has been a challenge unlike any other. As hospital leaders struggle to retain and support an exhausted workforce they are…
Advancing Health[SPONSORED] Strategic Planning Imperatives for Hospitals and Health Systems to Get Right
Strategy. Transformation. Both are integral to today’s most successful health care planning agendas and associated initiatives. Accenture’s perspective on…
Advancing Health#WeAreHealthcare : Sustaining a Healthy Workforce with Phelps Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the health care workforce. Despite these challenges, the staff team at Phelps Health continue to grow…
Advancing HealthEncouraging COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant women
Pregnant women around the country faced uncertainty upon the arrival of COVID-19. The medical community identified significant knowledge gaps in the impact of…
Advancing HealthTransforming Pediatric Mental Health: Partnerships and Integration at Rady Children's Hospital
Between 2011 and 2015, the number of children presenting to the ED for behavioral health concerns at Rady Children’s Hospital increased by 500%. To decrease…
Advancing HealthCelebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and it is an opportunity to reflect on the generations of Asian Americans who have enriched America’s…
Advancing Health[Special Edition]: Insurers’ “white bagging” drug policy threatens patient safety
Increases in consolidation and alignment between commercial health plans and pharmacy benefit managers have resulted in a series of business practices designed…
Advancing Health[SPONSORED] Loyola University Health System’s Pop-Up Laboratory Strengthens Clinical Collaborations
Join us to hear how Loyola University Health System’s new laboratory approach during the COVID pandemic was able to broaden communication and collaboration…
Advancing HealthA Sustainable Community HUB and Wellbeing Collaborative in Winona Minnesota
Winona Health and the Winona Wellbeing Collaborative have addressed the fragmentation and silos between local agencies and providers. Hear from Rachelle…
Advancing Health[Special Edition]: Medicare Advantage: New Trends Raise Concerns about Access to Care
Medicare Advantage or MA Plans are another way for beneficiaries to get Medicare Part A and Part B coverage delivered through private insurance companies. MA…
Advancing HealthApplying an Equity Lens to Digital Health
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, digital solutions, including mobile health apps, patient portals and telehealth serve as a critical access point for…
Advancing HealthThe Beginning Stages: Establishing a Pediatric Mental Health Urgent Care Center
1 in 5 children experience a mental illness. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has increased mental health challenges and suicide risk among children. In this…
Advancing HealthLive from AHA Annual Meeting: Leading edge CEO discusses planning for Health care Cyberattacks
Over the past few years every leader of health care organization in the country has had to acknowledge the threat of a cyberattack that has the potential to…
Advancing HealthLive from AHA Annual Meeting: Importance of Integrating Behavioral and Primary Health
The integration of behavioral health and primary health care leads to early detection and treatment of numerous issues. Patients suffering from chronic…
Advancing HealthLive from AHA Annual Meeting: Beyond Disparities to Equitable Health Systems
Over the past few years the goal of health equity has moved into our national conversation about health care in a new, bigger and different way. These days…
Advancing HealthLive from AHA Annual Meeting: Leading for Health Equity
In late March the American Hospital Association's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity rolled out its long awaited Health Equity Roadmap, a national…
Advancing HealthLive from AHA Annual Meeting: Meeting the Challenge of Delivering Behavioral Health
Rural hospitals are community strongholds, serving as the key point of care for nearly 20 percent of Americans. Beyond providing healing and hope, rural…
Advancing HealthSurging Input Costs Create Many Challenges for Hospitals and Health Systems
One clear lesson from the pandemic over the past couple of years is that America cannot be strong without its hospitals and health systems being strong, but…
Advancing HealthLive from AHA Annual Meeting: Workforce Task Force Update
Ask nearly any health care CEO in America what they consider their number 1 problem and they can answer with one word: Workforce. The pandemic has brought…
Advancing Health#WeAreHealthcare : Questions with Physician Leaders : Dr. Mohammad Agha
Clinicians more so than ever are making the move into leadership positions. As this movement occurs there are many ways these new leaders can make impacts in…
Advancing HealthLeadership Dialogue Series: Matthew Stanley
On this Leadership Dialogue Series podcast, AHA Board Chair Wright L. Lassiter III is joined by Matthew Stanley, D.O., a psychiatrist and clinical vice…
Advancing HealthFrom Recognizing Implicit Bias to Creating Action
Though recognizing implicit bias is important, hospitals must have an action plan to address it. In this podcast, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s…
Advancing HealthCybersecurity: Lessons Learned from Ransomware Attack with UVM Health
In this special Cybersecurity podcast we have the opportunity to talk to leaders of an AHA member hospital who was a victim of a major ransomware attack in the…
Advancing HealthLeadership Dialogue Series: Marcus Whitney
AHA Board Chair Wright L. Lassiter III is joined by Marcus Whitney, founder and partner of Jumpstart Health Investors, to discuss innovation and equity in…
Advancing HealthLeadership Dialogue Series: Debbie Hatmaker
AHA Board Chair Wright L. Lassiter III is joined by Debbie Hatmaker, chief nursing officer of the American Nurses Association Enterprise. Hatmaker shares…
Advancing Health#WeAreHealthcare: Addressing Workforce Challenges in America's Health Care Systems
A talented, qualified, engaged and diverse workforce is at the heart of America’s health care system. But hospitals and health systems face mounting and…
Advancing HealthWhat's a Blue Zone? How Klamath County, OR changed its health trajectory as a certified Blue Zone
Rural hospitals are community strongholds, serving as the key point of care for nearly 20% of Americans. Beyond providing healing and hope, rural hospitals…
Advancing HealthUncovering Gaps in Maternal Care with Anushay Hossain
The health care experiences of many women, especially women of color, are untold. In her book, “The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women”…
Advancing HealthCybersecurity Report: FBI & AHA discuss Russia, Ukraine and Cybersecurity in U.S. Health Care Sector
John Riggi, who spent nearly 30 years as a highly decorated veteran of the FBI and now serves as National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk at the American…
Advancing Health#WeAreHealthcare: Workforce Strategies with the AHA Talent Scan
As the field continues to move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic into the new normal, we understand more clearly than ever that our dedicated workforce is the…
Advancing HealthPart 2: Value as Catalyst: Uniting Clinicians and Hospital Leaders
Part two of this series features speakers from AHA’s most downloaded podcasts. Moderated by AHA's Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of clinical affairs and…
Advancing HealthPart 1: Value as Catalyst: Uniting Clinicians and Hospital Leaders
This special two-part series features speakers from AHA’s most downloaded podcasts. Moderated by AHA’s Priya Bathija, vice president of strategic initiatives…
Advancing HealthVacciNATION: How Hartford HealthCare Is Improving Care and Getting People Vaccinated in the Pandemic
COVID-19 has demonstrated that in health care, change is inevitable. However, changes caused by the darkest circumstances, like the ongoing pandemic, can…
Advancing HealthHospitals at home with UnityPoint Health
The hospital at home model of care is emerging as an important strategy to improve value during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Hospitals across the country…
Advancing HealthJoining Hands: Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence: Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Now that children are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, families are considering how to best keep their children safe and healthy. In this new podcast series…
Advancing HealthJoining Hands to Build Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence: Unidos US
Though many children are now eligible to receive the COVID-19, families continue to have questions about how to best keep their children safe and healthy. In…
Advancing HealthJoining Hands to Build Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence: National Urban League
Eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine has expanded to children, yet families continue to have questions about how to best keep their children safe and healthy…
Advancing Health[Sponsored] Shared Governance and Actionable Data Empower Nurses and Increase Patient Satisfaction
Hospitals and health systems are facing one of the most unique times that the field has ever experienced. They are still managing through the ebbs and flows of…
Advancing HealthPalliative Care during the Pandemic Part 2: Increased need for palliative care during the pandemic
Palliative care is the medical sub-specialty that treats the symptoms and stresses of serious illness. Over 50 million Americans have been diagnosed with…
Advancing HealthPalliative Care during the Pandemic Part 1: How lessons learned help patients & rebuild workforce
Palliative care is the medical sub-specialty that treats the symptoms and stresses of serious illness. Over 50 million Americans have been diagnosed with…
Advancing HealthAnalysis of Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Vaccine Mandates
The U.S. Supreme Court today held oral arguments on whether to allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ and Occupational Safety and Health…
Advancing HealthRansomware Attack Victims Speak Out: Best Practices & Lessons Learned from Ransomware Attacks
In this episode, John Riggi, AHA Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk talks to leaders of two AHA member hospitals who were victims of major ransomware…
Advancing HealthBest of Advancing Health: Working towards value together Part 2
Happy holidays and thanks for listening to the Advancing Health podcast. We hope you have found it useful and informative! As we wind up 2021 we wanted to…
Advancing HealthBest of Advancing Health: Working towards value together Part 1
Happy holidays and thanks for listening to the Advancing Health podcast. We hope you have found it useful and informative! As we wind up 2021 we wanted to…
Advancing HealthHealthcare Under Stress and Under Cyber Attack: The Correlation to Excess Deaths
In this podcast, John Riggi, highly decorated veteran of the FBI and Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk at the American Hospital Association talks to…
Advancing HealthAllina Leaders discuss guidance on digital solutions in behavioral health care
Since the onset of the pandemic, we have seen an increase in stress anxiety. depression, substance use and elevated numbers of suicidal ideation. The pandemic…
Advancing HealthNurse leaders discuss COVID-19 nursing challenges, solutions
The fourth and current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a worrisome landscape for the nursing profession. Nurses across the country report that they…
Advancing HealthPFACs supporting hospitals through COVID-19
Today, in our final episode of our four-part series on Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA vice president of clinical affairs…
Advancing HealthPFACs creating partnerships between providers, patients, and families
In the third episode of our four-part series on Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs), Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA vice president of clinical affairs and…