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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 HealthEstablishing a PFAC in your Organization, Councils truly reflect the patients they serve
In the second episode of our four-part series on Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs), Elisa Arespacochaga, AHA vice president of clinical affairs and…
Advancing HealthNursing Leadership in PFACs
It has been well established that Patient and Family Advisory councils (PFACs) are an excellent way to capture the patient’s voice and perspective. These…
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 HealthImproving the Patient Billing Experience: Froedtert
In the final episode of this Members in Action podcast series, Julia Resnick, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the AHA, is speaking with Scott Hawig, Chief…
Advancing HealthImproving the Patient Billing Experience: MedStar Health
In episode two of this Members in Action Podcast series, Julia Resnick, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the AHA, is speaking with Stephanie Schneider…
Advancing HealthImproving the Patient Billing Experience: ChristianaCare
Hospitals across the country are re-designing their billing process to improve the patient experience. The AHA will share resources designed to help hospitals…
Advancing HealthThe Value of Information Sharing with the FBI and H-ISAC
In this podcast John Riggi, Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk at the American Hospital Association, talks to two leading experts in the field of…
Advancing HealthThe Challenges Confronting Rural Communities, Providers and Their Remedies: A Panel Discussion.
In recognition of National Rural Health Day, John Supplitt, Sr. Director, AHA Rural Health Services is joined by 4 colleagues from AHA each of whom has a…
Advancing HealthCommunity Investment Series: How CommonSpirit Health & Trustees Prioritize and Implement Strategy
Community Investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long…
Advancing HealthCommunity Investment Series: How Trinity Health & Trustees Prioritize and Implement Strategy
Community Investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long…
Advancing HealthCommunity Investment Series: Implementing and Connecting to Organizational Mission & Strategy
Community Investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long…
Advancing HealthCommunity Investment Series: How Investment Strategies Align Health Equity, Community and Population
Community Investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long…
Advancing HealthCommunity Investment Series: How Health System Executives Can Lead Community Investment for Health
Community Investment, otherwise known as place-based investment, helps create the social and physical environments that support community health over the long…
Advancing HealthMOMS Collaborative Reduces Disparate Outcomes with Northwell Health
In this Members in Action podcast featuring maternal and child health efforts, Aisha Syeda, program manager at the AHA is joined by leaders from Northwell…
Advancing HealthCombating Workplace Violence in Health Care by Creating Safer Workplaces
The AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative and the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety partnered to create resources for health…
Advancing HealthHHS Cyber and Risk functions and Health Sector Partnerships Support National Cybersecurity
There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, that are considered so vital to the United…
Advancing HealthRestoring Maternal Mental Health
Joining Aisha Syeda, program manager at the AHA is Dr. Nirmaljit Dhami, the medical director of the inpatient perinatal psychiatry at El Camino Health; and Dr…
Advancing Health[Sponsored] Advancing Systemness Through Strategic Partnering and Scalable Mobilization
In today’s challenging health care environment, patients, employees, caregivers and visitors expect a positive and consistent experience. Yet oftentimes…
Advancing HealthLeadership Rounds with Fritz Francois, M.D.
AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., is joined by Fritz Francois, M.D., chief medical officer at New York University Langone Health. They discuss emergency…
Advancing HealthTrauma And Trauma Informed Care
In this podcast, Rebecca Chickey, senior director of field engagement, behavioral health services of the AHA is speaking with Dr. Glenn N. Saxe, about…
Advancing HealthNational Threats to the Bio-Economy with SSA Edward You
America’s hospitals and health systems are at risks of attacks that threaten the bio-economy. How do these threats affect patients and citizens and what we can…
Advancing HealthLeadership Rounds With Mike Slubowski
On this episode, Dr. Hochman discusses the COVID-19 pandemic and public health infrastructure with Mike Slubowski, president and CEO at Trinity Health, a…
Advancing HealthProviding better care to women who experience postpartum hemorrhage, hypertensive emergency
Postpartum hemorrhages occurs in 1-5% of women who have a baby. In this Members in Action podcast, Aisha Syeda, program manager of strategic initiatives at the…
Advancing HealthOpioid Stewardship and Substance Disorders
In this episode, Marie Cleary-Fishman, vice president of clinical quality at the AHA Center for Health Innovation is joined by Dr. Holly Geyer, internal…
Advancing HealthRefining Care to Improve Maternal Outcomes
In this Members in Action podcast featuring maternal and child health efforts, Aisha Syeda, program manager at the AHA speaks with Dr. Nicole Lamborne, the…
Advancing Health[Sponsored] Eight Strategies to Help Hospital Systems Manage Crises and Overcome Challenges
Many times this requires hospitals and systems to develop new strategies and innovative approaches to deliver care and to maintain “the business” to better…
Advancing HealthSeven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. CommonSpirit Health
Alisahah Cole, M.D., System Vice President of Population Health Innovation and Policy, CommonSpirit Health shares the benefits of Docent Health, a consumer…
Advancing HealthSeven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Froedtert & MCW
Joining Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s Strategic Initiatives is Kelly Stevenson, Senior Manager at Inception Health. Inception Health is the digital…
Advancing HealthSeven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. AVIA
Kicking off the series, Sarah Carroll, Senior Director for AVIA’s Center for Care Transformation, shares emerging trends and success factors of perinatal…
Advancing HealthSeven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Boston Medical Center
In this conversation, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s Strategic Initiatives speaks to Christina Yarrington, M.D., FACOG, Assistant Professor of…
Advancing HealthSeven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Connecticut Children’s
For the last podcast in the series, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s Strategic Initiatives chats with Mary M. Lussier, RN, BSN, IBCLC, Lactation Services…
Advancing HealthSeven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. MedStar Health
In this podcast, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s Strategic Initiatives speaks with David Ghadisha, M.D., Baltimore Regional Director of Women’s Health…
Advancing HealthSeven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Providence St. Joseph Health
Joining Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s Strategic Initiatives is Trina Jellison, Group Vice President of Women and Children’s Institute at Providence…
Advancing HealthLeadership Rounds With Dr. Robert Trestman
AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., president and CEO of Providence, and Robert Trestman, M.D., chair for psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Carilion Clinic…
Advancing HealthMental health clinicians discuss effects of dual stressors, COVID-19 and social injustice
Communities of color, who over the past year have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, also experienced emotional distress exacerbated by…
Advancing HealthNation-State Threats to U.S. Health Care Sector
On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, John Riggi, AHA senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk, speaks with his former FBI colleague Mike Orlando, acting…
Advancing HealthLeadership Rounds With Stacey Stewart.mp4
In this episode, Rod Hochman speaks with Stacey Stewart, president and CEO of March of Dimes, and present her with AHA’s 2020 Award of Honor for her…
Advancing Health[Sponsored] How to pick a cybersecurity solution
Hospitals and health systems have frequently been the target of high-impact ransomware attacks. In this podcast, John Riggi, AHA senior advisor for…
Advancing HealthJoining Hands: PFACs and COVID-19
In this podcast, moderated by AHA’s Julia Resnick, senior program manager for strategic initiatives, Libby Hoy, founder and CEO of Patient Family Centered Care…
Advancing HealthUsing 340B programs to improve the health of communities dealing with sustained hardship
Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System goes beyond the walls of its hospital to serve its community and patients through programs such as Street…
Advancing HealthPathways to Recovery: Rebuilding a Rural Maternity Care Unit – Part 2
June 14, 2021 On this podcast AHA offers part two of two podcasts on rebuilding maternity services at a critical access hospital. Cristen Page, M.D., executive…
Advancing HealthLocal businesses’ role in increasing equitable health outcomes
In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Leon Caldwell, AHA’s senior director of health equity strategies and innovation, talks with Keith Ellison, program…
Advancing HealthIntermountain shares how it’s improving community health
Nancy Myers, AHA vice president of leadership and system innovation, talks with Mikelle Moore, senior vice president and chief community health officer at Salt…
Advancing HealthHospital Partnership Enables Streamlined COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
AHA’s Joining Hands for Greater Impact initiative highlights resources and stories of successful hospital-community partnerships in getting health care workers…
Advancing HealthJoining Hands for Greater Impact - Esperanza Health Centers
Today’s podcast features how Esperanza Health Centers - a federally qualified health center in Chicago – has worked to keep their community healthy throughout…
Advancing HealthRural health system utilizes collaborations to increase integrated mental health care
In this podcast marking Mental Health Awareness Month (https://www.aha.org/mental-health-awareness-month), Shane McGuire, CEO of Columbia County Health System…
Advancing HealthLeadership During Times of Crisis: COVID-19
In this podcast, Nancy Maldonado, CEO of the Chicano Federation (and affiliate member with AHA’s strategic partner UnidosUS), shares how the organization…
Advancing HealthImproving COVID-19 Vaccination Equity Through Community Partnerships
In this podcast, Rochelle Archuleta, director of post acute care policy for the AHA, is joined by Dr. Kimberly Avila Edwards, Director of Advocacy and External…
Advancing HealthPathways to Recovery: Rebuilding a Rural Maternity Care Unit – Part 1
On this podcast AHA offers part one of two podcasts on rebuilding maternity services at a critical access hospital. Cristen Page, M.D., executive dean of UNC…
Advancing HealthFosterMcGaw Freeman Health
The AHA presents the Foster McGaw Prize annually to recognize hospitals and health systems that are leading the way through innovative collaborations that…
Advancing HealthFosterMcGaw ProMedica
The AHA presents the Foster McGaw Prize annually to recognize hospitals and health systems that are leading the way through innovative collaborations that…
Advancing HealthFosterMcGaw Texas Health Resources
The AHA presents the Foster McGaw Prize annually to recognize hospitals and health systems that are leading the way through innovative collaborations that…
Advancing HealthFosterMcGaw UMass Memorial
The AHA presents the Foster McGaw Prize annually to recognize hospitals and health systems that are leading the way through innovative collaborations that…
Advancing HealthRole of Nurses in Health Equity
In a new AHA podcast, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s Strategic Initiatives, and Robyn Begley, CEO of American Organization for Nursing Leadership and…
Advancing HealthTreating Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder in Rural Moms and Families.
In this Members in Action podcast featuring maternal and child health efforts, Aisha Syeda, program manager at the AHA speaks with Kelsey Kyle, a RN care…
Advancing HealthStar Ratings Follow-Up
This is the second installment of podcasts about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—otherwise known as CMS—and their Hospital Star Ratings Program…
Advancing Health[Sponsored] A framework for improved collaborations between clinicians and labs
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System developed and implemented a framework connecting clinicians with laboratory professionals, which improved collaboration…
Advancing HealthUsing Data to Address Health Inequities
Fourteen organizations including Providence Health System, Henry Ford Health System, Northwell, and others, have formed Truveta. The platform will de-identify…
Advancing HealthGetting COVID-19 vaccines to the American Indian, Alaska Native communities
In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Sara Jumping Eagle, M.D., and Jonathan Merrell, R.N., of the Indian Health Service discuss the plan to reduce the…
Advancing HealthA Year in the Life – King’s Daughters Medical Center, Brookhaven, Miss.
Rural hospitals are community strongholds, serving as the key point of care for nearly 20% of Americans. Beyond providing healing and hope, rural hospitals…