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Rural hospital advocates, CEOs and other leaders share their planning, implementation and innovations in this shifting environment.</p> <hr /> <p><br /> <a href="/advancing-health-podcast/2023-05-26-recruiting-next-generation-behavioral-health-professionals" target="_blank"><span><strong>AHA podcast: Recruiting the Next Generation of Behavioral Health Professionals</strong></span></a><br /> The shortage of behavioral health care professionals is a serious public health issue, particularly in rural areas. In rural Iowa, some care providers have found successful new pathways to recruit, train and retain behavioral health specialists.</p> <hr /> <p></p> <div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/230046-final-improving-behavioral-health-workforce-and-services-in-a-rural-state-mixdown" target="_blank" title="Recruiting the Next Generation of Behavioral Health Professionals">Recruiting the Next Generation of Behavioral Health Professionals</a><br />  </div> <details class="transcript"><summary> <h2 title="Click here to open/close the transcript."><span>View Transcript</span><br />  </h2> </summary> <p>00;00;01;02 - 00;00;28;06<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> The shortage of health care workers in America is not news, but the shortage of behavioral health care professionals is especially acute. And that's even truer in rural areas. As one expert says, If you thought it was bad before the pandemic, we've got a new definition of dire over the past two and a half years. But the scarcity of qualified professionals hasn't stopped some rural care providers from recruiting, training and retaining behavioral health specialists with some success.</p> <p>00;00;32;13 - 00;00;59;01<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> Welcome to Community Cornerstones: Conversations with Rural Hospitals in America. A new series from the 黑料正能量 Association. I'm Tom Haederle with AHA Communications. The state of Iowa didn't have a reputation as a magnet for psychiatrists or other mental health professionals just starting out on their careers. But in recent years, Iowa has chosen to fund the expansion of psychiatric residency programs, now numbering about 20 across the state.</p> <p>00;00;59;11 - 00;01;11;17<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> Iowa is investing in the training and retention of future psychiatrists who want to be change agents and who are passionate about working with underserved populations. Hear how it's all working out in this podcast discussion.</p> <p>00;01;12;12 - 00;01;34;21<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Hi, this is Rebecca Chickey, senior director of behavioral health services for the 黑料正能量 Association. And it's my honor today to be joined by Dr. Jodi Tate, who is the clinical professor, as well as vice chair for education and director of the Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Illness Program at the University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City, Iowa.</p> <p>00;01;35;10 - 00;02;06;11<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Jodi, thank you for being here with us today. I had the honor, since I'm at the AHA Health Care Rural Leadership Conference, being on a work session where you spoke about improving behavioral health workforce and services in a rural state. I have to tell you, the room was packed because if we thought the shortage of behavioral health workers prior to COVID was dire, we got a new definition of dire in the last two and a half years.</p> <p>00;02;06;27 - 00;02;24;05<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> So for the benefit of the listeners and those who aren't here at the Rural Leadership Conference, could you describe for me, can you tell me about how you have expanded the psychiatric residency programs, particularly in the rural parts of Iowa?</p> <p>00;02;24;09 - 00;03;01;08<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Well, thank you very much for having me. And we are very lucky in the state of Iowa that our government has been extremely supportive in expanding our residency program into rural parts of the state. And in 2019, our governor allocated funds to expand our residency program. And Dr. Shay Jorgensen, who was a resident when this was all going down, has taken on the lead and has developed a rural psychiatry track from our in our residency program.</p> <p>00;03;01;08 - 00;03;32;24<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> And she graduated from the University of Iowa and moved to Mason City. She grew up in rural Iowa, and her dream was to return to rural Iowa. But she wanted to have a connection with academic medicine and expand psychiatry throughout the state. So she has been a trailblazer in making that happen. And this is the third year where she has two residents per year in the psychiatry residency program.</p> <p>00;03;33;14 - 00;04;04;02<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> And so that's going amazingly well. She is also single handedly developing substance use treatments and treatments in rural Iowa with her connections. And so we she's gotten that off the ground. And then our state last year provided more funding to expand our residency training program even further, funding for up to 12 additional residents per year, which is huge.</p> <p>00;04;04;03 - 00;04;31;17<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Right now we have nine per year, phenomenal. And so I was in a different position when this funding came down and I was very excited about the possibilities of changing psychiatry across the state of Iowa and improving services to underserved populations wherever they are. And I went to medical school in a rural state and spent time in rural areas and had that experience as well.</p> <p>00;04;31;18 - 00;05;02;19<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> So I'm trying to figure out how to expand our residency program even further, which is challenging because part of the state appropriation bill that funds this new addition mandates that the residents spend time in locations that are in rural Iowa. It's a mandate. And many of these specific locations where they mandate that we have to be ... there isn't the capacity, there aren't physicians or there's not the capacity of the current physicians to have residents.</p> <p>00;05;02;22 - 00;05;23;23<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> So they have the capacity to teach the residents. So we wouldn't be able to receive ACGME accreditation to expand our residency training program. So we're having to be really creative about how we go about doing that. And the thing that I have learned through this process in meeting with folks at these institutions is everyone is passionate about this.</p> <p>00;05;23;23 - 00;06;04;01<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Everybody wants to improve psychiatric care, but there's just a limited resource. So what we've decided to do is to develop a public psychiatry fellowship program in Iowa, and there are about 20 public psychiatry fellowship programs across the state, and most of these are in urban areas. So not sure how it's going to go in a rural area, but I'm very hopeful that it will be successful. The way that the Public Psychiatry Fellowship works in with expanding the residency is that these fellows will have graduated residency program already so they can practice independently and they can supervise residents.</p> <p>00;06;04;18 - 00;06;55;23<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> The fellowship gives them extra training and exposure to learning more about our health care system, learning more about being a change agent, about social determinants of health and our hope is that we recruit psychiatrists to do this fellowship that are really passionate about underserved populations and who will be future change agents in improving our health care system. And these fellows would spend time at these sites that are mandated for our residents to be, and then we'd slowly create a culture of education and excitement in these rural areas, which in turn would allow us to have residents there, which hopefully would in turn, the residents would stay there and they would be physicians there in rural</p> <p>00;06;55;23 - 00;07;01;14<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Iowa. So that was a very long answer to your question, but it is a long process.</p> <p>00;07;02;20 - 00;07;14;01<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> No, that was excellent. But for perhaps some of our non-health care listeners, could you describe or articulate what ACT is as well as a ACGME.</p> <p>00;07;14;09 - 00;07;41;27<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> ACT: Assertive Community Treatment. Dr. Williams talked about that at our talk earlier today. So it is a treatment for individuals with chronic severe mental illness that live in the community, that have multiple hospitalizations, interactions with the legal system, lots of complications. So essentially, it's a it's an inpatient team that goes out in the community and takes care of patients in the community.</p> <p>00;07;41;27 - 00;07;47;18<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Evidence based treatment that shows to improve outcomes for people with serious mental illness, including schizophrenia.</p> <p>00;07;47;27 - 00;07;59;25<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> And I think it's also been proven to reduce the number of readmissions and the number of visits to emergency rooms and all of that, as well as be able to meet the patient where they are in their own home.</p> <p>00;08;00;04 - 00;08;27;19<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> We do not need any more evidence that ACT works. It works. You know, the challenges in rural areas. And Dr. Williams talked eloquently about that. And Dr. Jorgensen actually has started an ACT program in rural Iowa. And she has you know, she's running the rural track that we talked about earlier, expanding the psych residency program. So she's exposing residents, psych residents to the ACT program.</p> <p>00;08;27;20 - 00;08;48;00<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Yeah. Gotcha. Yeah. Can you go back and and tell me a little bit about the psych residency sort of structure? There's four years to the program, is that correct? I'm hoping I'm going to get this right for ACGME: the American College of Graduate Medical Education, correct? Right. Yeah. So before you can even go on this journey, you have to go through a process where you get their blessing.</p> <p>00;08;48;00 - 00;09;09;24<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> And it's not a one stop process, is it? So, you know, just at a high level, you don't have to give us each step. But what did you have to go through in order to be able to move this program forward? And then how is it structured? Because if you are in rural areas, you know, how are they connecting back to, you know, sort of the mega metro centers, you know?</p> <p>00;09;10;05 - 00;09;11;28<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> So how is that structured? Two questions.</p> <p>00;09;12;09 - 00;09;38;14<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> So Dr. Jorgensen did that already for the rural track. So we have two additional residents right now. And to get ASCGME accreditation, essentially you have to meet a whole bunch of requirements about space, about faculty, about time, about learning. And it's not easy. And Dr. Jorgensen accomplished that, got the accreditation for that. And it's a long process, so it can take up to a year to get all that done.</p> <p>00;09;38;14 - 00;09;44;20<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> It's just good for the listeners to hear, you know, and know what's realistic. Yes. It's not going to be a fix in six weeks.</p> <p>00;09;44;21 - 00;10;12;17<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> No, this is a very long process. Okay. Yeah. And the ACG acknowledges an understands that we as a state, as a country, need to do better in educating our physicians in rural America. And they've created a think tank for rural and medically underserved populations to try to determine how they can help states develop programs and reach ACGME accreditation and given all the strict requirements.</p> <p>00;10;12;28 - 00;10;15;18<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> But that is just started. So they're just trying to figure that out now.</p> <p>00;10;15;24 - 00;10;29;27<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Gotcha. So what about the structure of the residency program? You said that is underway and I think you have had six residents go through so far or are in the process of going through? What's the first year, second or third year, fourth year look like for them?</p> <p>00;10;30;03 - 00;11;03;17<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Yes. So, again, this is Dr. Jorgensen's area and this is all her developing this. So there so I hope I'm going to get this right. But their first year they do a primary care rotation in rural Iowa. And then their second year, they have three months of electives that are all in rural areas. And then their third year they have a telesite clinic to a rural area. And then their fourth year they can do any of those electives that I just mentioned.</p> <p>00;11;03;29 - 00;11;26;03<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> And she is currently working with other parts of the state to expand and rural locations for residents. So that's our current state. Our future state will be to develop our residency program even further and there will be a lot of collaboration between Dr. Jorgensen's program and what we decide to do in the future with expanding throughout the state.</p> <p>00;11;26;15 - 00;11;48;25<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Well, and also through the fellowships that you're just now establishing in terms of what does this look like and feel like in rural America? Right, Right. So thank you for being on what I often call the bleeding edge of innovation. So it's not always comfortable and but but often, you know, thank heavens for the Wright brothers who were the first people to go up in that plane.</p> <p>00;11;48;25 - 00;12;08;26<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Right. You're the first person to try to do this in rural America through the fellowships. So you've mentioned a couple of times that the government of Iowa has been incredibly supportive. And you even mentioned that the governor, I think, had put forward a we can do better than this for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders in our state.</p> <p>00;12;09;05 - 00;12;13;24<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Its really it's been the state legislature to some degree that's been driving this?</p> <p>00;12;13;24 - 00;12;32;05<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> It has. It's been the state legislature that's been driving it. So they advocated strongly for it. It was the number one priority for for folks, and they made it happen. So it came from them. So the academic world can't claim any pats on the back for that one.</p> <p>00;12;32;08 - 00;12;49;22<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Well, you had to be ready to catch the ball when they threw it to you, right? Yeah, right. You know, I think you get a little street cred there. The other thing I was wondering, I think in the breakout session I heard you say that for the new 12 slots that the state is actually funding $100,000 per residency slot.</p> <p>00;12;49;22 - 00;13;15;09<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Is that correct? Yep. So just to give the listeners that sense, that may not cover all of the cost of a residency, but it certainly covers a significant part of it. So just know that your state legislature should be in contact with the Iowa State Legislature to be inspired for helping us get more health care workers. In terms of the key success elements,</p> <p>00;13;15;22 - 00;13;39;26<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> based on your experience with the psych residency program under Dr. Jorgensen's leadership and passion for this and now looking at the psychiatric fellowship programs which will once achieved, have dual role, they'll have that fellowship and also will be, you know, at the same time as they go through the fellowship, are able to oversee the residency slots. What do you think are some of the key success elements that got this off the ground?</p> <p>00;13;40;09 - 00;13;45;07<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Certainly Dr. Jorgensen deserves a bright star, but were there other elements in addition to that?</p> <p>00;13;45;13 - 00;14;22;13<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Well, I think willing is to collaborate and communicate across different organizations. It always comes down to communication and collaboration. So I have met a lot of new people during this adventure and finding out that we all share something in common and that's trying to improve health, mental health care to Iowans. And so I think willingness to collaborate, willingness to communicate, willingness to think big, but then also realize, okay, well, this is our big end dream, but what are the steps we have to get to do that?</p> <p>00;14;22;25 - 00;14;40;24<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> And is it going to be perfect starting out? Probably not. But let's just go and let's try it. So I think collaboration and communication and willingness to to try and to think and then willingness to actually make it happen and put the hard work in to make it happen.</p> <p>00;14;41;00 - 00;14;50;00<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> And I thought I heard in there the ability to pivot. Yes. In case it's not going to be exactly going in the direction that you dreamed of initially. Okay.</p> <p>00;14;50;07 - 00;14;55;07<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Right. Who knows where this will end up, But we've got to start trying to figure it out. Yeah.</p> <p>00;14;55;18 - 00;15;17;24<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> So let me ask you this two last questions. One, if you had to pick the biggest barrier that you overcame or went around or underneath, what would that be? Something for people to learn from your lessons, your own experience, so they can see the barrier is there and perhaps prepare better for it?</p> <p>00;15;18;06 - 00;15;46;07<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Well, I wish Dr. Jorgensen was up here because she's actually gotten over all those hurdles and her program is off the ground. And I'm just in the early stages of doing this next phase. But but I would say that the biggest hurdle so far has been getting everybody together here to talk, to have a similar vision, even though that vision may be not exactly clear, but at least something that everyone can agree on.</p> <p>00;15;46;07 - 00;15;57;24<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> And I think we're still working on that. But I think having something that the group can agree on is where we need to go. So I would say I'm in the middle stages of that.</p> <p>00;15;58;12 - 00;16;01;09<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> But you're building the foundation for the collaboration.</p> <p>00;16;01;12 - 00;16;01;26<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Thank you.</p> <p>00;16;01;26 - 00;16;07;01<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Yes, that sounds like. Right. Yeah. And that's not easy work because it means relationships, right?</p> <p>00;16;07;01 - 00;16;08;16<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> It's all about building relationships. Yeah.</p> <p>00;16;08;16 - 00;16;35;01<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> And learning the things about the other organizations that you didn't know were struggles or challenges. And they for you. Yeah. All right. So we are going to wrap this up. Are there a couple of things that you want to leave the listeners with that might inspire them to say, Hey, I'm going to start talking to my state representative and see if we can get something off the ground or I'm going to talk to my local academic medical center, something to inspire them as we close this out.</p> <p>00;16;35;13 - 00;16;58;22<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Yeah, I think at least for some of us that have been in the mental health system for a long time, it's hard sometimes not to think there's so many problems that we can't overcome. But I think that we have to keep optimism and keep some idealism that, you know, I've lost some of that. But to keep it that, you know, that we can fix this or we could please try to fix this.</p> <p>00;16;59;09 - 00;17;18;22<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> And there is hope. And if we work together and we get the right type of people together that are passionate about mental health care and are passionate about making changes, then it can happen. So never give up hope and always keep trying.</p> <p>00;17;19;00 - 00;17;28;16<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> That's exceptional. And I do believe that the Generation Z and all of those the millennials, they are going to demand.</p> <p>00;17;28;29 - 00;17;29;10<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Good.</p> <p>00;17;29;20 - 00;17;42;11<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Treatment for their entire for their whole self, right? Just like the surgeon general said, you know, there is no complete good health without good mental health. So hopefully we have a lot of champions coming behind you and I.</p> <p>00;17;42;11 - 00;17;44;11<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Yes. So we need them. We need them.</p> <p>00;17;44;12 - 00;17;50;12<br /> Rebecca Chickey<br /> Keep the optimism going. And thank you so much, Dr. Tate. This has been a joy and thank you for the work you're doing.</p> <p>00;17;50;14 - 00;17;50;29<br /> Jodi Tate<br /> Thank you.</p> </details> <hr /> <p><br /> <a href="/advancing-health-podcast/2023-05-19-addressing-food-insecurity-rural-tennessee" target="_blank"><span><strong>AHA podcast: Addressing Food Insecurity in Rural Tennessee</strong></span></a><br /> When a community health needs assessment was conducted in Hardeman County, Tennessee, it confirmed that not only was obesity a serious health threat for adults and children, but accessing food at all was a problem for many county residents. Fortunately, their local hospitals decided to address food insecurity in the county and take action.</p> <hr /> <p></p> <div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/addressing-food-insecurity-in-rural-tennessee" target="_blank" title="Addressing Food Insecurity in Rural Tennessee">Addressing Food Insecurity in Rural Tennessee</a><br />  </div> <details class="transcript"><summary> <h2 title="Click here to open/close the transcript."><span>View Transcript</span><br />  </h2> </summary> <p> </p> <p>00;00;01;01 - 00;00;26;00<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> When a community health needs assessment was conducted in Hardeman County, Tennessee, it confirmed what most people already knew. Not only was obesity a serious health threat for adults and youth alike, but accessing food at all was a real problem for many county residents who lacked transportation and lived miles from a convenient grocery store. Fortunately for the people of Hardeman County, their local hospitals decided to take action.</p> <p>00;00;30;26 - 00;00;56;11<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> Welcome to 鈥淐ommunity Cornerstones: Conversations with Rural Hospitals in America.鈥� A new series from the 黑料正能量 Association. I'm Tom Haederle with AHA Communications. As part of its mission to advance the health of the community it serves, Bolivar General Hospital led the fight against food insecurity in Hardeman County, Tennessee. What they did, how they did it and what was the result is the subject of this podcast.</p> <p>00;00;56;17 - 00;01;03;01<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> Their story is a window into the lives of leaders who took the necessary steps to improve the health of their community.</p> <p>00;01;04;05 - 00;01;21;13<br /> John Supplitt<br /> Good day. I'm John Supplitt senior director of AHA Rural Health Services, and with me is Ruby Kirby, CEO of two critical access hospitals for west Tennessee health care, Bolivar and Camden Hospitals, and she's the recipient of the AHA Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award. Welcome, Ruby.</p> <p>00;01;21;18 - 00;01;22;14<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> Good morning.</p> <p>00;01;22;25 - 00;01;37;07<br /> John Supplitt<br /> We are here to discuss how the team at Bolivar General Hospital collaborates with stakeholders across Hardeman County to feed their residents. Ruby, what is the origin behind the effort of a healthier Hardeman County?</p> <p>00;01;37;14 - 00;02;17;15<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> John, originally this initiative came from the results of our community health needs assessment and some of the CDC data. We actually have three entities in Hardeman County that does health needs assessment. We have FQAC, of course, a health department, and the hospital. And we bring all this data back to what we call now our health council, and we were looking at that and some of the things that jumped out at us quickly was our obesity rates for youth, which was like 44% higher than state average. Adults, was 40%, which our state was at 32 at that time.</p> <p>00;02;18;05 - 00;02;41;13<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> But interesting from our survey, 58% of the residents said they were either overweight or obese. So, you know, 14% said they didn't have healthy foods and 21% said they had to travel more than five miles to access food. And in a community like ours, where transportation is the issue, that was how we decided how to address these.</p> <p>00;02;41;20 - 00;02;52;14<br /> John Supplitt<br /> So you gathered a lot of data over the course of your community health needs assessment, and then you tried to put them into action. You defined the need and had a strategy, but how did you put it into action?</p> <p>00;02;52;21 - 00;03;18;24<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> Well, we had the health council, and when we looked at the composition of the health council, we knew we didn't have the people we needed at the table. So we got some additional people to the table. And the first step that we decided was to address access to healthy food. So we was fortunate that we were able to collaborate with the University of Tennessee Agri-Stension Agency.</p> <p>00;03;19;03 - 00;03;47;05<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> And through the CDC, a $500,000 grant, cooperative grant that we could use on this program. So we established the 鈥淗ealthy Hardeman County for Healthy Weight鈥� or we finally call it the 鈥淗2O Initiative.鈥� We identified food deserts in the county, and we work with our local farmers and farmers markets to set up produce bins all through the county. So they would distribute food in these bins,</p> <p>00;03;47;05 - 00;04;16;10<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> and it was open to anybody that needed to come in or anybody in the community could contribute. We had the Power Produce Club, which we called a Pops Club. We would give youth their own funding so they could go to the farmers market and pick out their vegetables and fruit. So that was really fun. We worked with the USDA Food Box program to create the Hungry Health and Hope Foodbank, and now we're off and running.</p> <p>00;04;16;14 - 00;04;18;26<br /> John Supplitt<br /> And exercise is a part of this experience too, was it not?</p> <p>00;04;18;26 - 00;04;49;19<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> Yep. A lot of the community did not think they had anywhere safe to do the exercise. So what we did was start looking at how to increase the physical activities. People would come out with ideas. We got other entities involved. We built walking trails and walking paths. Additionally, we had new parks, crosswalks, bicycle safety programs and many of the neighbors just took part in what we call 鈥淲alk Across Tennessee鈥� challenges.</p> <p>00;04;50;05 - 00;04;51;26<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> So we're still working on that.</p> <p>00;04;51;26 - 00;04;59;28<br /> John Supplitt<br /> So it clearly would not have been possible without the strong commitment from your community leaders. So what are the results? What are the outcomes from the experience?</p> <p>00;05;00;10 - 00;05;26;09<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> So we have improved food security. They've had 18 food distribution through the county. 27,000 boxes plus of food has went into the community. The obesity rate in Hardeman County has dropped. It was 40% when we started. We were down to like 35% within two years, and that was the adults. Amongst students it was 46% and now it's like 44%.</p> <p>00;05;26;21 - 00;05;35;26<br /> John Supplitt<br /> So as a result of these efforts, you are recognized as a healthier Tennessee community by the governor. So tell us what's next for Bolivar Hospital, the Council and H2O?</p> <p>00;05;36;03 - 00;06;04;26<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> We are still adding individuals . Our work continues. Next step is to work with local industry. We are trying to engage them and their employees in eating healthy and exercising. We plan to engage the schools by visiting classroom, teaching children about healthy food choices and the importance of regular mobility and exercise. The Council and the H2O are working to raise awareness.</p> <p>00;06;05;06 - 00;06;21;12<br /> Ruby Kirby<br /> That's, you know, the biggest thing in a community is people to be aware. So we're looking at having a poverty simulator that we would invite 50 community leaders so that they would understand what it's like to live in poverty and be able to stretch your dollars.</p> <p>00;06;21;21 - 00;06;45;27<br /> John Supplitt<br /> Yeah. It's great to see you continue this very important work in your community. So thank you, Ruby. Your leadership is inspiring and the award is well-deserved. I look forward to learning more about the success you have improving your community鈥檚 health through healthy foods and physical activity. Your team has gone above and beyond providing inpatient care to improve the health of Hardeman County, Tennessee.</p> <p>00;06;46;18 - 00;06;50;28<br /> John Supplitt<br /> I'm John Supplitt, senior director of AHA Rural Health Services. Thank you for listening.</p> </details> <hr /> <p><br /> <a href="/advancing-health-podcast/2023-05-05-retaining-rural-nursing-workforce-it-takes-village" target="_blank"><span><strong>AHA podcast:  Retaining A Rural Nursing Workforce: It Takes A Village</strong></span></a><br /> Attracting and retaining nurses presents a major workforce challenge, particularly in rural health care settings. At the University of Vermont Health Network, leaders realized that the ongoing nursing shortage crisis required creative solutions, including investment in the well-being of the nursing staff.</p> <hr /> <p></p> <div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/retaining-a-rural-nursing-workforce-it-takes-a-village" target="_blank" title="Retaining A Rural Nursing Workforce: It Takes A Village">Retaining A Rural Nursing Workforce: It Takes A Village</a></div> <hr /> <details class="transcript"><summary> <h2 title="Click here to open/close the transcript."><span>View Transcript</span><br />  </h2> </summary> <p>00;00;01;03 - 00;00;23;12<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> Imagine you're a new hire and on your very first day of work, your new boss throws a big party and invites all of your new colleagues to welcome you. Pretty nice hello huh? That's just one strategy that a creative hospital administrator uses to attract and retain great medical talent in a rural health care setting. This demonstrated and genuine concern for the workforce seems to do the trick.</p> <p>00;00;27;25 - 00;00;56;00<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> Welcome to Community Cornerstones Conversations with Rural Hospitals in America. A new series from the 黑料正能量 Association. I'm Tom Haederle with AHA Communications. Middlebury, Vermont has its charms, but as with any rural health care setting, it faces challenges in attracting and keeping great care providers. In this podcast, a senior University of Vermont Health Network administrator explains how she took a fresh look at the problem and said to herself, I can do something about this.</p> <p>00;00;56;18 - 00;01;01;19<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> And so she has. Now let's go to our moderator, the AHA鈥檚 Elisa Arespacochaga.</p> <p>00;01;02;21 - 00;01;17;11<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> Good morning. This is Elisa Arespacochaga with the 黑料正能量 Association. And I'm thrilled today to be joined by Tiffany Love, associate vice president and chief nursing officer, the University of Vermont Health Network. Porter Medical Center in Middlebury, Vermont. Welcome, Tiffany.</p> <p>00;01;17;16 - 00;01;18;28<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> Thank you. Thank you for having me.</p> <p>00;01;19;07 - 00;01;23;07<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> So let's get started. Take me back a little bit. What brought you to health care?</p> <p>00;01;23;15 - 00;01;43;03<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> So I have actually been working at a hospital since I was 15 years old. My father did not want me to work at a fast food restaurant, so he got me a job in dietary and then years later, he said he regretted getting me into health care because he felt like I grew up so fast. I went from working in dietary to being a nurse's assistant.</p> <p>00;01;43;14 - 00;02;01;17<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> I had a really pivotal moment with a patient, and I decided I want to be a nurse. And that was all it took. And I went to school to become a nurse and before you know it, I went on to become a nurse practitioner and pursue my Ph.D. and then I decided to get into management and became a chief nursing officer.</p> <p>00;02;01;26 - 00;02;05;16<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> So it wasn鈥檛 your usual path to health care leadership.</p> <p>00;02;05;22 - 00;02;29;20<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> But it's a wonderful one. And I think almost every nurse leader I've spoken with has one of those moments with a patient that is said to them, This is what I'm really good at and this is where I need to be. So as now a nursing leader who is responsible for making sure you have the right numbers of nurses and in your organization and others, how are you starting to get creative with the whole process?</p> <p>00;02;29;21 - 00;02;36;20<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> Let's start with the recruitment efforts to bring those nurses in, to get that next generation of you coming in the door.</p> <p>00;02;36;26 - 00;02;57;22<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> Well, I asked myself, why would you ever want to be a nurse? And as a chief nursing officer, I have to have the answer. I have to be the one to create a place where people want to work. So I start with recruitment. I go out to the career technical schools, community colleges and universities. I introduce myself to the students.</p> <p>00;02;58;00 - 00;03;17;03<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> I tell them my story, and then I ask them, there's. And then I tell them about the opportunities at my organization. And I also have had the opportunity to break down some barriers. Some of the students said, Well, you have to be 18 years old to get a job at the hospital. So I worked with Human Resources to get rid of those barriers.</p> <p>00;03;17;16 - 00;03;40;22<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> And then when they come to do clinicals, I make sure to visit with them right away and offer them an early hire opportunity. So before they're even finished with school, they know they have a home and I think that makes a difference. They want to feel welcome. And then when we hire them, I throw them a big graduation party and invite the entire hospital to welcome them to our organization.</p> <p>00;03;41;04 - 00;03;41;12<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> Wow.</p> <p>00;03;41;13 - 00;03;43;08<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> It sounds like you really build a family.</p> <p>00;03;43;09 - 00;04;00;04<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> Absolutely. You know, that's the difference in rural health care. They tend to be small organizations. People do feel like extended family. And so from day one, I am having luncheons with them. I'm rounding with them and making sure that I know the nurses by name.</p> <p>00;04;00;12 - 00;04;14;11<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> That's great. So part of that work, once you get to the point of bringing them in the door, you then have to think about how do you retain them, how do you keep them, how do you make those connections that make that job connect to what they came into health care for?</p> <p>00;04;14;18 - 00;04;43;06<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> Well, I like to make sure that the nurses have the resources they need to get the job done. I can tell you when I started my role with the Health Network, I was working with a dedicated long tenured group of people, but they were weary. I could see it on their face that every day, as they gave report and huddle, you could tell they felt like it was such a high hill to climb just with staffing shortages, maybe with having patients in the hospital longer than usual.</p> <p>00;04;43;12 - 00;05;04;19<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> So we started with a gratitude huddle. They would come in to report and then they would say what they're thankful for and it has to be something new every day. And there's a lot of research out there. I use the research by Shawn Achor from the book Big Potential, and I found that this changed our huddle into starting the day, feeling kind of, Oh my gosh, how will we accomplish this?</p> <p>00;05;05;02 - 00;05;45;29<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> To starting the day with Yeah, it might be rough a week got each other and we can do this. And before you know it, that turned around. Another thing that I focused on was making sure that if someone's working too many hours, find a way to get them time off. Also addressing pay inequities. There was some research done by the National Academies published in 2021 about the impacts of COVID 19 and the reason that people were leaving health care were due to pay inequities, feelings of moral injury, unsafe workloads, lack of child care, lack of adult care.</p> <p>00;05;46;10 - 00;06;08;17<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> And I thought to myself, I can fix this. So I got the nurses to pay raises in one year, I got the nurse leaders pay raises. I got them retention bonuses, which the research doesn't really support. Retention bonuses, but retention bonuses, signing bonuses, preceptor pay, doing everything I could think to do, to say I value you, I'm so happy you're here.</p> <p>00;06;08;21 - 00;06;29;23<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> That's great. And it sounds like a lot of the work you've done is really focused on the culture of your organization, really keeping that family feeling that you start with going along the way. So how do you get to that point where people really do feel like they're thriving? Because there's there's almost nothing I can imagine better than that feeling when you can help a family or a patient.</p> <p>00;06;29;23 - 00;06;53;04<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> And I'm sure, as we've heard in various sessions at the rural Conference that you have people who run into former patients in the grocery store and so forth who, you know, will come up and give them hugs. And that's got to be a piece of this work. But how do you keep your teams thriving in the day to day in the ongoing challenges, both with the pandemic and just with the difficulties of health care?</p> <p>00;06;53;08 - 00;07;23;07<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> It's been really hard to work in health care recently because in general, our communities are under a tremendous amount of stress. That means that people are not always nice. So it is my job to make sure that we are having a psychologically safe culture, that when someone is displaying disruptive behavior, whether it's an employee or a patient, that we are addressing, that that we are creating a safe work environment for our nurses as well as for our patients.</p> <p>00;07;23;27 - 00;07;47;11<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> And also a trend that I was starting to see is that nurses were working so many hours and nurse leaders were working 24 hour shifts and sleeping in their offices. Their families were suffering and their families were starting to make plans without them. And so I know that pushes people in to the post-traumatic growth phase. And I did not want my nurses to leave me or my nurse leaders.</p> <p>00;07;47;23 - 00;08;13;09<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> So I started to do wellness leadership coaching, which was six months of coaching with someone. And I participated where we sat together, we talked about why we came to nursing in the first place, and then we started to provide or the coach started to provide us with resources to help us be more resilient or even to step away and take a break and recharge when we needed to.</p> <p>00;08;13;18 - 00;08;29;18<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> That's wonderful. And I know we've talked about this a little bit before we started, but burnout and well-being are different. In rural health care. There's a different set of challenges that you face than maybe some of our your urban counterparts. Can you talk a little bit about that?</p> <p>00;08;29;24 - 00;08;52;21<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> Absolutely. The first thing that I would say is oftentimes we are taking care of not just our community, but each other. I can't tell you how many times I've walked past the room and I heard a nurse's voice from the bedside and I thought to myself, okay, we have to make sure that our nurses are prioritizing their community by putting their own health first.</p> <p>00;08;52;22 - 00;09;34;23<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> They were missing their doctor's appointments. They were missing vacation time because they were so committed to being there for the community. So we had to hit a reset button so that the nurses prioritized self-care. And I am taking it one step further to use a program called Nurse Happy, which I will bring in a team that will do an assessment on my nurses and nurse leaders, identify the specific root causes of their burnout, and then we will use some evidence based strategies from the Department of Veterans Affairs, from their Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, to use evidence based strategies on how we can address the stress for health care workers.</p> <p>00;09;35;02 - 00;09;38;26<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> And so this work will be ongoing so that no one gets left behind.</p> <p>00;09;39;05 - 00;09;57;09<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> That sounds amazing. So as you think about this, what advice would you give if a colleague came up to you during either the rural conference or afterwards and said, I really want to do more on well-being and resilience and address burnout in my team, How can I do that? Tiffany, What would you tell me to do?</p> <p>00;09;57;13 - 00;10;29;21<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> I would say focus on building the relationships. It means so much to a nurse or a nurse leader. When you say, I'm so happy you're here. Or if they were a way to say, Wow, I missed you, I'm so glad you're back. And most importantly, when you see that they are troubled, asking them, Are you okay and doing everything that you can to help give them the resources so that they can either take a step away or find another way to recharge and recover from the very important work that we have to do?</p> <p>00;10;30;00 - 00;10;37;09<br /> Elisa Arespacochaga<br /> It's wonderful. Thank you so much for taking the time to share some of your strategies with us and good luck with continuing your work.</p> <p>00;10;37;16 - 00;10;39;10<br /> Tiffany Love<br /> Thank you. Thank you for having.</p> </details> <hr /> <p><br /> <a href="http://Advocating for Rural Health Providers" target="_blank"><span><strong>AHA podcast: Big Changes with the New Rural Emergency Hospital Model</strong></span></a><br /> For critical access hospitals and rural hospitals with 50 beds or fewer, an attractive new option became available on January 1st of this year. That was the opportunity to seek designation as a new rural emergency hospital, which expands the conditions under which hospitals can seek payment from Medicare. The Rural Health Redesign Center helps interested critical access hospitals and rural hospitals with 50 or fewer beds transition to Medicare鈥檚 new Rural Emergency Hospital designation. Learn more about the designation and its payment implications. Listen below.</p> <p></p> <div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/the-new-rural-emergency-hospital-model" target="_blank" title="The New Rural Emergency Hospital Model">The New Rural Emergency Hospital Model</a><br />  </div> <details class="transcript"><summary> <h2 title="Click here to open/close the transcript."><span>View Transcript</span><br />  </h2> </summary></details> <hr /> <p><br /> <strong><a href="http://Advocating for Rural Health Providers" target="_blank"><span>Advocating for Rural Health Provider</span>s</a></strong><br /> For rural health care providers, 2022 ended on an up note, when AHA was able to secure some important policy wins in the final omnibus appropriations package to fund the government. This year brings a new set of challenges, goals and opportunities. In this episode, three AHA rural health care policy experts discuss the 2023 rural advocacy agenda for Congress and the Administration.</p> <hr /> <p></p> <div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/ruralseries-advocatingforruralhealthproviders" target="_blank" title="Advocating for Rural Health Providers">Advocating for Rural Health Providers</a></div> <hr /> <details class="transcript"><summary> <h2 title="Click here to open/close the transcript."><span>View Transcript</span><br />  </h2> </summary> <div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/closing-the-immunity-gap-with-advocate-childrens-hospital" target="_blank" title="Closing the Immunity Gap with Advocate Children's Hospital">Closing the Immunity Gap with Advocate Children's Hospital</a></div> <p> </p> <p>00;00;00;01 - 00;00;28;20<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> For rural health care providers. 2022 ended on an up note when age was able to secure some important policy wins in the final omnibus appropriations package to fund the government. That was last year. However, this year brings a new set of challenges, goals and opportunities. Welcome to Community Cornerstones: Conversations with Rural Hospitals in America, a new series from the 黑料正能量 Association.</p> <p>00;00;29;03 - 00;01;00;18<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> I'm Tom Haederle with AHA Communications. We hope these 15 episodes will shed new light on the challenges, triumphs and issues facing rural health care providers who are a health lifeline for approximately 20% of Americans. In this episode, three AHA rural health care policy experts discuss the 2023 Rural Advocacy agenda for Congress and the administration. It includes flexible payment options, expanded telehealth coverage and help with workforce issues, to name but a few.</p> <p>00;01;01;06 - 00;01;15;08<br /> Tom Haederle<br /> Lead ing the discussion is Aimee Kuhlman, vice president for advocacy at Grassroots of the AHA. This series was recorded at the AGs 2023 Rural Conference in San Antonio. Now let's go to Amy and her colleagues.</p> <p>00;01;16;11 - 00;01;47;14<br /> Aimee Kuhlman<br /> Hello, I am Aimee Kuhlman, Vice President of Advocacy and Grassroots at the AHA, and I'm joined by my colleagues, Travis Robey, vice president, the AHA鈥檚 Political Affairs, and Shannon Wu, senior associate director, the AHA鈥檚 Payment Policy. Welcome, Shannon, and welcome, Travis. Today we announced our AHA Rural Advocacy Agenda for the 118th Congress. And I'm going to ask Travis and Shannon to share with us the details of that agenda.</p> <p>00;01;47;26 - 00;02;03;28<br /> Aimee Kuhlman<br /> However, before we do that, I would like to review with you what was accomplished in the second session of the last Congress and how that lays the foundation for us moving forward. Travis, walk us through what occurred in the last few months in 2022.</p> <p>00;02;04;02 - 00;02;24;14<br /> Travis Robey<br /> Thanks, Amy. Happy to do that. Glad to be joining a here from the Rural conference. We had a lot of great wins at the end of the Congress in December that were included in that final big omnibus appropriations package to fund the government. We were able to extend for two years the Medicare low volume adjustment and the Medicare dependent hospital programs.</p> <p>00;02;24;23 - 00;02;51;27<br /> Travis Robey<br /> We were able to extend the higher reimbursement rate for rural ambulance services that included a 3% add on for rural ambulance services and a super rural bonus of 22.6% for hospitals in the lowest 25th percentile of rural counties by population density. We also had some big wins on the workforce front, added 200 additional slots for graduate medical education.</p> <p>00;02;52;02 - 00;03;21;06<br /> Travis Robey<br /> Half of those were reserved for behavioral health residencies and there were also a rural set asides as part of that package. We also extended the Conrad State 30 program that allows foreign born physicians to stay in the U.S. if they practice in underserved communities. And then just one other broader agenda item I wanted to flag. We block the 4% across the board cut that would have gone through under the Medicare statutory pay as you go laws.</p> <p>00;03;21;12 - 00;03;24;11<br /> Travis Robey<br /> And fortunately, we were able to stop that from moving forward.</p> <p>00;03;24;17 - 00;03;38;10<br /> Aimee<br /> Sounds like it was a busy end of the year. Travis I know that we share credit with our hospital and state association leaders whose advocacy helped make this possible. Shannon, how about on the policy side? What was achieved there?</p> <p>00;03;38;15 - 00;04;01;15<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> Well, I'm pleased to report last year we were able to successfully advocate for an additional $2 billion for hospitals under both the inpatient and outpatient hospital payment systems from what was being proposed by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to what was finalized. We worked hard with CMS and the Hill to highlight the dire financial situations many hospitals were facing and continue to face.</p> <p>00;04;02;01 - 00;04;28;14<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> Second, we were also successful in advocating for a very favorable facility payment amount in the rural emergency hospital model. CMS went through its rule making process last year and finalized a 3.3 million annual payment for a given REH facility in 2023. And as Travis mentioned, we were also successful in distributing 200 additional Medicare funded graduate medical education slots just this past month.</p> <p>00;04;28;14 - 00;04;33;07<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> And so we look forward to advocating for additional workforce issues in the upcoming year.</p> <p>00;04;33;12 - 00;04;40;03<br /> Aimee Kuhlman<br /> Thank you, Shannon. As we look toward the next Congress, what are the priorities on our rural advocacy agenda? Travis?</p> <p>00;04;40;09 - 00;05;05;13<br /> Travis Robey<br /> Well, we just rolled out our 2023 rural advocacy agenda here at the Rural Conference, and we've got a robust agenda of programs and policies that we're going to be working with Congress and the administration on to move forward. They fall into a few different buckets. The first is supporting flexible payment options, and that includes things like extending the Medicare dependent hospital and low volume adjustment programs.</p> <p>00;05;05;13 - 00;05;28;17<br /> Travis Robey<br /> Again, we got that two year extension in the end of the year package, but that means we need to start building support to get those reauthorized again. We also want to reopen the necessary provider designation for critical access hospitals that lets a hospital be a CAH if they're within 35 miles of another facility. The next big bucket is ensuring fair and adequate reimbursement.</p> <p>00;05;28;28 - 00;05;48;24<br /> Travis Robey<br /> That includes a policy like reversing the rural health clinic cuts from the 2020 end of the year package, extending the ambulance, add on payments again. Again, there was a two year extension in the December bill, so we need to keep building support for that again. And we have a robust commercial insurer accountability plan that we're going to continue to build on.</p> <p>00;05;49;03 - 00;06;30;28<br /> Travis Robey<br /> Also, workforce issues continue to be a top tier priority. We hear from across the field, but particularly for rural hospitals. And we really need to increase the pipeline of physicians and nurses. That's the core of our strategy here. And that includes more GME slots, including to continue to get more in rural communities, expanding the Conrad 30 program to keep more and more on physicians in the U.S. loan repayment programs like the National Health Service Corps and National Nurse Corps that incentivize health graduates to practice in underserved areas and even more funding for nursing education, including more funds for nurse faculty, because that's a key bottleneck in the pipeline right now.</p> <p>00;06;31;11 - 00;06;45;05<br /> Travis Robey<br /> And the last couple of things I flagged, we want to continue supporting expanded telehealth coverage, making permanent all of the waivers that we got in the end of the year package and then continue to protect the 340 B program, which is so critical for many rural hospitals.</p> <p>00;06;45;14 - 00;06;56;05<br /> Aimee Kuhlman<br /> Thanks, Travis. The administration earlier this year announced that the public health emergency will end on May 11. Shannon, what are the implications for rural hospitals?</p> <p>00;06;56;14 - 00;07;19;05<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> So the end of the public health emergency will trigger the wind down of many PHE specific programs and flexibilities. And one of the most critical components in the next 80 days or so until May 11th is to decipher under which waiver certain operational and regulatory flexibilities, hospitals and other facilities have been operating. And second, to understand when those flexibilities actually go away.</p> <p>00;07;19;18 - 00;07;44;01<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> So just two weeks ago, the AHA issued guidance out to the field on some of the key changes for hospital operations as a result of the end of the year on May 11th. These include the end to flexibilities related to payment for many COVID 19 related services. How hospitals can use expansion sites of care. And the flexibility given to critical access hospitals for bed limits in the 96 hour rule, among others.</p> <p>00;07;44;02 - 00;08;04;21<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> And so we laid out a timeline of some of these key provisions, which end May 11th, which end in the fiscal year and calendar year, and which end at some future date. At the same time that we issue the guidance, we also are continuing to advocate for policies that we believe have provided crucial relief to hospitals and that we believe should be extended beyond the PHE were made permanent.</p> <p>00;08;05;08 - 00;08;35;17<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> So we detailed a long list of recommendations for both the administration and congressional action. These included permanently expanding coverage for telehealth services, eliminating certain nurse practitioner practice limits so they can practice at the top of their license, and eliminating the 96 hour physician certification rule for critical access hospitals. So we will continue to release additional analysis and tools to assist our members in preparing for the end of the PHE and obviously work closely with the administration and Congress in extending or make permanent certain policies.</p> <p>00;08;35;26 - 00;08;39;14<br /> Aimee Kuhlman<br /> So what's next for advocacy and public policy development at the AHA?</p> <p>00;08;39;28 - 00;09;11;26<br /> Travis Robey<br /> We're going to continue to pursue a legislation to extend a lot of those flexibilities that were so important during the PCE, particularly the telehealth waivers. Those are absolutely essential. But the other two things that we're focused on are the 96 hour physician certification requirement and the 96 hour average length of stay requirement for critical access hospitals. Those have been so essential during the PHE and continue to be a challenge because of the inability of so many hospitals to be able to discharge patients to post-acute and behavioral health care settings.</p> <p>00;09;12;08 - 00;09;22;21<br /> Travis Robey<br /> And we're also going to mobilize the field to engage on the entire spectrum of our advocacy priorities over the course of the next weeks, months and the next two years.</p> <p>00;09;23;00 - 00;09;46;10<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> And as many of our listeners may know, the Rural Emergency Hospital designation is effective as of January 1st of this year. So those eligible facilities, which include critical access hospitals and rural hospitals with 50 beds were less, can begin to convert to those rural emergency hospital designations. And so we continue to engage with CMS in gathering your feedback and making the program more sustainable and flexible for rural providers.</p> <p>00;09;46;23 - 00;10;06;21<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> And CMS recently released new guidance, and we continue to assess any ongoing concerns in analyzing the impact of some of those new clarifications from CMS. In fact, the AHA will be hosting a webinar with CMS and Hearst personnel on the model to solicit feedback from hospitals and providers, and they will also be there to answer any questions on the model.</p> <p>00;10;07;00 - 00;10;15;08<br /> Shannon Wu<br /> So the webinar is scheduled for March 1st at noon Eastern and we encourage all of those who are interested to attend and share your feedback with the CMS and HRSA team.</p> <p>00;10;15;21 - 00;10;34;13<br /> Aimee Kuhlman<br /> Well, it's clear that a lot has been accomplished, but there is still a lot of work yet to be done. I want to thank you, Travis and Shannon, for sharing with us the achievements from our last Congress and the goals for the next. I look forward to working with you and the rest of the field to build momentum and act on these objectives.</p> <p>00;10;34;28 - 00;10;51;11<br /> Aimee Kuhlman<br /> On behalf of Travis and Shannon, I'm Aimee Kuhlman, and thanks for listening. This has been an AHA Advancing Health podcast.</p> </details> Tue, 25 Apr 2023 10:56:32 -0500 Podcasts /seveninseven <div class="container"><h1>Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care</h1>h2, h3, h4 {color: #003087; } .7in7_panel p {padding: 15px;} .headshot { padding: 15px; width: 250px; vertical-align: middle;} h4, .h4 {font-size: 1.1em;} /*.player {padding: 15px;}*/ <div class="row"><div class="col-sm-1"> </div><div class="col-md-10"><h2>Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care</h2><div class="field_lead"><div class="field_lead"><p>In AHA鈥檚 Seven in Seven series, we explore ways 7 health care organizations are using a digital solution to improve access and delivery of perinatal care.</p></div><hr><div class="7in7_panel"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><img class="headshot" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/headshot-CARROLL-SARAH-AVIA-800x800.jpg" alt="Sarah Carroll Seven in Seven headshot, 800x800"></div><div class="col-md-8 player"><p><strong>Sarah Carroll, Senior Director, Center for Care Transformation, AVIA</strong></p><p>Caroll describes the emerging trends in perinatal digital solutions, and shares success factors.</p><p></p><div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/7-x-7-series-avia-alledits/s-419ddeueEZ5" target="_blank" title="Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. AVIA">Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. AVIA</a></div></div></div><hr><div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><img class="headshot" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/headshot-christina-yarrington-450x450.jpg" alt="Christina Yarrington Seven in Seven headshot - 450x450"></div><div class="col-md-8 player"><p><strong>Christina D Yarrington, M.D., FACOG, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine</strong></p><p>Learn how Dr. Yarrington utilizes rimidi to remotely monitor moms, while ensuring equitable access.</p><p></p><div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/7-x-7-series-1/s-rrhGLNcBiFZ" target="_blank" title="Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Boston Medical Center">Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Boston Medical Center</a></div></div></div><hr><div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><img class="headshot" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/headshot-kelly-stevenson-400x400.jpg" alt="Kelly Stevenson Seven in Seven headshot, 400x400"></div><div class="col-md-8 player"><p><strong>Kelly Stevenson, Senior Manager, Inception Health</strong></p><p>Stevenson describes how Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin uses Babyscripts, a platform designed to better connect expectant mothers with their doctors and resources.</p><p></p><div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/seven-in-seven-digital-solutions-for-perinatal-care-ft-froedtert-medical-college-of-wisconsin" target="_blank" title="Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin">Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin</a></div></div></div><hr><div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><img class="headshot" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/headshot-trina-jellison-800x800.jpg" alt="Trina Jellison Seven in Seven headshot - 800x800"></div><div class="col-md-8 player"><p><strong>Trina Jellison, Group Vice President Women and Children鈥檚 Institute, Providence St. Joseph Health</strong></p><p>Jellison shares how Circle, acquired by Wildflower Health, engages moms and families at Providence St. Joseph Health.</p><p></p><div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/7-x-7-series-2/s-whs77YsmC8a" target="_blank" title="Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Providence St. Joseph Health">Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Providence St. Joseph Health</a></div></div></div><hr><div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><img class="headshot" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/headshot-alisahah-cole-800x800.jpg" alt="Alisahah Cole Seven in Seven headshot - 800x800"></div><div class="col-md-8 player"><p><strong>Alisahah Cole, M.D., System Vice President of Population Health Innovation and Policy, CommonSpirit Health庐</strong></p><p>Dr. Cole shares how CommonSpirit Health uses Docent Health, a consumer engagement and patient navigation technology.</p><p></p><div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/seven-in-seven-digital-solutions-for-perinatal-care-ft-commonspirit-health" target="_blank" title="Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. CommonSpirit Health">Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. CommonSpirit Health</a></div></div></div><hr><div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><img class="headshot" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/headhot-ghadisha-400x400.jpg" alt="David Ghadsha, MD Seven in Seven headshot, 800x800"></div><div class="col-md-8 player"><p><strong>David Ghadisha, M.D., FACOG, Baltimore Regional Director of Women鈥檚 Health Services, MedStar Health</strong></p><p>Dr. Ghadisha highlights how PeriGen, an obstetric decision support software, contributes to better outcomes.</p><p></p><div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/7-x-7-series-medstar-alledits/s-HIN182aoek1" target="_blank" title="Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. MedStar Health">Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. MedStar Health</a></div></div></div><hr><div class="row"><div class="col-md-4"><img class="headshot" src="/sites/default/files/2021-07/headshot-mary-lussier-519x519.jpg" alt="Mary M. Lussier Seven in Seven headshot - 800x800"></div><div class="col-md-8 player"><p id="ctchildren"><span><strong>Mary M. Lussier, RN, BSN, IBCLC, Lactation Services Coordinator, Connecticut Children鈥檚</strong></span></p><p>Mary shares how the use of Keriton, a feeding management, lactation analytics and patient engagement platform, has improved perinatal outcomes.</p><p></p><div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/7-x-7-series-3/s-5tzBrcTtzLU" target="_blank" title="Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Connecticut Children鈥檚">Seven in Seven: Digital Solutions for Perinatal Care ft. Connecticut Children鈥檚</a></div></div></div></div><hr>.field_lead p { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 16px; } .module-typeC{ height:100%; } .panel{ margin-bottom:10px } .module-typeC{ transition: 2s; } .module-typeC:hover{ transform: scale(1.05); transition: 2s; opacity:.7 } .module-typeC:hover h4 a{ color:#23527c; } @media (min-width:768px){ .rowEqual_768 { display: -webkit-box; display: -webkit-flex; display: -ms-flexbox; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; } .rowEqual_768>[class*='col-'] { -ms-flex: 1; /* IE 10 */ flex: auto; width: calc(33.3% - 2px/*25% - 2px*/) /*Adjust % for the number per row, will override the bootstrap - Also needed for Safari*/; margin-bottom:25px } } <h3>Resources</h3><div class="row rowEqual_768"><div class="col-md-3"><div class="panel module-typeC"><div class="panel-body"><div><a href="/news/blog/2021-08-04-new-series-explores-digital-solutions-perinatal-care"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/banner-seven-in-seven-maternity-700x532.jpg" alt="Seven in Seven series graphic of woman looking down at pregnant belly"></a></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h4><a href="/news/blog/2021-08-04-new-series-explores-digital-solutions-perinatal-care">Blog</a></h4></div></div><p>Learn more about the podcast series.</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-3"><div class="panel module-typeC"><div class="panel-body"><div><a href="/center/aha-digital-pulse"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021-02/DP_Perinatal_Assessment_700x532.jpg" alt="stock photo of mother seated at a table with a laptop and notepad. Woman is holding an infant and engaging with a toddler"></a></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h4><a href="/center/aha-digital-pulse">AHA Digital Pulse</a></h4></div></div><p>AHA Member exclusive: assess digital capabilities for free.</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-3"><div class="panel module-typeC"><div class="panel-body"><div><a href="https://aviahealth.com/insights/webinar-recording-covid-19-changed-perinatal-care-3-lessons-from-leading-innovators/"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/stock-medical-students-webinar-training-video-call-study.jpg" alt="stock photo of clinical professionals wathing video on laptop"></a></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h4><a href="https://aviahealth.com/insights/webinar-recording-covid-19-changed-perinatal-care-3-lessons-from-leading-innovators/">Webinar Archive</a></h4></div></div><p>AHA Member exclusive: Learn how COVID-19 changed perinatal care.</p></div></div></div> <div class="panel module-typeC"> <div class="panel-body"> <div><a href="#Blog"><img alt="dddddddd" src="/sites/default/files/2021-06/banner-seven-in-seven-maternity-700x532.jpg" /> </a></div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <h4><a href="#Blog">Blog Highlights</a></h4> </div> </div> <p>Read highlights from the series.</p> </div> </div> </div>--></div></div><div class="col-sm-1"> </div></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 23:06:01 -0500 Podcasts /2021-03-26-wel-grant-follow-podcast-series-lessons-learned Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:43:21 -0500 Podcasts <p>This podcast focuses on new resources the AHA created to help hospitals and health systems in offering out-of-pocket cost estimates to patients in advance of receiving medical care. The podcast features AHA鈥檚 Priya Bathija, vice president of Strategic Initiatives, and Ari Levin, senior associate director of policy.</p> <p><em>Chrome is recommended for the podcast.</em></p> <p><a class="btn btn-default btn-round" href=/system/files/2020-12/podcast-price-transparency-and-out-of-pocket-calculators-12-1-20.wav" target="_blank">Listen to the podcast</a></p> Thu, 03 Dec 2020 13:27:57 -0600 Podcasts <div class="webinar"> <h4>On-demand Podcast</h4> <h4 class="articleKicker"><a href="/resource-repository-trustees?topic=5172">COVID-19</a></h4> <h2>Safety and the Road to COVID-19 Recovery: The Role of the Board</h2> <p>Governance expert Jamie Orlikoff and James Reinertsen, M.D., present a brief, on-demand podcast outlining issues and actions that health care boards should consider as their organizations resume non-emergency care and anticipate and prepare for patient and staff safety concerns in a new landscape of care.</p> <p>The presentation highlights issues such as: how boards can embrace a proactive, prospective role in ensuring effective emergency planning; patient safety concerns to consider as hospitals and health systems resume non-emergency procedures; the board鈥檚 role in communicating with and asking questions of management during a unique, unprecedented situation like the pandemic; what boards should look for in a hospital or health system safety plan.</p> <p><em>Please note that the views of the presenters do not always reflect the views of the AHA. This podcast is an AHA members-only resource. Unauthorized participants and/or any party that aids and abets such unauthorized participants may be subject to criminal and civil penalties under both state and federal laws. Please contact AHA at 800-424-4301 or ahahelp@aha.org with questions.</em></p> <p> </p> </div> <p> Your browser does not support the audio element. </p> <div class="webinar"> <h4> </h4> <h4>Presenters</h4> <div class="presenter"><img alt="jamie orlikoff" src="/sites/default/files/2020-06/orlikoff_jamie_300x350.jpg" /> <p><strong>Jamie Orlikoff</strong> is president of Orlikoff & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in health care governance and leadership, strategy, safety and quality, and organizational development. He is an advisor for Trustee Services at the 黑料正能量 Association. He was named one of the 100 most powerful people in health care in the inaugural list by Modern Healthcare magazine. Jamie has been involved in leadership, quality and strategy issues for over 40 years. He has written 15 books and over 100 articles, and has served on hospital, health system, college and civic boards. He is the chair of the board of the St. Charles Health System in Bend, Oregon, and was vice chair of the board and chair of the governance committee at Virginia Mason Health System in Seattle until reaching his term limit. He is an author of the book 鈥淏oard Work: Governing Health Care Organizations,鈥� which won the ACHE James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award, and the primary author of 鈥淭he Future of Health Care Governance: Redesigning Boards for a New Era.鈥�</p> </div> <div class="presenter"><img alt="James L. Reinertsen" src="/sites/default/files/2020-06/reinertsen_james_300x350.jpg" /> <p><strong>James L. Reinertsen, M.D.</strong> heads The Reinertsen Group, an independent consulting and teaching practice focused on improving the clinical quality performance of health care organizations. From 2001 to 2013, he was a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Health Care Improvement in Boston, where he developed and delivered IHI鈥檚 programs for Boards, executives, and physician leaders. The winner of the 2011 John L. Eisenberg Individual Achievement Award for his decades of US and International leadership for clinical quality and safety, Dr. Reinertsen has an unusual combination of skills and experience. He practiced internal medicine and rheumatology for 20 years, and has also been an influential and admired health system CEO, leading health care quality improvement in medical groups, hospitals, and academic health centers. He was the CEO of Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis from 1986- 1998, and the CEO of a 6 hospital system in Boston, (CareGroup, including the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Mount Auburn, and New England Baptist hospitals) from 1998-2001. Dr. Reinertsen was a founder and first Chairman of the Minnesota鈥檚 Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, and is a former board member of the American Board of Internal Medicine, as well as the former Chairman of the Board of the American Medical Group Association. He is an Honorary Fellow of the English National Health Service鈥檚 Institute for Innovation and Improvement. The author of over 70 scholarly papers, and a 2005 book titled Ten Powerful Ideas for Patient Care Improvement, Dr. Reinertsen is a graduate of St. Olaf College and Harvard Medical School.</p> </div> </div> Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:43:07 -0500 Podcasts <div class="webinar"> <h4>On-demand Podcast</h4> <h4 class="articleKicker"><a href="/resource-repository-trustees?topic=5172">COVID-19</a></h4> <h2>Governance in the Time of Coronavirus: What governing boards should do to respond to the pandemic</h2> <p>As hospitals and health systems across the country continue to prepare for and respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the AHA is keeping you updated with the latest information and resources. An important area that needs to be addressed is what governing boards should be doing to help their executives, their organizations and themselves prepare for the immediate future of the pandemic.</p> <p>Governance expert Jamie Orlikoff presents a brief on-demand podcast outlining issues and actions that boards should consider for their organizations to stay ahead of the pandemic leadership curve, as well as anticipate and prepare for unprecedented situations and challenges.</p> <p>The presentation highlights issues such as: prospective board authorizations for emergency spending and policy modifications; logistics for emergency board meetings and decision making; how boards can support and, equally important, not be a burden to management; clarifying emergency authority between system and subsidiary boards; what boards and their members should not do; the need for deeper executive and board succession planning.</p> <p><em>Please note that the views of the presenter do not always reflect the views of the AHA. This podcast is an AHA members-only resource. Unauthorized participants and/or any party that aids and abets such unauthorized participants may be subject to criminal and civil penalties under both state and federal law. Please contact AHA at 800-424-4301 or ahahelp@aha.org with questions.</em></p> <p> </p> </div> <p> Your browser does not support the audio element. </p> <p><em>If the audio file fails to play, please reload the page or <a href="/system/files/2020-09/Governance-in-the-Time-of-Coronavirus.mp3">play the audio in a new window</a>.</em></p> <div class="webinar"> <h4><em>Presenter</em></h4> <div class="presenter"><em><img alt="jamie orlikoff" data-entity-type="" data-entity-uuid="" src="/sites/default/files/Orlikoff-Jamie.jpg" /> </em> <p><em><strong>Jamie Orlikoff</strong> is president of Orlikoff & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in health care governance and leadership, strategy, safety and quality, and organizational development. He is an advisor for Trustee Services at the 黑料正能量 Association. He was named one of the 100 most powerful people in health care in the inaugural list by Modern Healthcare magazine. Jamie has been involved in leadership, quality and strategy issues for over 40 years. He has written 15 books and over 100 articles, and has served on hospital, health system, college and civic boards. He is the chair of the board of the St. Charles Health System in Bend, Oregon, and was vice chair of the board and chair of the governance committee at Virginia Mason Health System in Seattle until reaching his term limit. He is an author of the book 鈥淏oard Work: Governing Health Care Organizations,鈥� which won the ACHE James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award, and the primary author of 鈥淭he Future of Health Care Governance: Redesigning Boards for a New Era.鈥�</em></p> <em> </em></div> </div> Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:24:48 -0500 Podcasts <p>AHA Advocacy Update Podcast. Listen to AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and Executive Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy Tom Nickels discuss the latest activity in Washington. They talk about what actions are expected on the political horizon and the implications they could have on hospitals and health systems and the patients they serve.</p> <hr /> <p> Your browser does not support the audio element. </p> <hr /> <p>If the audio won't play, <a href="/system/files/2020-09/9-15-Federal-Update-Recording.wav" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p> Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:50:58 -0500 Podcasts /podcasts/2020-05-28-leading-during-covid-19-lessons-learned-clinical-and-administrative-teams <p><span><span><span><span>The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about new challenges for health care providers including the way teams work together and communicate. The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the AHA鈥檚 Physician Alliance have partnered to help share experiences and lessons learned as a result of COVID-19 looking at how clinical and administrative leaders are working together to lead their teams through this crisis. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><strong><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/sets/lessons-learned-from-clinical"><span><span><span><span>Listen to parts one and two here.</span></span></span></span></a></strong></p> <p><span><span><b><span>CME: </span></b><span><span>This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirement and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Educations (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA). The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span>The American Society of Anesthesiologists designates this live activity for maximum of <em>1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits<sup>TM</sup></em>. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. <a href="https://education.asahq.org/totara/course/view.php?id=3764"><strong>Click here to create a free account with the American Society of Anesthesiologists and register your credit.</strong></a></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span>All planners, speakers, and staff have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.</span></span></span></span><br>  </p> <p><span><span><span><b><span>Leading during COVID-19 part one featuring Medisys Health Network </span></b></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>In this episode Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA鈥檚 Physician Alliance speaks with Bruce Flanz, President and CEO at Medisys Health Network and Dr. Antonietta Morisco, anesthesiologist and chairperson of anesthesia at Medisys Health Network (Jamaica & Flushing Hospitals) discussing learnings and experiences as a result of COVID, specifically taking a look at the role of collaboration between clinical and administrative leaders to enable teams to be more effective together. </span></span></span></p> <p></p> <div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/leading-during-covid-19-lessons-learned-from-clinical-and-administrative-teams-part-1" target="_blank" title="Leading during COVID-19 鈥� Lessons Learned from Clinical and Administrative Teams (Part 1)">Leading during COVID-19 鈥� Lessons Learned from Clinical and Administrative Teams (Part 1)</a></div> <p> </p> <p><span><span><span><b><span>Leading during COVID-19 part two featuring Henry Ford Health System</span></b></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>In this episode Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA鈥檚 Physician Alliance speaks with Dr. Gary Loyd, director of perioperative surgical home and anesthesiologist at Henry Ford Health System and Robert Riney, president of healthcare operations and chief operating officer at Henry Ford Health System discussing learnings and experiences as a result of COVID, specifically taking a look at the role of collaboration between clinical and administrative leaders to enable teams to be more effective together.</span></span></span></p> <p></p> <div><a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth" target="_blank" title="Advancing Health">Advancing Health</a> 路 <a href="https://soundcloud.com/advancinghealth/leading-during-covid-19-lessons-learned-from-clinical-and-administrative-teams-part-2" target="_blank" title="Leading during COVID-19 鈥� Lessons Learned from Clinical and Administrative Teams (Part 2)">Leading during COVID-19 鈥� Lessons Learned from Clinical and Administrative Teams (Part 2)</a></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><img alt="PA ASA logos" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5e3692be-7fc6-4302-9e35-3766fd7d4849" height="81" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Physician_Alliance_ASA.png" width="612"></div> Thu, 28 May 2020 07:21:37 -0500 Podcasts