Audio/Podcasts
The devastating 2023 Maui wildfires claimed 102 lives, destroyed more than 2,200 structures and caused an estimated $5.5 billion in damages. In this conversation, Hilton Raethel, president and CEO of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, describes how the tragedy unfolded, the steps health care鈥
Removing silos between physical and mental health care not only benefits patients, but the recruitment and retention of desperately needed behavioral health specialists.
Advancing Health's new series, 鈥淐aring for Our Kids,鈥 focuses on how pediatric hospitals are meeting the needs of their communities.
Veronica Gillispie-Bell, M.D., OB-GYN at Ochsner Health, discusses successful strategies to reduce maternal morbidity after childbirth, and how these solutions should always start with equity at the forefront.
The governing board is instrumental in providing leadership and support for the culture of safety in hospitals and health systems. In this conversation, Jamie Orlikoff, the AHA鈥檚 national adviser on governance and leadership, discusses how trustees can affect a culture of safety.
Children's Mercy Kansas City's John Cowden, M.D., director of the Culture and Language Coaching Program, and Jessi Johnson, health equity specialist, discuss what makes equity integration at the health system so unique, and how initial discussions with employees helped guide its equity principles.
Advancing health equity is a key priority for the AHA and the American Medical Association, with both developing key initiatives and programs dedicated to these efforts.
Cybersecurity experts from the AHA and Microsoft discuss the urgent need to build a cyber-strong workforce, particularly in rural hospitals and health systems, and how methods such as re-skilling can sustain permanent cyber readiness.
Two clinicians and a vehicle 鈥 that's the model Sheppard Pratt has been using to give behavioral health access to its communities.
Boston Medical Center is the winner of the AHA鈥檚 2024 Foster G. McGaw Prize, which recognizes the efforts of hospitals and health systems to improve the health and well-being of their communities.