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Technology in behavioral health care: Expanding access, improving quality
AHA Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Jay Bhatt, D.O., and Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., president and CEO of the National Quality Forum, highlight a guide that offers health care organizations a “one-stop shop” of actionable interventions and curated tools and resources to deliver quality behavioral health care.
Setting a National Example in Reducing Stigma
Boston Medical Center has made strides to de-stigmatize addiction both inside and outside of its own walls.
How Oregon hospitals developed an evidence-based workplace violence prevention resource
Learn how an Oregon association collaborated with community stakeholders to produce an evidence-based toolkit to prevent workplace violence.
Hospital-owned shelter improves patients’ lives
Mercyhealth operates an emergency shelter in southern Wisconsin that also offers outpatient, behavioral health and other support services.
How Christiana Care became a leader in implementing age-friendly health system principles
Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Del., is leading the way in implementing age-friendly care by adopting evidence-based practices called the 4Ms Framework. The John A. Hartford Foundation and Institute for Healthcare Improvement in partnership with the AHA and Catholic Health Association of the United States have launched the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative using the framework to improve care for older patients.
Suicide prevention resources available to help physicians
As the nation marks National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, the AHA Physician Alliance and Education Development Center hope to spark a conversation that saves lives and advances dialogue on the issue by giving physicians a platform to share their knowledge, stories of recovery and ideas for supporting their colleagues.
Speaker recommends policies and practices to make health care organizations more LGBTQ inclusive
Hospital and health system leaders can measure their inclusion efforts against the Healthcare Equality Index, a national benchmarking tool.
Cancer Survivor Now Doctor at Same Hospital Where She Was Treated
Also in this week’s roundup: Maine hospital named for Barbara Bush recognizes her passing and University of Virginia Medical Center uses app to communicate with non-English speaking patients.
It’s time to increase access to behavioral health care
Joseph Miller, vice president of behavioral health care transformation services at Hackensack Meridian Health, and the chair of AHA’s Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services, discusses better coordinating care and innovating treatment for patients with a primary diagnosis of mental illness and substance use disorder.
Sheppard Pratt CEO Trivedi hopes to help hospitals address behavioral health challenges
AHA board member Harsh Trivedi is president and CEO of Sheppard Pratt Health System and is striving to improve health in the communities he serves across the country.