Advancing Health

Jonathan Perlin, M.D., president of clinical services and chief medical officer at HCA Healthcare and former chairman of the AHA Board of Trustees, and Nancy Foster, AHA vice president for quality and patient safety, discuss the landmark Institute of Medicine report and progress to build a safer health care system.

Health care leaders increasingly recognize that tackling the field’s biggest challenges can’t be achieved alone. And this recognition has resulted in a rise of unique partnerships across what’s now often referred to as the health care ‘ecosystem.’ In this podcast, Lindsey Burgstahler, vice president of programming and intelligence for AHA’s Center for Health Innovation discusses highlights from the HLTH 2019 Conference with Andy Shin, chief operating officer for the AHA Center for Health Innovation and Bruce Brandes, general manager of digital solutions and strategic alliances for AVIA.

In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of the AHA Physician Alliance, Jay Bhatt, D.O., AHA senior vice president and chief medical officer, and Brian Juncker, partner at Strategic Talent Solutions, discuss a new AHA program to help hospitals identify and develop physician leaders.

In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Julia Resnick, senior program manager for AHA's The Value Initiative, talks with staff members from Inova Health System in Virginia about their initiative to prevent unnecessary preoperative testing.

In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Julia Resnick, senior program manager for the AHA’s The Value Initiative, and Steve Bovey, quality supervisor for the Empathy in Action program at Adventist Health Castle in Kailua, Hawaii, talk about the program that teaches staff and volunteers listening skills and empathetic approaches to engaging with patients, families and colleagues.

In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Eric Topol, M.D., Founder and Director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, and Suzanna Hoppszallern, senior editor, AHA Center for Health Innovation talk about how artificial intelligence has the potential to transform everything doctors do and free physicians from the tasks that interfere with human connection. AI can create space for the real healing that takes place between a doctor who can listen and a patient who needs to be heard.

In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of the AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, and Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, discuss how health equity is a moral issue that affects the length and quality of people’s lives. They share how hospitals and health system leaders are addressing the social determinants of health and social needs to make care more equitable.

In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Julia Resnick, senior program manager for AHA’s The Value Initiative, leads a discussion about Z codes and their benefits in indicating a patient’s history, status or problem that may affect health care. Priya Bathija, TVI vice president, and Nelly Leon-Chisen, AHA director of coding and classification, join the discussion.

On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Monica Noether and Sean May, both vice presidents at Charles River Associates, talk about a report they authored that found hospital mergers decrease costs, expand care and improve the ability to address social determinants of health.

In this AHA Advancing Health podcast for National Preparedness Month, Robert Kadlec, M.D., assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, discusses how hospitals and the federal government can work together to meet the challenge of national readiness.

As part of National Rehabilitation Week, the AHA Advancing Health podcast focuses on partnerships between acute care hospitals and post-acute care facilities. Douglas Struyk, president and CEO of Christian Care Center, and Robert Brenner,M.D., president of clinical integration for Valley Health System, discuss how their New Jersey facilities work together to provide savings, improved care and happier patients.

Dr. Michael Myers discusses the causes of physician suicide, sharing how input from family members and an understanding of physician traits such as perfectionism shed light on the tragedy of physician suicide.

Dr. Michael Weinstein shares his personal struggle to practice medicine while battling depression and thoughts of suicide. This heart wrenching story is a profound journey of hope and recovery, and provides a needed window into the experiences of physicians who struggle with mental illness.

Dr. Heather Farley discusses what hospitals can do to promote connectedness and well-being among physicians. She notes that the repetitive trauma of practicing medicine can often cause physicians to lose the joy that inspired them to pursue the field, and speaks openly about some of the isolation she felt at different points in her medical career.

On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Nancy Foster, AHA vice president of quality and safety policy, moderates a discussion on the need for an update to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey. Also joining the conversation are AHA’s Akin Demehin, director of policy, and Caitlin Gillooley, senior associate director for behavior health and quality policy.

Mital Patel, director of market intelligence for the AHA Center for Innovation speaks with Chris Looby, vice president of business development for Prescience Health, winners of of the 2019 Innovation Start-Up Challenge.

On this AHA Advancing Health Podcast, author Safi Bahcall shares innovation lessons from his recent book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Disease, and Transform Industries, that health care leaders can apply.

OpenNotes is a growing movement to encourage greater access and transparency by allowing patients to see their care providers’ notes after visits and appointments. In this podcast, a panel of experts discuss what is gained by inviting patients to take a larger role in their own care.

In this Advancing Health podcast, Jay Bhatt, AHA Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, speaks with a leading expert about what more can be done. Dr. Sharmila Makhija chairs the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y

On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Priya Bathija, vice president of AHA’s The Value Initiative, speaks with a team from the top winner of the American Hospital Association’s 2019 Innovation Challenge, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, about their award-winning approach to maternal and infant health using telehealth.