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Advancing Health
Advancing Health is the American Hospital Association’s award-winning podcast series. Featuring conversations with hospital and health system leaders and front-line staff, Advancing Health shines a light on the most pressing health care issues impacting patients, caregivers and communities.
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Feeding Health: The Fight Against Childhood Food Insecurity
Food insecurity affects far more than hunger. It influences physical health, mental well-being, academic performance, and long-term outcomes for child...
Real Solutions to Workplace Violence
What does it take to make hospitals safer for healthcare workers? In recognition of #HAVHope Day, Sarah Hunter, president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospita...
Innovative Models to Strengthen Behavioral Healthcare
As demand for behavioral health services continues to grow, hospitals are searching for ways to expand both care and the care teams themselves. In thi...
Why Hospitals Must Use AI Responsibly
The future of healthcare will be shaped not only by artificial intelligence, but by how thoughtfully organizations choose to implement it. In this con...
The New Model Predicting Teen Mental Health Risks
Teen mental health crises are rising — but what if providers could intervene before symptoms fully take hold? In this conversation, Duke University Sc...
The 5 Biggest Patient Safety Lessons for Health Care Boards
What should every hospital board member know about quality and patient safety? In this conversation, Elizabeth Mort, M.D., vice president and chief me...
More Than Survival: Healing Trauma From Violence
What happens after a survivor of violence leaves the hospital? For many patients, the physical wounds are only the beginning. In this conversation, El...
When Partnerships Bring Care Closer to Kids
For families living in poverty, accessing health care can feel out of reach — buried beneath challenges like transportation, childcare and job insecur...
Words Matter: Reducing Stigma in Substance Use Disorder Care
For millions facing substance use disorders, stigma isn’t just harmful — it’s a barrier to survival. In this conversation, three leaders from CommonSp...
Menopause Matters: Closing Gaps in Care and Awareness
Menopause affects half the population — yet it remains one of the most overlooked areas in modern health care. In this conversation, University of Ill...
Advocacy to Address Health Care Access and Affordability
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, speaks with Stacey Hug...
When Birth Isn’t Joyful: Supporting Postpartum Trauma
Childbirth is supposed to be one of life’s most joyful moments — but for many parents, the reality of birth trauma can have lasting emotional and phys...
Fixing the Nursing Shortage with Local Talent Pipelines
What does it take to turn a nursing shortage into a workforce pipeline? In this conversation, Denzil Ross, president of Indiana University Health Sout...
A Child's Health Starts in Communities
The biggest threats to children’s health aren’t always clinical — they’re happening in communities every day. In this conversation, Mary Kate Daly, se...
Youth Mental Health Can’t Wait
Youth mental health is at a critical juncture, with rising demand and limited access to care across communities. In this conversation, David Stark, ch...
A New Solution to Medical Debt
Millions of Americans are burdened by medical debt — but solutions are emerging. In this conversation, Undue Medical Debt's Allison Sesso, president a...
The CMO’s Role in Better Outcomes
The role of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is rapidly evolving as health care systems focus on the present and future. In this conversation, Phillip...
How Rehab Hospitals Can Ease Acute Care Overload
As hospitals face rising demand, staffing shortages and overcrowded ERs, how can America's health care system keep up? In this conversation, Scott Ede...
AI in Clinical Care: Reducing Risk and Improving Outcomes
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the future of health care — from predictive early warning systems that detect patient deterioration to am...
A New Prescription for Community Health
Improving community health requires more than clinical care alone. In this conversation, Venita Owens, president of Baylor Scott & White Health and We...
Rethinking Primary Care to Support Medically Complex Patients
Some patients don’t need more care — they need a different kind of care. In this conversation, leaders from University of Utah Health share how an int...
Encore: Fighting Hypertension Through Community Collaboration
In this Advancing Health encore episode, Duke University's Anna Tharakan, lead project manager on Closing the Gap on Hypertension Disparities, and Bra...
Better Teams, Better Mental Health Care
As demand for mental health care rises, primary care clinics are expanding how they support patients. In this conversation, John Muir Health's Jeremy...
2026 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan: AI and the Future of Staffing
Health care leaders are facing workforce shortages, rising burnout and growing demand for care. So, what’s working — and what's next? In this conversa...
Hospitals Beyond the Walls: Advancing Community Health
Hospitals impact far more than what happens inside their walls. In this conversation, Doug Brown, partner with Manatt Health and current chair of the...
From Closure to Comeback: A Rural ICU Is Reborn
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, sits down with Mark Bo...
Rebuilding Georgia’s Rural Pediatric Pipeline: Part Two
What does it take to ensure every child — no matter his/her ZIP code — has access to pediatric care? In part two of this conversation, leaders from Ch...
Rebuilding Georgia’s Rural Pediatric Pipeline: Part One
Across rural Georgia, more than 60 counties lack a single pediatrician. In this conversation, Jean Sumner, M.D., Dean of Mercer University School of M...
Encore: Revolutionizing Rural Cardiac Care
In this Advancing Health encore episode, Josh Neff, CEO of CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital, discusses a new cutting-edge communication platform that sends...
Mental Health First Aid: A Proactive Approach to Workplace Violence
Preventing workplace violence in health care takes more than security. In this conversation, Thomas Ahr, senior vice president and chief human resourc...
Operation Winter Shield: The FBI's Campaign Against Cyberthreats Part 2
In part two of this conversation, John Riggi, the AHA’s national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, talks with the FBI's Brett Leatherman, assistant...
Operation Winter Shield: The FBI's Campaign Against Cyberthreats Part 1
In part one of this two-part conversation, John Riggi, the AHA's national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, talks with the FBI's Brett Leatherman, a...
Inside a Quest for Quality: How Safer Care Is Built at Scale
Behind every safety metric is a leadership decision. In this conversation, Thomas McGinn, M.D., MPH, senior executive vice president and chief physici...
The Power of Lived Experience as a Behavioral Health Care Strategy
Is lived experience one of the most underused tools in health care today? In this conversation, JPS Health Network's Zelia Baugh, senior vice presiden...
When Health Care Is Hard to Navigate: Designing Patient Care Navigation
Even the most experienced health care leaders can feel lost as patients. In this conversation, Ji Im, system senior director of community and populati...
Rethinking Health Care Innovation From the Inside Out
In the first Leadership Dialogue conversation of 2026, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, speaks wi...
Cybersecurity on the Health Care Front Lines Against AI and Ransomware
Artificial intelligence is transforming health care — but it’s also giving cybercriminals potential new tools for disruption. In this conversation, Jo...
"Walk Alongside Them": Beacon Health's Efforts to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality
Beacon Health System is taking a community-driven approach to improve health for moms and babies. In this conversation, Beacon Health System's Kimberl...
From Data to Impact: A Community Blueprint for Mental Health Access
Mental health is a top community health need nationwide. In this conversation, John Muir Health's Jesse Tamplen, vice president of care coordination,...
Simulation on Wheels: How Mobile Training Is Saving Lives in Rural Iowa
When health care emergencies strike in rural America, preparation can make all the difference. In this conversation, Tina Eden, R.N., CEO of Virginia...