Suicide Prevention
AHA, in its continued efforts to support the wellness and mental health of the nation’s health care workforce, has released 18 new case studies from member hospitals and health systems that focus on the real-world implementation of tactics and strategies for preventing suicide among health care…
Two hospitals combine their resources to implement a widespread peer support program across the system.
Indiana University Health re-formats their peer support program with the goal of improving access and promoting sustainability.
Knox Community Hospital expands their employee education programs and works to increase knowledge of and access to employee resources.
Butler Hospital uses their psychiatric and behavioral health expertise to combat job-related stressors within their workforce.
Bryan Medical Center creates an actionable plan to increase the percentage of their workforce who have completed QPR training.
Hartford Health combats behavioral health stigma by modifying potentially stigmatizing questions in their application and credentialling processes.
MedStar health overcomes challenges and works to implement widespread Stress First Aid training throughout their system
The University of Kansas Health System designs and implements bystander training for their workforce to combat behavioral health stigma.
From February – July 2023, 37 AHA member organizations participated in an AHA-led learning collaborative with the goal of creating or expanding their health care worker well-being and suicide prevention programming.