Behavioral Health Care Delivery

Language not only describes what we think, but shapes how we think. Many of us remember terms that have fallen out of fashion or even have been deemed offensive (good riddance, in many cases), especially when it comes to behavioral health. One of the biggest changes, thankfully, has been a shift…
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it is a time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues. It’s also a time to recognize how mental illness and addiction can affect all of us — patients, providers, families and our society at large.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Join us in celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month 2024 and learn how hospitals and health systems are addressing behavioral health care.
Mary Marran, president and CEO of Butler Hospital, describes how the enhanced partnership between the two mental health service providers in Rhode Island has made a big difference in coordinating services and resources for their patients.
In this conversation, Mary Marran, president and CEO of Butler Hospital, describes how the enhanced partnership with The Providence Center has made a big difference in coordinating services and resources for their patients.
Learn how Iris Telehealth helped Geisinger Health dramatically reduce its referral queue of behavioral health patients waiting for care at-scale.
The AHA and Concord Health Partners have compiled this collection of resources to provide more information about innovative solutions to key issues.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will select up to eight states to participate in a new Medicaid model to launch this fall for adult Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries with mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders.
On this episode, John Haupert, 2023 AHA board chair, talks with Joanne Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and the incoming AHA chair. They reflect on challenges, opportunities and advancements in health care during the past year and discuss what’s ahead for next year.
In this conversation, John Haupert, president and CEO of Grady Health System and the 2023 Chair of AHA’s Board, and Joanne Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and incoming 2024 AHA Board Chair, discuss the multiple health care priorities of 2024, and how hospitals and health systems…