Advancing Health Podcast
Advancing Health is the American Hospital Association’s podcast series. Podcasts feature conversations with hospital and health system leaders on a variety of issues that impact patients and communities.
Today marks the start of Community Health Improvement Week, a time to highlight hospitals and community organizations working together to enhance health.
Serving a small rural community in upper Michigan, Mackinac Straits Health System was once in dire financial straits, operating on only a few days of cash reserves.
Communicating information is critical during emergencies and disasters.
There is growing awareness in the health care field that becoming a better steward of the environment is something well within the capabilities of most health caregivers.
A survey of 1,000 caregivers in April of 2022 found that 92 percent had directly experienced or witnessed workplace violence.
America’s health care workers are the backbone of hospitals and health systems to provide strong patient care.
The shortage of behavioral health care professionals is a serious public health issue, particularly in rural areas.
For health care workers, finding the right words to support a colleague struggling with their mental health or thoughts of suicide can be challenging.
Hospitals and health systems are playing an increasingly important role in providing behavioral health care, whether in their own facilities or by helping patients connect with community resources.
When a community health needs assessment was conducted in Hardeman County, Tennessee, it confirmed that not only was obesity a serious health threat for adults and children, but accessing food at all was a problem for many county residents.