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.

Thanks for listening to the Advancing Health podcast — we hope you have found it engaging and informative! As we wrap up 2024, we’re sharing highlights from two of our most popular episodes of the year. Advancing Health returns with new episodes in 2025. Until then, we hope you and your family have a safe and wonderful holidays and a happy New Year!

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Best of Advancing Health: "Wellness in the Workforce" and "Obstetric Services Rural America"

Workforce issues, financial sustainability and new technologies are just a few of the unknowns facing health care organizations across the United States. But with uncertainty, comes opportunity. In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 AHA board chair, and Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and AHA board chair-elect, share insights on health care's current and future challenges, the impact the AHA can have on the field, and Tina's excitement as incoming AHA board chair.This conversation has been edited for time. To view the full video conversation please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJmBETVQOc0

Leadership Dialogue Series: The Changing Health Care Landscape with AHA Board Chair-elect Tina Freese Decker

Titus Regional Medical Center is the main health care destination for five rural counties in northeast Texas. With that responsibility comes an unshakeable commitment to health equity for all the patients it serves. In this conversation, Terry Scoggin, CEO of Titus Regional Medical Center, discusses how the organization has designed a system of care to ensure that every patient has equitable access, and how the AHA's Health Equity Roadmap has provided valuable resources to support Titus’s mission of transforming the health of its communities.

Health Equity at the Center of Rural Care

More than 60% of America's practicing psychiatrists are 55 years of age or older, and likely to retire within the next decade. These specialists provide a significant portion of behavioral health services. So what does the future hold for both the behavioral health workforce and their patients? In this conversation, Dylan Panuska, PsyD, clinical psychologist and manager of behavioral health integration with Endeavor Health, showcases examples of how workforce productivity, retention and patient satisfaction are positively impacted by a key factor: integration.Learn more about behavioral health integration at https://www.aha.org/center/emerging-issues/market-insights/behavioral-health-integration/behavioral-health-integration-treating-whole-person

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