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American Hospital Association
Patient Safety
Mental Health
Cybersecurity
Health Equity
Behavioral Health
Healthcare
Rural Healthcare
Patient Care
Artificial Intelligence
Social Determinants Of Health
Healthcare Workforce
Community Health
Philanthropy
Commonspirit Health
Maternal Health
Health Disparities
Medicaid
Telehealth
Older Adults

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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As demand for behavioral health services continues to grow, hospitals are searching for ways to expand both care and the care teams themselves. In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the ... more

The future of healthcare will be shaped not only by artificial intelligence, but by how thoughtfully organizations choose to implement it. In this conversation, Daniel Daly, Ph.D., executive director of the Center for Theology and Ethics in Catholic ... more

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Teen mental health crises are rising — but what if providers could intervene before symptoms fully take hold? In this conversation, Duke University School of Medicine's Jonathan Posner, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Matth... more

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What should every hospital board member know about quality and patient safety? In this conversation, Elizabeth Mort, M.D., vice president and chief medical officer at Joint Commission, breaks down the five critical priorities boards must focus on — f... more

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Recent Guests

Daniel Daly
Executive Director for the Center for Theology and Ethics in Catholic Health at the Catholic Health Association
Catholic Health Association
Episode: Why Hospitals Must Use AI Responsibly
Jonathan Posner
JP Gibbons Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Episode: The New Model Predicting Teen Mental Health Risks
Matthew Engelhard
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Episode: The New Model Predicting Teen Mental Health Risks
Elizabeth Mort
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at the Joint Commission; Editor-in-Chief of the Joint Commission Journal on Patient Safety and Quality
Joint Commission
Episode: The 5 Biggest Patient Safety Lessons for Health Care Boards
Elinore Kaufman
Medical Director of the Penn Trauma Recovery Program
Penn Medicine, Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program
Episode: More Than Survival: Healing Trauma From Violence
Michele Volpe
Chief Operating Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
Penn Medicine / UPHS
Episode: More Than Survival: Healing Trauma From Violence
Dr. Alejandro Quiroga
President and CEO, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Children's Mercy Kansas City
Episode: When Partnerships Bring Care Closer to Kids
Mary Esselman
President and CEO, Operation Breakthrough
Operation Breakthrough
Episode: When Partnerships Bring Care Closer to Kids
Dr. Sapra
System Vice President for Behavioral Health
CommonSpirit Health
Episode: Words Matter: Reducing Stigma in Substance Use Disorder Care

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Rebecca Cicchi
Vice President of Behavioral Health and Trustee Services at the American Hospital Association; host/episode participant
Julia Resnick
Host of Advancing Health; involvement across multiple episodes

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The New Model Predicting Teen Mental Health Risks
Q: What are the practical challenges of implementing this in rural areas?
Key challenges include limited access to mental health resources for referrals; the tool is designed to be used within primary care to connect families quickly with available interventions and, where possible, schools, while continuing to expand provider networks.
The New Model Predicting Teen Mental Health Risks
Q: Why use AI in this tool, and how does it improve prediction?
AI helps extract predictive signals from diverse data types and combines information across questionnaires to discern shared and distinct patterns, enhancing the accuracy of risk predictions especially when large datasets are available.
The New Model Predicting Teen Mental Health Risks
Q: What exactly does the Duke PMA predict, and for whom is it intended?
It predicts a global measure of psychiatric risk in teenagers, encompassing the full spectrum of mental illnesses, and is intended to aid primary care clinicians and eventually schools to identify high-risk youths early.
The 5 Biggest Patient Safety Lessons for Health Care Boards
Q: Give an example of something that would be on the ensuring organizational health as it relates to patient safety and quality, but that can be active without stepping over that line into operations.
An active governance stance surfaces issues through management reports, asks for progress updates, and holds leadership accountable for improvements without micromanaging day-to-day operations; boards should push for clear plans, timelines, and resource assessments while allowing management to execute.
The 5 Biggest Patient Safety Lessons for Health Care Boards
Q: If you can simply list the top five things that you think all board members should know about quality and patient safety, give maybe a high level one or two sentences about what that means, and then go back and dig into each of those five.
The five takeaways are: own the charter and be active in governance; understand the quality operating system (QAPI) and how it functions beyond the org chart; know the quality metrics and probe for what is missing; make risk decisions explicit and transparent; and lean into accreditation with continuous readiness, ensuring ongoing readiness for both patients and surveys.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Advancing Health

What is Advancing Health about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A health-system–focused interview show that centers governance, quality, patient safety, and system-wide care delivery. Episode topics frequently orbit hospital leadership perspectives on improving safety and quality metrics, implementing large-scale programs (e.g., anti-stigma campaigns, violence recovery programs, and perinatal trauma care), and driving collaboration between hospitals, nonprofits, and community partners. Notable throughlines include practical governance guidance for boards, the economics of care delivery, and the role of policy and philanthropy in expanding access and reducing disparities. The format often features executive-level guests, clinicians, and policy experts—providing actionable insights for health system leade... more

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1. Daniel Daly
2. Jonathan Posner
3. Matthew Engelhard
4. Elizabeth Mort
5. Elinore Kaufman
6. Michele Volpe
7. Dr. Alejandro Quiroga
8. Mary Esselman

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