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Mental Health
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Workplace Violence
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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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Hospitals impact far more than what happens inside their walls. In this conversation, Doug Brown, partner with Manatt Health and current chair of the American Hospital Association's Foster G. McGaw Prize Committee, discusses how hospitals are tacklin... more

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In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, sits down with Mark Boucot, president and CEO of WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital, to explore how rural hospitals can ... more

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What does it take to ensure every child — no matter his/her ZIP code — has access to pediatric care? In part two of this conversation, leaders from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Mercer University School of Medicine reveal how targeted pediatri... more

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Across rural Georgia, more than 60 counties lack a single pediatrician. In this conversation, Jean Sumner, M.D., Dean of Mercer University School of Medicine, and Marc Welsh, vice president of child advocacy at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, share... more

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Recent Guests

Marc Boucot
President and Chief Executive Officer of Potomac Valley Hospital
WVU Medicine
Episode: From Closure to Comeback: A Rural ICU Is Reborn
Mark Welsh
Representative from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Episode: Rebuilding Georgia’s Rural Pediatric Pipeline: Part Two
Dr. Jean Sumner
Dean of Mercer University School of Medicine
Mercer University School of Medicine
Episode: Rebuilding Georgia’s Rural Pediatric Pipeline: Part One
Josh Neff
President of Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colorado
Mercy Hospital
Episode: Encore: Revolutionizing Rural Cardiac Care
Dr. Thomas McGinn
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive at CommonSpirit Health
CommonSpirit Health
Episode: Inside a Quest for Quality: How Safer Care Is Built at Scale
Zelia Baugh
Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health
JPS Health Network
Episode: The Power of Lived Experience as a Behavioral Health Care Strategy
Melanie Cooper
Peer Support Specialist
JPS Health Network
Episode: The Power of Lived Experience as a Behavioral Health Care Strategy
Ji I
System Senior Director of Community and Population Health
CommonSpirit Health
Episode: When Health Care Is Hard to Navigate: Designing Patient Care Navigation
Dr. Jim Merlino
Chief Operating Officer of the Joint Commission
Joint Commission
Episode: Rethinking Health Care Innovation From the Inside Out

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John Riggi
National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, lead discussions on cyber threats in healthcare.

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#233
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#94
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#109
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#245
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Rebuilding Georgia’s Rural Pediatric Pipeline: Part Two
Q: What advice would you have for an organization looking to create something similar?
Understand the problem you're trying to solve, the complexities of rural health, and engage with the community to know their needs and priorities.
Operation Winter Shield: The FBI's Campaign Against Cyberthreats Part 1
Q: Gretchen, could you tell us about your division's extremely important mission in helping counter these threats and the value of information sharing with the private sector?
Gretchen explains that her team's mission is to ensure companies do not face threats alone, serving as a bridge between the FBI and private sector to enhance resilience against cyber threats through information sharing and collaboration.
Operation Winter Shield: The FBI's Campaign Against Cyberthreats Part 1
Q: Brett, could you give us a sampling of, let's say, maybe the top five controls that you think all critical infrastructure should implement?
Brett describes the importance of fish-resistant authentication, a risk-based vulnerability management program, tracking and retiring end-of-life technology, maintaining offline backups, and understanding third-party risk management.
Encore: Revolutionizing Rural Cardiac Care
Q: What about the cost involved? Is that something that is within the budget of many hospitals or health systems?
It's an affordable program that can be easily integrated and is considered a valuable investment in clinical care and quality outcomes.
Encore: Revolutionizing Rural Cardiac Care
Q: What kind of training is involved in using the Pulsar system?
Training is straightforward; it's intuitive and similar to using social media apps, making it easy for both EMS and hospital staff to learn.

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This podcast features insightful conversations with healthcare professionals that explore significant issues affecting patients, caregivers, and communities. Topics range from innovations in healthcare delivery, mental health initiatives, patient safety strategies, to the impact of technology on healthcare systems. The discussions often include perspectives from a diverse array of leaders within hospitals and health systems, emphasizing proactive approaches to healthcare challenges such as workplace violence, cybersecurity threats, and maternal health care disparities. The podcast aims to inform and inspire listeners interested in the evolving landscape of the healthcare sector and the collaborative efforts to advance patient care.

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Advancing Health launched 7 years ago and published 669 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.

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Recent guests on Advancing Health include:

1. Marc Boucot
2. Mark Welsh
3. Dr. Jean Sumner
4. Josh Neff
5. Dr. Thomas McGinn
6. Zelia Baugh
7. Melanie Cooper
8. Ji I

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