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Building and Implementing an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan for Health Care

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Health care artificial intelligence action plan defines people, process and technology essentials, ROI, and AI use cases to transform care delivery.
Leadership, Patient-Centered Care, Quality & Patient Safety, Operational Excellence, Financial Management, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Leveraging Technology, Impact of Technology on the Workforce, ROI, Reimbursement, AHA Center for Health Innovation, Technology Strategy, Access to Behavioral Health, Innovation/New Models of Care
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New Personnel Crisis Response Team Coordinates Interdisciplinary Response to Crisis Situations: Geisinger

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Geisinger's approach helps leaders create an action plan and ensures the workforce has access to well-being resources after a crisis situation occurs.
Suicide Prevention, Behavioral Health Care Delivery, Access to Behavioral Health, Workforce, Physician Alliance: Be Well
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Mitigating Targeted Violence in Health Care

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Targeted violence in health care is a serious and growing concern among patients, workers, providers, and communities. To assist in addressing these concerns, the AHA has partnered with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit to promote violence prevention strategies and address the escalating threats and acts of targeted violence against health care facilities and their workforce.
Workplace Violence, Workplace Safety, Access to Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention, Wellness/Preventive Care
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Commercial Health Plans’ Policies Compromise Patient Safety and Raise Costs

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The cost of commercial insurance is increasing at an unsustainable rate — squeezing individuals and families, employers, and public programs. The average family insurance premium has increased 47% over the past 11 years — faster than general inflation and more than any other part of the health care system.i
Commercial Insurer Accountability, Prior Authorization, Access & Health Coverage, Health Insurance
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Analysis: Hospitals and Health Systems Are Critical to Preserving Access to Care for Rural Communities

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Hospitals and health systems play critical roles in preserving access to care for patients in rural America.
Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities, Rural issues, Site-Neutral Payment Proposals
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The Burden of Violence to U.S. Hospitals

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Hospitals Against Violence, Workplace Violence, Community Violence, Mass Violence, Street and Gang Violence, Access to Behavioral Health, Wellness/Preventive Care, Behavioral Health Workers
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2024 Costs of Caring

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While recent data suggest that some hospital and health system finances have experienced modest stabilization from historic lows in 2022, the hospital field is still far from where it needs to be to meet the demand for care, invest in new and promising technologies and interventions, and stand ready for the next health care crisis.
Finance & Budgeting, Cost Management, Workforce, Nurses, Drug Prices, Workforce Supply and Demand, Advocacy & Public Policy, Telling the Hospital Story
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Addressing Commercial Health Plan Challenges to Ensure Fair Coverage for Patients and Providers

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This report documents the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) findings related specifically to prior authorization and payment delays and denials. This work is informed by two large surveys of hospitals, as well as interviews and group discussions with hundreds of hospital and health system leaders.
Commercial Insurer Accountability, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), Access to Behavioral Health, Capacity Planning
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Workplace Violence Prevention | Strengthening the Health Care Workforce

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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health system teams experienced violence, from bullying and incivility to active shooters, intimate partner violence, cyberattacks, homicides and suicides. However, the compounding trauma of the pandemic has heightened the need to create a safer workplace, both physically and psychologically, and a more resilient workforce.
Workforce, Workplace Violence, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention
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Supporting Behavioral Health | Strengthening the Health Care Workforce

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Reducing stigma and improving access to behavioral health services for the health care workforce, combined with fostering human resilience can improve mental and often physical health, reduce the total cost of care, reduce suicide, and support a healthy workforce.
Workforce, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention, Workforce Engagement