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Thinking Outside the Box to Reduce Behavioral Health Stigma and Disparities in Health Outcomes
For underserved populations, stigma and lack of access to behavioral health services can present huge barriers to treatment.
Behavioral health crisis center reduces ED visits, shrinks health disparities
Behavioral health integration often improves patient outcomes, enhances patient and provider satisfaction, and lowers costs — otherwise known as the Triple Aim of health care reform.
Disrupting Behavioral Health: Achieving Greater Access and Equity
Some provider organizations are developing powerful networks by forging broad-based community partnerships, integrating physical and behavioral health care and more to address barriers to access. During a recent AHA Transformation Talks video, leaders from WakeMed Health and Hospitals in Raleigh, N.C., shared strategies to overcome these disparities and increase patient access to appropriate caregivers at the right time and place.
Empowering Patient Engagement and Behavior Change to Improve Health and Reduce Disparities
Empowering patient engagement and leveraging customized communication and education via digital technologies to improve health and reduce disparities.
AHA blog: Reducing Barriers to Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Mary Thompson — a member of AHA’s Committee on Behavioral Health and president of Trillium Place, a mental health and addiction recovery organization affiliated with Carle Health — explains how the Illinois-based organization works to integrate physical and behavioral health services to improve access to care among historically underrepresented communities and eliminate health disparities.
Reducing Disparities in Health Outcomes
AHA members are pursuing practices that can reduce health outcome disparities and thereby improve health outcomes for all populations.
Driving Utilization of World-Class Mental Health Benefits
Antea Group has driven world-class utilization of mental health programs and clinician coaching. Learn to Live provides turnkey solutions and 24/7 access.
The Future of Physician Workforce Optimization
This Trailblazer explores how health systems are redesigning physician workforce models using virtual specialty care and automation.
AHA blog discusses the need to address minority mental health
Rosalyn Carpenter and Paul Rains, R.N., write about the importance of fostering an inclusive environment to reduce stigma around behavioral health care for historically underserved communities.