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Innovative Hospital Solutions to Address Health Care Challenges
The AHA and Concord Health Partners have compiled this collection of resources to provide more information about innovative solutions to key issues.
How to Check the Pulse of Your Digital Behavioral Health Efforts
At the peak of New York state’s COVID-19 outbreak, Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx was at the epicenter. For the behavioral health center, that meant greatly expanding its already innovative use of digital solutions to connect with its patients. This would be needed to continue to serve the 250 to 300 behavioral health patients the center typically sees each day.
AHA Letter of Support for Senate CONNECT Health Act of 2023 (S. 2016)
The AHA voices support of the CONNECT for Health Act of 2023 (S. 2016/H.R. 4189).
Using Telehealth to Address Behavioral Issues (Part Two)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals and health systems are expanding telehealth services. In part two, Jay Bhatt, D.O., senior vice president and chief medical officer of the AHA, continues the discussion on the value of telehealth to address behavioral health issues with Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., president and CEO of the National Quality Forum, and Arpan Waghray, M.D., executive medical director for behavioral medicine at Swedish Health Services in Seattle and chief medical officer at Well Being Trust.
Telebehavioral Health Care in a COVID-19 World
In this podcast, Rebecca Chickey, senior director of field engagement, behavioral health services of the AHA is speaking with Martha Whitecotton, senior vice president of Behavioral Health Services at Atrium Health in Charlotte North Carolina, about using telehealth visits to provide behavioral health care to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How to Implement a Successful Telebehavioral Health Program
The AHA Center for Health Innovation and the National Quality Forum have collaborated to publish a 52-page tactical playbook to implement telebehavioral health solutions that provides actionable strategies and interventions as well as links to other valuable resources and tools.
Economy May Be Down, but Digital Health Investments Boom
Digital health funding in Q3 surpassed the record-setting second quarter this year and totaled $9.4 billion, the venture capital firm Rock Health reports. The sector’s influx of capital is being fueled in large part by rising consumer demand for access to remote care and health care providers’ ability to meet consumer expectations.
Will Machine Learning Help Health Care and Policymakers Solve the Pandemic?
Harvard University’s Kennedy School, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and the United Nations recently collaborated on a platform to produce a decision-making tool that initially will focus on digital contact tracing of coronavirus infections. The platform, which could be operational by September, will identify secondary and tertiary effects of workforce availability and product/supply shortages across critical infrastructure sectors.
Consumer Attitudes Changing on Accessing Care Remotely
The pandemic’s impact on how consumers access health care is being measured on a daily basis, and early data show dramatic increases in virtual care visits. Now, researchers and provider organizations are assessing how consumers’ experiences during the pandemic may affect how they access care in the future.
How to Reconnect with Patients as the Pandemic Slows
Many people during the pandemic lost trust and felt increasingly disconnected from other individuals, the media and the federal government. At the same time, there’s been an upswing in connections with employers, businesses and brands. This shift creates an opportunity for hospitals and health systems to fill a void.