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Perspective: Time for Renewed Focus on Mental Health
Apr 30, 2021
Most studies of the toll COVID-19 has taken on the mental health of Americans reach the same conclusion: The pandemic has made what were already serious problems much worse.
Chair File: Leadership Rounds — Talking Maternal Health and Health Equity with Stacey Stewart, President and CEO of March of Dimes
Apr 26, 2021
In this episode, I was delighted to talk with Stacey Stewart, president and CEO of March of Dimes, and present her with AHA’s 2020 Award of Honor for her organization’s work during eight decades to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies.
Blog: Chicago hospital, patients benefit from creation of OUD treatment program
Apr 26, 2021
UChicago Medicine found an opportunity to enhance inpatient treatment for opioid use disorder by leveraging non-specialist clinical expertise and collaborating with local community-based treatment providers. Read more from George Weyer, M.D., about this successful consult service and how it formed.
Hospital-at-Home Innovation During COVID-19 and Beyond
Apr 21, 2021
What was once a small but mighty contingent of health care systems providing “hospital-at-home” care before the pandemic has grown into a larger movement. With this model, hospitals across the country are “admitting” patients to their own homes for acute care with excellent results.
Amplifying Mothers’ Voices: 5 experts, 5 takeaways
Apr 14, 2021
On April 7, the American Hospital Association brought together experts from across the health care field for a national conversation dedicated to maternal health equity.
Five takeaways from the 2020 Mom Maternal and Mental Health Forum
Apr 2, 2021
In 2019, 1 in 5 women suffered from a mental health disorder. Now, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, even more women are reporting increases in challenges associated with mental illness as they continue to take on responsibilities they had not been prepared for.
Compassion starts with putting the person in front of the diagnosis
Mar 15, 2021
One way to demonstrate respect and not stigmatize when discussing people with mental health diagnoses is to use person-first language, writes Kelly Ryan, director of social services and doctoral training at Linden Oaks at Edward Hospital and Health Services in Illinois, and Gina Sharp, president and CEO of Linden Oaks Behavioral Health.
Choose to support moms on International Women’s Day
Mar 8, 2021
Today is International Women's Day, a celebration of women’s achievements and a way to raise awareness against bias and take action for equality.
Compassion Tech: Merging Technology, Consumerism and the Human Connection for Health Innovation
Feb 11, 2021
Although “compassion tech” does not yet define a particular category of innovations, it follows the natural evolution of health care technology. While e-health was popularized by the digitization of health care through electronic medical records, we now use “digital health” to refer to a wide range of consumer-facing and backend technologies like wearables, analytic platforms and clinical decision support.
Community partnerships key to improving access to mental health care
Feb 5, 2021
Community partnerships could address mental health care lack-of-access issues, writes Sean Blair, chief growth officer of ncgCARE, a behavioral health care organization with provider agencies in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and West Virginia. Learn how to form valuable partnerships and leverage their many benefits using a plan developed by WakeMed Behavioral Health Network as the foundation.