Behavioral Health Care Delivery

Brattleboro Memorial, a finalist for the 2026 AHA Rural Health in Innovation Award, created the Mobile Integrated Health Initiative, a program which integrates EMS professionals into coordinated care teams in which paramedics provide in-home assessments, education and other means of support.
Bartlett Regional Hospital launched a behavioral health Mobile Crisis Program in conjunction with the hospital, psychiatric clinicians and paramedics who answer 911 and 988 calls related to suicidality, depression, substance use disorders and other mental health crises.
The AHA will host a webinar June 16 at 1 p.m. ET that will share insights from its Bridge to Care Toolkit, designed to help hospitals and health systems strengthen care connections for people with opioid and stimulant use disorders.
Vail Health leaders established a full continuum of behavioral health services, including a new inpatient behavioral health hospital.
Behavioral health is healthcare, and hospitals and health systems are working to ensure we provide holistic care for our patients, their families and our team members.
Elinore Kaufman, M.D., medical director of the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program, and Michele Volpe, chief operating officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, share how hospital-based violence intervention programs are helping patients heal physically, emotionally and socially…
The AHA joins the health care field “to elevate a conversation” about behavioral health.
AHA members are working every day to expand behavioral health access, integrate care, strengthen the workforce and reduce stigma, often while navigating limited resources and outdated systems that have not kept pace with need.
University of Illinois Chicago's Pauline Maki, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, psychology, and obstetrics and gynecology, and Makeba Williams, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, unpack why menopause care is finally having a breakthrough moment.