Advancing Health Podcast
Advancing Health is the American Hospital Association’s podcast series. Podcasts feature conversations with hospital and health system leaders on a variety of issues that impact patients and communities.
Some experts have suggested that RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) was more severe last year because of an immunity gap from several years of social distancing and COVID-19 precautions.
AHA Board Chair John Haupert is joined by Robert C. Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, based in New Jersey. In this conversation, Haupert and Garrett discuss the important role of hospitals and health systems in leading medical research and innovation to transform health care and make…
Defending hospitals and health systems from frequent cyberattacks is a battle largely fought in the shadows, out of the public eye, as the FBI recently did with its takedown of the criminal HIVE ransomware gang whose cyber mischief threatened patient safety.
Clinicians, social service providers and community members make up the health care triangle: strong, connective links between the three create the kind of impactful partnerships that drive progress and advance health.
Long COVID — with symptoms ranging from fatigue and dizziness to shortness of breath and loss of smell — is disabling millions of Americans.
For Women’s History Month, we turn the spotlight to a female-led venture capital firm that is out to change women’s lives for the better.
With the distinct challenges facing rural hospitals and health systems, access to critical services — like maternal health care and emergency medical services — is at risk.
The just-concluded NFL season saw the retirement of one legendary quarterback and the rise of another ready to take his place. Just as athletic leaders change places, so too do health care leaders make way for the next generation.
Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., has developed a system-wide “off” switch that staff can activate if it is clear that the hospital has come under a broad-based ransomware or malware attack.
Hospitals and health systems continue to face serious economic challenges relating to escalating expenses and staffing shortages. One health system met the challenge head on. Mary Marran of Care New England explains how they kept their focus on short-term economic recovery plans, while addressing…