Time is Tissue: How CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital is Revolutionizing Rural Cardiac Care
In the rural areas of the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States, every minute counts when a heart attack strikes. In this conversation, Josh Neff, CEO of CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital, discusses a new cutting-edge communication platform that sends patient EKGs directly from the ambulance to the cardiologist in real time. Josh explains how this simple, affordable tool is cutting treatment times and saving lives in one of the nation’s most challenging regions for emergency cardiac care.
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Workforce Culture is the Key to Patient Outcomes
What if the key to transforming patient experience starts with your workforce? In this conversation, Nell Buhlman, chief administrative officer and head of strategy at Press Ganey, and Chris DeRienzo, M.D., chief physician executive at the American Hospital Association, explore the data-backed connection between employee engagement and patient outcomes. With real examples — from transformation teams to leadership engagement — Nell and Chris highlight how intentional culture building translates to measurable gains in safety, trust and patient satisfaction.
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What Matters Most: Inside Froedtert’s Mission to Transform Geriatric Care
What does it take to become a truly age-friendly hospital? In this conversation, Shelley Hart, R.N., clinical nurse specialist at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, explores the hospital's inspiring journey toward delivering exceptional care for older adults. Through innovative delirium prevention programs, goals of care conversations, and simple acts of human connection, Shelley shares how the team is creating a hospital experience centered on dignity and purpose.For more information on the AHA's Age-Friendly Health Systems work, please visit https://www.aha.org/center/age-friendly-health-systems
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Mobilizing the 4Ms: How El Camino Health is Transforming Age-Friendly Care
The “4M’s” framework that supports age-friendly health care for older patients continues to expand in hospitals and health systems across the nation. In this conversation, Carolyn Bogard, DNP, R.N., director of care coordination and palliative care at El Camino Health, talks about her system’s use of data to harness the passion care providers feel for improving outcomes and streamlining care delivery for older adults.For the full video podcast, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0BwpAjkQek
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Behind the Bill: What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Hospitals and Health Systems
The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will present many policy changes and challenges for America's hospitals and health systems. In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and 2025 AHA board chair, talks with Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, about the sweeping impacts this legislation will have in the health care field. They break down the $900 billion in Medicaid and ACA marketplace cuts, the real-world effects on communities, and the behind-the-scenes advocacy that helped blunt even deeper damage. This podcast was recorded on July 11, 2025
Advancing Health is the American Hospital Association’s award-winning podcast series. Featuring conversations with hospital and health system leaders and front-line staff, Advancing Health shines a light on the most pressing health care issues impacting patients, caregivers and communities.
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