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AHA video highlights how Medicaid cuts could imperil behavioral, maternal health care 

Kevin McEwan, DNP, R.N., chief nursing officer at Madison Memorial Hospital, shares how Medicaid provides vital behavioral health and maternal and child care access for vulnerable rural communities in Idaho, in the latest video in the AHA’s series “Medicaid: Real Lives, Real Care.”
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Bringing Virtual Behavioral Health Care Access to Rural Youth in West Virginia

Access to youth and adolescent behavioral health care is a major challenge facing rural communities.

Examples from the Field: Regional Networks of Behavioral Health Improving Access to Care

Access to behavioral health care unfortunately remains difficult due to the shortage of providers, stigma, lack of a true connected continuum of care, and more. This series of case studies featuring the innovative work of hospitals and health systems and their community partners, details how creative collaborative solutions can reduce fragmented care, improve outcomes and deliver positive returns on investment in a variety of ways.
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Hospital Capacity Management Consortium professional membership group joins AHA 

The Hospital Capacity Management Consortium, a professional membership group for hospital capacity management leaders, is now part of the AHA. The group consists of nearly 1,000 leaders representing 42 states and over 170 health care organizations across the U.S. 
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Addressing the Behavioral Health Crisis with Jesse Tamplen of John Muir Health

On this episode, I talk with Jesse Tamplen, vice president of behavioral health services at John Muir Health, located east of San Francisco, and a member of the AHA Committee on Behavioral Health.
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Finding the Right Words: The Role of Peer Support with Mental Health

For health care workers, finding the right words to support a colleague struggling with their mental health or thoughts of suicide can be challenging.
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The Growing Role of Emergency Departments in Behavioral Health Services

The past five years have seen a rise in the number of people turning to their local hospital emergency departments for behavioral health and addiction services.
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Increasing Support for Health Care Workers' Mental Health and Well-being

Health care workers are stressed out, stretched out, burned out and leaving the profession in truly alarming numbers. It doesn’t have to be this way and there are opportunities to make workplaces engines of mental health and well-being.
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Addressing Mental Health Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities

In this conversation, Tracey Lavallias, executive director of behavioral health at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, discusses potential solutions to make access easier for patients.
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Behavioral Health Workers in the Field

This series of videos highlights the various behavioral health roles and career paths within a hospital or health system, as well as the commitment and passion of current health care workers.