Behavioral Health Care Delivery

In this episode we discuss how hospitals and health systems can best provide behavioral health services and fully integrate treatment as part of patient-centered care.
Join AHA’s Board Chair Joanne Conroy, M.D., for Leadership Dialogue as she discusses key issues with hospitals colleagues from across the country. Watch the video and listen to the podcasts. New videos will post the last Monday of each month.
In this conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 AHA board chair, talks with Jeremy Musher, M.D., chief behavioral medical officer at Lifepoint Health, about common obstacles in the behavioral health field, including access and reimbursement, as well as…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is assisting some clinicians in the way they diagnose and provide therapy for behavioral health patients. The hope is that AI may be able to help providers improve access for the growing number of patients who need care. The applications, both home-grown in health…
Language not only describes what we think, but shapes how we think. Many of us remember terms that have fallen out of fashion or even have been deemed offensive (good riddance, in many cases), especially when it comes to behavioral health. One of the biggest changes, thankfully, has been a shift…
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it is a time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues. It’s also a time to recognize how mental illness and addiction can affect all of us — patients, providers, families and our society at large.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Join us in celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month 2024 and learn how hospitals and health systems are addressing behavioral health care.
Mary Marran, president and CEO of Butler Hospital, describes how the enhanced partnership between the two mental health service providers in Rhode Island has made a big difference in coordinating services and resources for their patients.
In this conversation, Mary Marran, president and CEO of Butler Hospital, describes how the enhanced partnership with The Providence Center has made a big difference in coordinating services and resources for their patients.
Learn how Iris Telehealth helped Geisinger Health dramatically reduce its referral queue of behavioral health patients waiting for care at-scale.