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‘Best of’ AHA's Advancing Health podcast highlights workforce wellness, rural obstetric services

Highlights from the AHA's Advancing Health podcast include selections on obstetric services in rural communities and the growing role of chief wellness officers.

AHA webinar highlights how ChristianaCare grew its peer support program to benefit all workers 

Christine McGuire Chloros, program manager for ChristianaCare's Care for the Caregiver initiative, discusses how the health system has grown its health care worker peer support program from a single focus of supporting only physicians as second victims to a comprehensive peer support program for all workers.

CDC study finds RSV vaccines protect older adults from hospitalization

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sept. 4 published a study in JAMA which found older adults who receive a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine are 75% less likely to be hospitalized from RSV compared to those who don’t.

CDC blog with AHA, NIOSH, AHRQ underscores intersection of workplace violence, mental health and well-being

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention May 29 published a blog co-authored by AHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, highlighting efforts by federal agencies and the hospital field to address the mental health and well-being of health care workers following incidents of workplace violence.

Subcommittee advances bills to reauthorize programs to support health care workers, pediatric emergency care 

The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee March 12 passed AHA-supported  legislation to reauthorize through 2029 the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (H.R. 7153), which provides grants to help health care organizations offer behavioral health services for front-line health care workers.

AHA podcast: The Growing Role of Chief Wellness Officers in Health Care 

Jonathan Ripp, M.D., chief wellness officer for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and one of the nation’s first, discusses his role and how the importance of employee wellness has evolved over the past decade.

AHA podcast: Peer Support and Building an Infrastructure of Employee Mental Wellness

Suzanne Bentley, M.D., chief wellness officer at New York City Health and Hospitals Elmhurst, discusses the critical role of peer support in employee mental health and the impact of building infrastructure focused on the well-being of staff.