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Leadership Dialogue Series: The Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health

In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and 2025 AHA board chair, talks with Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, about the challenges that rural hospitals and health systems face.
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Advocacy Issue: Telling Hospitals’ Stories

The AHA has been working to reaffirm the vital role of hospitals and health systems by cutting through the negative noise to balance the narrative. Now more than ever, we must join together as a field to elevate these efforts reinforcing the vital role hospitals and health systems serve in our society as cornerstones of their community and dedicated to advancing health.
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Hospitals and Health Systems Continue a Wonderful Legacy of National Service

On Monday, we observe two events of great importance to our nation: the quadrennial inauguration of a president, and we recognize the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who dedicated his life to nonviolent change in the cause of justice. These two occasions are intertwined in profound ways.
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Carving out safe spaces for children who are victims of abuse, neglect

In New Hampshire’s Upper Valley region, the Child Advocacy Center of Grafton and Sullivan counties at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center aims to combat child abuse and neglect by providing a safe place for children and families when there are concerns about these issues in their lives.
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Hospital Stories

Explore stories of hospitals going above and beyond to care for their patients and communities throughout America. Search by location using state, category, or hospital name in the interactive map, or sort stories by category using the filter.
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"Saving People's Lives": Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services in Rural Communities

In this conversation, Brenda Romero, administrator at Presbyterian Española Hospital, discusses the methods for accessing treatment and the importance of the hospital's innovative and community-focused work.
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Legally speaking: Kaiser Permanente has a unique way to keep patients housed and healthy

Kaiser Permanente. A young black sitting in an apartment at a table working on a laptop, viewed through a fire escape window At Kaiser Permanente hospitals, which can be found in eight states and the District of Columbia, care teams understand that whether or not you have a roof over your head makes a paramount impact on your health. Not only does being unhoused exacerbate existing health issues, but poor health can lead to a loss of housing in some cases.
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Survive & Thrive at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital: Lifelong Support for Young Cancer Patients

Survive & Thrive is a program at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital that aims to provide a range of support and care to childhood cancer survivors.
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Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals: Anchoring Community Health With NYC Health + Hospitals

In this conversation, Deborah Brown, senior vice president of external and regulatory affairs at NYC Health + Hospitals, discusses innovative solutions to common Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals challenges.
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Taking to the skies: How a doctor cares for patients in rural Colorado

Many daily commutes are on the ground — car, train, bikes — but what if you took to the air? Dr. Charles Frankum has spent over two decades flying himself to some of the most remote hospitals in Colorado and Kansas, including the Southeast Colorado Hospital District in Springfield, Colo.