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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.
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Public Trust and Accountability: AHA Resources for Hospitals

Explore existing AHA tools and resources that relate to topics covered withing the self-assessment tool.
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Population Health Management

The Population health Management page contains current initiatives and resources related to improving care coordination and patient engagement supported by appropriate financial and care models.
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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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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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Workforce Certifications

The AHA provides a range of tools, resources and educational opportunities to strengthen the development of the many professions that work in the hospital to ensure the highest quality of care. Certifications are one of these resources.
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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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A labor of love: UC Davis residents bring OB-GYN and cardiothoracic care to rural California

The UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, Calif., has teamed up with Doctors Medical Center in Modesto to allow residents to practice medicine in the Central Valley as they train to become board-certified specialists.
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Oklahoma hospital introduces new training to better serve patients with autism

A trip to the hospital emergency department can be overwhelming for anyone, but for individuals with autism, the stress can be significantly heightened.