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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.
Hospitals are Community Cornerstones and Advance Health in Many Ways
Nonprofit hospitals have special obligations to their communities in exchange for being tax-exempt.
Fox Chase Cancer Center Launches Advanced Mobile Screening Unit to Enhance Community Outreach
On October 28, 2024, Fox Chase Cancer Center unveiled its latest Mobile Screening Unit (MSU), a state-of-the-art cancer research center on wheels.
Seattle Children’s Hospital Educating Parents about COVID-19 Vaccines and Kids Under Five
Seattle Children’s Hospital is taking a collaborative approach with parents to vaccinate very young children against COVID-19
Benefits to Communities
The mission of all hospitals and health systems, regardless of size and type of ownership, is to care for their patients and communities. In addition to providing financial assistance to those in need, hospitals have programs that are responsive to their community’s needs. These community benefits include help with housing, accessing healthy food, educational programs, health screenings, transportation to ensure patients arrive at needed medical appointments, vaccination clinics and other programs to address the many other needs that affect the community’s health and well-being.
Chair File: Hospitals and Community Benefit: The Stories Behind the Numbers
When we speak about hospitals and community benefit, it’s often a story focused on numbers. But it’s always about the people we serve.
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.
Results from 2020 Tax-Exempt Hospitals’ Schedule H Community Benefit Reports
Tax-exempt hospitals provided nearly $130 billion in total benefits to their communities in 2020 alone — the most recent year for which comprehensive data is available. This new report demonstrates that hospitals never retrenched during the pandemic, and, in fact, the amount of community benefit exceeded prior years by nearly $20 billion.
Role of Hospitals: Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed Eastern New Mexico Medical Center from a “pandemic hospital” to a regional hospital that can play a lead role in coordinating patient care among hospitals in the area, according to its CEO. ENMMC’s 2021 community benefit report highlights its work during the COVID-19 pandemic; its support to the community through charitable contributions and as a local employer; and its joint efforts with a local university and college to educate and train students as clinicians and other health care professionals.