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Hospitals Leading the Way to a Healthier America
Hospitals have always been at the heart of community health empowering healthier, happier lives for all.
AHA Launches New Multimedia Advertising Campaign to Promote Hospitals
The campaign includes a commercial that will run on national, cable, and digital TV and digital advertising.
New Resources Spotlight Crucial Role of Rural Hospitals and Health Systems
The AHA released new resources to help rural hospitals and health systems share their stories and highlight the vital role they play in their communities.
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Old technology — applied in new and novel ways — can still be a lifesaver.
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Building Healthy Communities
Edgerton Hospital and Health Services, Edgerton; Grant Regional Health Center, Lancaster; Reedsburg Area Medical Center, Reedsburg;Rich land Hospital, Richland Center; Southwest Health, Platteville; St. Croix Regional Medical Center, St. Croix Falls
Ten independent rural hospitals are establishing the Wisconsin High Value Network to expand access to care, share best practices in serving rural populations and control purchasing costs.
Building Healthy Communities
Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital
Billigns, Mont.
Zack Fievet’s life was forever altered in 2024 when a semi-trailer he was inspecting suddenly released its brakes and ran over him, causing devastating injuries.
Building Healthy Communities
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, N.J.
In what local leaders call a “transformational moment for Trenton and the surrounding communities,” Capital Health has unveiled its new Heart and Vascular Center at the Regional Medical Center in Trenton, N.J., a major expansion spanning 12,650 square feet.
Ensuring Access to Care
Dartmouth Health
Lebanon, N.H.
The Patient Education Advisory Council at Dartmouth Health supports the creation of high-quality patient education materials.
Ensuring Access to Care
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association
Ekalaka, Mont.
Dahl Memorial’s emergency department in rural Montana relies on physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners to manage critical cases. Patients requiring care beyond its capabilities are medevacked to Montana’s top hospital after stabilization efforts on-site.
Ensuring Access to Care
North Country Hospital
Newport, Vt.
North Country Hospital launched a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) initiative in 2024 to improve care delivery and patient outcomes.
Benefiting Communities
Dosher Memorial Hospital
Southport, N.C.
Southport, N.C., is where the Cape Fear river meets the Atlantic Ocean; the location of Fort Johnston, the first fort constructed in the state of North Carolina; and where the Netflix hit series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” was filmed. It is also the home of Dosher Memorial Hospital, the only independent critical access hospital (CAH) left in the state.
Benefiting Communities
Unity Medical Center
Grafton, N.D.
What was once going to be empty space is now used for everything from staff meetings to community medical events, but its main purpose is serving as the Rural Medical Education Center, supporting Unity's commitment to health care education at all levels.
Benefiting Communities
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
Woodbridge, Va.
When a survivor of sexual assault or domestic violence goes to the Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, they find nurses who have received special training in trauma-informed care. Now, thanks to eight women’s clubs in the Northern Virginia area, they can find even more support.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) strategy aimed at reclaiming over 10 million hours of clinician time by 2028, allowing clinicians to focus more on patients and less on administrative tasks.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
Southern Illinois Healthcare
Carbondale, Ill.
Southern Illinois Healthcare has introduced Ion® robotic-assisted bronchoscopy at SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
Advocate Health
Charlotte, N.C.
In this conversation, we explore how Advocate Health and Laerdal Medical are transforming patient safety through the power of simulation.
Prevention and Wellness
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, Ala.
Nothing can ever completely prepare a woman for pregnancy and childbirth, but East Alabama Medical Center’s Birth Navigator program aims to get as close as possible.
Prevention and Wellness
Golisano Children’s at the University of Kentucky
Lexington, Ky.
Snoopy and Woodstock have arrived at Golisano Children’s at the University of Kentucky to brighten the days of pediatric patients.
Prevention and Wellness
Huggins Hospital
Wolfeboro, N.H.
Huggins Hospital, a small rural hospital in New Hampshire, offers a comprehensive diabetes education program, bolstered by nutrition services and designed to help individuals manage or prevent diabetes.
Workforce
Unity Medical Center
Grafton, N.D.
What was once going to be empty space is now used for everything from staff meetings to community medical events, but its main purpose is serving as the Rural Medical Education Center, supporting Unity's commitment to health care education at all levels.
Workforce
UW Health
Madison, Wis.
Medical personnel from the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing are receiving clinical training from UW Health in Madison, Wis., giving the airmen a reliable and ongoing learning platform and ensuring their readiness to support local and global missions.
Workforce
UAMS Medical Center
Little Rock, Ark.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing has earned preaccreditation to establish the state's first nurse-midwifery program, expanding maternal and reproductive health education for students.
Building Healthy Communities
Edgerton Hospital and Health Services, Edgerton; Grant Regional Health Center, Lancaster; Reedsburg Area Medical Center, Reedsburg;Rich land Hospital, Richland Center; Southwest Health, Platteville; St. Croix Regional Medical Center, St. Croix Falls
Ten independent rural hospitals are establishing the Wisconsin High Value Network to expand access to care, share best practices in serving rural populations and control purchasing costs.
Building Healthy Communities
Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital
Billigns, Mont.
Zack Fievet’s life was forever altered in 2024 when a semi-trailer he was inspecting suddenly released its brakes and ran over him, causing devastating injuries.
Building Healthy Communities
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, N.J.
In what local leaders call a “transformational moment for Trenton and the surrounding communities,” Capital Health has unveiled its new Heart and Vascular Center at the Regional Medical Center in Trenton, N.J., a major expansion spanning 12,650 square feet.
Building Healthy Communities
Huggins Hospital
Wolfeboro, N.H.
Huggins Hospital, a small rural hospital in New Hampshire, offers a comprehensive diabetes education program, bolstered by nutrition services and designed to help individuals manage or prevent diabetes.
Building Healthy Communities
MaineHealth Franklin Hospital
Farmington, Maine
MaineHealth Community Health Farmington, which includes MaineHealth Franklin Hospital, offers health and wellness services and education focused on disease prevention to communities in rural Franklin County.
Building Healthy Communities
Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas
Overland Park, Kan.
Children’s Mercy has announced the opening of its new Partial Hospitalization Program to support children and adolescents facing serious medical and mental health challenges.
Building Healthy Communities
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, Ill.
In Libertyville, Illinois, Advocate Condell Medical Center is tackling food insecurity through their innovative Rx Mobile Food Pantry Program, delivering fresh, nutritious food directly to neighborhoods in need.
Building Healthy Communities
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center
Lewiston, Maine
St. Mary’s Health System has expanded its behavioral and mental health services to help close gaps and ensure a continuum of care services in the community.
Building Healthy Communities
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Los Angeles, Calif.
Like many health systems, Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles found itself facing access and administrative challenges — long wait times for patients, time-consuming paperwork for doctors. To address these concerns, they launched an artificial intelligence-powered virtual platform called Cedars-Sinai Connect which, according to a recent study, showed positive results when compared to traditional physician recommendations.
Ensuring Access to Care
Dartmouth Health
Lebanon, N.H.
The Patient Education Advisory Council at Dartmouth Health supports the creation of high-quality patient education materials.
Ensuring Access to Care
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association
Ekalaka, Mont.
Dahl Memorial’s emergency department in rural Montana relies on physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners to manage critical cases. Patients requiring care beyond its capabilities are medevacked to Montana’s top hospital after stabilization efforts on-site.
Ensuring Access to Care
North Country Hospital
Newport, Vt.
North Country Hospital launched a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) initiative in 2024 to improve care delivery and patient outcomes.
Ensuring Access to Care
Woman's Hospital
Baton Rouge, La.
In this conversation, Lindsey Fauveau, M.D., medical director of breast surgical oncology at Woman’s Hospital, shares how the hospital’s state-of-the-art mobile unit brings 3D mammograms directly to communities across Louisiana.
Ensuring Access to Care
Landmark Medical Center
Woonsocket, R.I.
Many hospitals and health systems are rethinking triage processes and using new technology tools to ensure access, shorten patients’ length of stay in the ED, and improve care quality and efficiency.
Ensuring Access to Care
El Camino Health
Mountain View, Calif.
Carolyn Bogard, DNP, R.N., director of care coordination and palliative care at El Camino Health, talks about her system’s use of data to harness the passion care-providers feel for improving outcomes and streamlining care delivery for older adults.
Ensuring Access to Care
UConn Health
Farmington, Conn.
Saving lives is the impetus behind a community outreach and engagement breast cancer screening program led by UConn Health, based in Farmington, Conn.
Ensuring Access to Care
Southeast Colorado Hospital District
Springfield, Colo.
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.
Ensuring Access to Care
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine
The MaineHealth–Preble Street Learning Collaborative (PSLC) was founded by MaineHealth Maine Medical Center, Preble Street — a nonprofit social service agency — and other community partners to provide outreach, engagement and safe, person-centered care to those experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Benefiting Communities
Dosher Memorial Hospital
Southport, N.C.
Southport, N.C., is where the Cape Fear river meets the Atlantic Ocean; the location of Fort Johnston, the first fort constructed in the state of North Carolina; and where the Netflix hit series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” was filmed. It is also the home of Dosher Memorial Hospital, the only independent critical access hospital (CAH) left in the state.
Benefiting Communities
Unity Medical Center
Grafton, N.D.
What was once going to be empty space is now used for everything from staff meetings to community medical events, but its main purpose is serving as the Rural Medical Education Center, supporting Unity's commitment to health care education at all levels.
Benefiting Communities
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
Woodbridge, Va.
When a survivor of sexual assault or domestic violence goes to the Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, they find nurses who have received special training in trauma-informed care. Now, thanks to eight women’s clubs in the Northern Virginia area, they can find even more support.
Benefiting Communities
CommonSpirit Health
Chicago, Ill.
In the final episode of a four-part series with the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), CommonSpirit Health's Daniel Morissette, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Nancy Bussani, executive vice president and chief philanthropy officer, explore the powerful connection between financial health and philanthropy.
Benefiting Communities
Sanford Health
Sioux Falls, S.D.
In this conversation, Sanford Health's Bill Gassen, president and CEO, and Deb Koski, chief philanthropy officer, discuss how a strong culture of giving is extending world-class care across rural communities in the Midwest and beyond.
Benefiting Communities
Wyoming Medical Center
Casper, Wyo.
Kids love to decorate with their art, and the elementary schoolchildren of Natrona County in central Wyoming have an exciting display case for their ideas: area ambulances.
Benefiting Communities
Saint Francis Hospital
Tulsa, Okla.
Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., earned a Level I Trauma Center verification from the American College of Surgeons — the highest designation for trauma care in the U.S.
Benefiting Communities
Oklahoma Hospital Association
Oklahoma
Since 2020, the Oklahoma Hospital Association has worked with health care systems across the state in partnership with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma to provide patients and families with fresh produce, pantry staples and ready-to-eat meals.
Benefiting Communities
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Iowa City, Iowa
At University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, 5-year-old James Hall is being treated for Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a rare cancer-like disorder that affects only one to two newborns out of every million.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) strategy aimed at reclaiming over 10 million hours of clinician time by 2028, allowing clinicians to focus more on patients and less on administrative tasks.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Southern Illinois Healthcare
Carbondale, Ill.
Southern Illinois Healthcare has introduced Ion® robotic-assisted bronchoscopy at SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Advocate Health
Charlotte, N.C.
In this conversation, we explore how Advocate Health and Laerdal Medical are transforming patient safety through the power of simulation.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Intermountain Health Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah
In a moment filled with gratitude, two families met for the first time after a groundbreaking medical event at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City.
In a moment filled with gratitude, two families met for the first time after a groundbreaking medical event at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chesterfield, Mo.
St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo., has become the first in the region to implement the da Vinci 5 robotic surgical system, marking a significant advancement in its surgical capabilities.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas
An extremely rare neurological disorder called aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) — a condition that prevents the brain from producing dopamine and serotonin, the essential chemicals for controlling movement, mood and basic nervous system functions — was once thought to be untreatable.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Via Christi St. Francis Hospital
Wichita, Kan.
Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita has become the first site in Kansas to perform a new procedure as part of the JOURNEY IDE clinical trial, aimed at treating severe aortic regurgitation.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Arkansas
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) performed the state’s first minimally invasive procedure to treat severe tricuspid regurgitation, a life-threatening condition caused by a leaky heart valve.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
North Country Hospital
Newport, Vt.
North Country Hospital launched a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) initiative in 2024 to improve care delivery and patient outcomes.
Prevention and Wellness
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, Ala.
Nothing can ever completely prepare a woman for pregnancy and childbirth, but East Alabama Medical Center’s Birth Navigator program aims to get as close as possible.
Prevention and Wellness
Golisano Children’s at the University of Kentucky
Lexington, Ky.
Snoopy and Woodstock have arrived at Golisano Children’s at the University of Kentucky to brighten the days of pediatric patients.
Prevention and Wellness
Huggins Hospital
Wolfeboro, N.H.
Huggins Hospital, a small rural hospital in New Hampshire, offers a comprehensive diabetes education program, bolstered by nutrition services and designed to help individuals manage or prevent diabetes.
Prevention and Wellness
MaineHealth Franklin Hospital
Farmington, Maine
MaineHealth Community Health Farmington, which includes MaineHealth Franklin Hospital, offers health and wellness services and education focused on disease prevention to communities in rural Franklin County.
Prevention and Wellness
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, Calif.
As America’s population ages, hospitals and health systems are reimagining how to deliver care that honors dignity, independence, and what matters most to patients.
Prevention and Wellness
Baystate Noble Hospital
Westfield, Mass.
One of the most important choices people can make to improve their health is deciding what to eat each day. In a recent blog, Dina Dugan, clinical dietitian at Baystate Noble Hospital, explains that dietary habits directly influence “every organ in our bodies and can lead to or prevent chronic conditions, including heart disease and diabetes.”
Prevention and Wellness
WVU Medicine St. Joseph's Hospital
W. Va.
It’s high noon at St. Joseph’s Hospital, and people are gathering. But this isn’t the kind of meetup you’d see in an old Western; instead, this hospital’s staff are gathering for their walk.
Prevention and Wellness
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Fla.
Tampa General Hospital is embracing the importance of food by partnering with celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian, who has developed seasonal menus featuring local produce whenever possible.
Prevention and Wellness
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, Ill.
In Libertyville, Illinois, Advocate Condell Medical Center is tackling food insecurity through their innovative Rx Mobile Food Pantry Program, delivering fresh, nutritious food directly to neighborhoods in need.
Workforce
Unity Medical Center
Grafton, N.D.
What was once going to be empty space is now used for everything from staff meetings to community medical events, but its main purpose is serving as the Rural Medical Education Center, supporting Unity's commitment to health care education at all levels.
Workforce
UW Health
Madison, Wis.
Medical personnel from the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing are receiving clinical training from UW Health in Madison, Wis., giving the airmen a reliable and ongoing learning platform and ensuring their readiness to support local and global missions.
Workforce
UAMS Medical Center
Little Rock, Ark.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing has earned preaccreditation to establish the state's first nurse-midwifery program, expanding maternal and reproductive health education for students.
Workforce
Essentia Health-Fargo
Fargo, N.D.
Essentia Health-Fargo recently celebrated a major milestone with the graduation of the first participant to complete its newly launched registered surgical technologist apprenticeship program.
Workforce
NYC Health + Hospitals
New York, N.Y.
In 2019, nurse turnover at NYC Health + Hospitals reached a staggering 46%.
Workforce
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association
Ekalaka, Mont.
Dahl Memorial’s emergency department in rural Montana relies on physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners to manage critical cases. Patients requiring care beyond its capabilities are medevacked to Montana’s top hospital after stabilization efforts on-site.
Workforce
Paoli Hospital
Paoli, Pa.
In a heartwarming act of generosity, nurses at Paoli Hospital in suburban Philadelphia were stunned to learn in September that an anonymous donor had pledged $1 million to help relieve their student loan debt.
Workforce
NYC Health + Hospitals
New York, N.Y.
NYC Health + Hospitals has achieved a dramatic improvement in nurse retention, reducing its staff nurse turnover rate from 46% in 2019 to just 7.3% in 2025 — less than half the national average of 16.4%.
Workforce
Centra Health
Lynchburg, Va.
In this conversation, Corey Feist, CEO and co-founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation, and Tiffany Lyttle, R.N., director of cultural integration at Centra Health, explore how hospitals, health systems and states are expanding employee access to mental health care.