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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.

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.

Creative repurposing saves heart during double-lung transplant

Old technology — applied in new and novel ways — can still be a lifesaver.

Telling the Hospital Story: All Hospital Stories

Explore the amazing 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 below, or sort stories by category using the filter.

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Ensuring Access to Care

AdventHealth
Altamonte, Fla.

How AdventHealth Is Simplifying Access to Care

In this conversation, Brent Davis, CEO of the primary health division at AdventHealth, shares how improved patient access, coordinated care teams, virtual care, and proactive follow-up are building a more efficient, consumer-focused healthcare system.

Ensuring Access to Care

Street Dreams Corvette Club members at a prostate cancer screening event held in the Sentara Princess Anne Hospital's parking lot. Photo courtesy of Sentara Princess Anne Hospital

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital
Virginia Beach, Va.

Virginia hospital teams up with Corvette club to drive home importance of prostate cancer screenings

Just as regular maintenance keeps a car running smoothly, routine health screenings can help detect problems before they become serious.

Ensuring Access to Care

Nantucket Cottage Hospital
Nantucket, Mass.

Miles From Specialty Care, This Island Hospital Has a Plan

In this conversation, Amy Lee, president and chief operating officer at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, shares how telehealth is transforming patient care on the island,

Benefiting Communities

Presbyterian Healthcare Services
New Mexico

New Mexico health system offers prescriptions for healthy food

In New Mexico, Presbyterian Healthcare Services’ "Food as Medicine" approach closely aligns with the goals of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.

Benefiting Communities

Kula Hospital
Hawaii

Hawaii hospital set for comeback after storm damage closure

Hawaii state leaders, Maui Health and Kaiser Permanente announced plans to restore and reopen Kula Hospital after the March 2026 Kona Low storms caused significant damage and forced the temporary closure of the hospital, including its emergency department and the Hale Makamae care facility. Kula Hospital restoration moves forward with state and Kaiser Permanente funding, bringing resilient emergency, inpatient and long-term care back to Upcountry Maui.

Benefiting Communities

Erie County Medical Center
New York

Local Hospitals Benefit from Innovative Medical-Legal Partnership

The palliative care department at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) was the first in Western New York to offer patients a new component of their overall care: help with legal issues from the MedLaw Partnership.

Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement

Bingham Memorial Hospital
Idaho

Two east Idaho hospitals launch program to improve cancer biopsy testing

Bingham Memorial Hospital is playing a leading role in a first-of-its-kind cancer care initiative in the Pacific Northwest through a partnership with Portneuf Medical Center and Virchow Medical. The hospitals are using the Crow’s Nest Biopsy Catchment System to capture and preserve tumor cells typically discarded after routine biopsies.

Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement

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SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital and Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital
St. Louis and Maryland Heights, Mo.

Missouri hospitals help twin sisters begin new chapter following rare separation surgery

A multidisciplinary team at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis successfully separated 2-year-old twin sisters Hiyab and Wuhbto, who were born conjoined at the head, during a complex operation that lasted more than 24 hours in February 2026.

Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement

A clinician wearing latex gloves holds a lighted endoscope

UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, Iowa

Iowa hospital expands colon cancer screening with AI technology

UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge is using artificial intelligence technology during colonoscopy procedures to improve early detection of colorectal cancer.

Prevention and Wellness

Patrick Grace, M.D., assistant chief medical officer for the UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital, and Victoria Camenisch, a quality improvement clinical facilitator nurse and the lead facilitator for UK HealthCare’s sepsis task force, launched a sepsis screening protocol for patients arriving at the emergency department. Photo courtesy of Alexis Baker, University of Kentucky Creative Services.

UK HealthCare
Lexington, Kentucky

New emergency department screening tool supports early sepsis detection

UK HealthCare’s Albert B. Chandler Hospital has introduced a new emergency department screening protocol to help clinicians identify and treat sepsis sooner.

Prevention and Wellness

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Saint Paul, Minn.

From Pediatric to Adult Care: Making the Transition Work

In this conversation, Tori Bahr, M.D., section chief of pediatrics at Gillette Children’s, shares how healthcare teams can improve the transition from pediatric to adult care through early planning, coordinated care teams, and a more personalized approach to patient needs.

Prevention and Wellness

AdventHealth
Florida

Putting Primary Care First: A Blueprint for Community Health

In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, talks with David Banks, president and CEO of AdventHealth. They discuss the organization's strategy to expand primary care across its communities, the importance of giving primary care its own leadership and resources, and why the future of community health depends on building stronger relationships with patients.

Workforce

BayCare Health System
Florida

Florida's Workforce Shortage: Remedy for the Future of Care

In this conversation, Nikki Daily, chief team resources officer at BayCare Health System, discusses how the organization is addressing that challenge by building career pathways, developing apprenticeships, and partnering with community organizations to create opportunities for the healthcare workforce.

Workforce

Harrison Memorial Hospital (Ky.) Banner Health (Ariz.), Dartmouth Health (N.H.), Hutchinson Regional Medical Center (Kan.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Ark.), Western Wisconsin Health (Wis.)

Frontiers: The People Powering Rural Maternal Care

In part two of this special three-part Advancing Health podcast series, hear how leaders are creating new pathways into the workforce, investing in training, and bringing together the skills and expertise needed to support families in rural communities.

Workforce

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The University of Kansas Health System
McPherson, Kan.

McPherson College and KU partner to strengthen Kansas’ rural health workforce

Rural Kansas has sweeping plains, golden wheat fields, and a sky that stretches as far as the eye can see. What it doesn’t have is what so many other rural areas also are lacking — a sustainable healthcare workforce.

Building Healthy Communities

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Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Portland, Maine

Hospital expands access, coordination of primary and cardiovascular care

Northern Light Mercy Hospital is expanding access to primary care and heart care in southern Maine, bringing the healthcare services together to improve coordination and availability to patients.

Building Healthy Communities

St. George Regional legacy display artifacts

St. George Regional Hospital
Utah

St. George Regional Hospital’s Legacy Display highlights over 100 years of health care history and impact

Visitors to Utah’s St. George Regional Hospital can now explore a new permanent artifact display on the main floor that showcases over a century of local medical history.

Building Healthy Communities

A clinician and a patient sit together looking at a computer screen

Northwell Health
New York

Northwell’s Firearm Safety Screening Tool to Become Available to Epic Health Systems Nationwide

Northwell Health has introduced a firearm safety screening tool that was integrated into Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system in May 2026, making it available to thousands of hospitals nationwide.

Building Healthy Communities

The Canyon County EMS whole-blood transfusion team stands in front of a Canyon County Paramedics ambulance

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Boise, Idaho

Bringing life-saving prehospital blood transfusions directly to patients in Idaho

Saint Alphonsus, in partnership with Canyon County Paramedics and the American Red Cross, has launched Idaho’s first ground‑based EMS whole‑blood transfusion program.

Building Healthy Communities

A man holds a carboard box full of fresh produce

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Ark.

UAMS partners with local food pantries in Food Is Medicine program

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is demonstrating the powerful impact of its Food Is Medicine program.

Building Healthy Communities

A middle aged couple eats vegetables in a home kitchen

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman
Kaufman, Texas

Texas hospital program focuses on healthy eating to manage chronic diseases

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman is strengthening community wellness through its Healthy Education Lifestyles Program (HELP), an initiative designed to give patients both clinical support and practical health education.

Building Healthy Communities

bananas, avocadoes and dragonfruit on an outdoor table

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii

From farm to food bank: Kaiser Permanente Hawaii invests in island nutrition

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii is strengthening food security across the Aloha State by supporting nonprofits that expand access to nutritious, locally grown food.

Building Healthy Communities

An older man sits talking with a female carer

Sharon Hospital
Sharon, Conn.

Rural Connecticut hospital’s behavioral health unit, meals program support older adults’ well-being

The Senior Behavioral Health Unit at Sharon Hospital, which serves rural northwestern Connecticut, provides short-term inpatient psychiatric care for adults age 55 or older.

Building Healthy Communities

A physician counsels a patient on diet and exercise, indicated by a salad and dumbbells on her desk

Huggins Hospital
Wolfeboro, N.H.

Rural New Hampshire hospital helps patients manage or prevent diabetes

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.

Ensuring Access to Care

AdventHealth
Altamonte, Fla.

How AdventHealth Is Simplifying Access to Care

Ensuring Access to Care

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital
Virginia Beach, Va.

Virginia hospital teams up with Corvette club to drive home importance of prostate cancer screenings

Just as regular maintenance keeps a car running smoothly, routine health screenings can help detect problems before they become serious.

Ensuring Access to Care

Nantucket Cottage Hospital
Nantucket, Mass.

Miles From Specialty Care, This Island Hospital Has a Plan

In this conversation, Amy Lee, president and chief operating officer at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, shares how telehealth is transforming patient care on the island,

Ensuring Access to Care

A cancer infusion drip bag hangs in focus in foreground with cancer patients receiving treatment in background

OhioHealth Berger Hospital
Ohio

OhioHealth Berger Hospital invests in expanding cancer services

OhioHealth is expanding their cancer services at Berger Hospital, strengthening access to care for patients in Pickaway County and surrounding communities. OhioHealth is expanding their cancer services at Berger Hospital, boosting access for patients in Pickaway County and surrounding communities.

Ensuring Access to Care

An elderly man holding an Army cap sits in a therapy session with other veterans

Oklahoma City VA Medical Center
Oklahoma City, Okla.

Integrating age-friendly principles into behavioral health treatment at an Oklahoma VA health system

The Oklahoma City VA Health Care System is integrating Age-Friendly Health Systems principles into care for older veterans within its Geriatric Inpatient Mental Health Unit, helping ensure treatment is aligned with what matters most to each patient.

Ensuring Access to Care

people sit close together in a therapy circle

York Hospital
York, Maine

Recovery Center offers treatment, hope for people with substance use disorder

The York Hospital Recovery Center offers outpatient treatment for people experiencing SUD. Rapid access is a priority to ensure people are connected to trained staff and receive assessment and appropriate resources.

Ensuring Access to Care

Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Portland, Maine

Hospital expands access, coordination of primary and cardiovascular care

Northern Light Mercy Hospital is expanding access to primary care and heart care in southern Maine, bringing the healthcare services together to improve coordination and availability to patients.

Ensuring Access to Care

A farmhouse, barn and silos sit amid a field of grain

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Lancaster, Penn.

Lancaster General Health serves Amish families with special outreach programs

Since the early 1990s, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health (LG Health) has worked to form good relationships with the Amish community by meeting regularly with Amish bishops.

Ensuring Access to Care

Avera Health (S.D.), Banner Health (Ariz.), Dartmouth Health (N.H.)

Connected Rural Maternal Care, Closer to Home

Hear how hospitals are using technology-enabled care and strong regional partnerships to connect rural communities with clinical expertise and expand access to nearby maternal care.

Benefiting Communities

Presbyterian Healthcare Services
New Mexico

New Mexico health system offers prescriptions for healthy food

In New Mexico, Presbyterian Healthcare Services’ "Food as Medicine" approach closely aligns with the goals of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.

Benefiting Communities

Kula Hospital
Hawaii

Hawaii hospital set for comeback after storm damage closure

Benefiting Communities

Erie County Medical Center
New York

Local Hospitals Benefit from Innovative Medical-Legal Partnership

Benefiting Communities

Adult hand cradling a sleeping NICU infant's head

Valleywise Health
Arizona

Valleywise Health becomes first Arizona hospital to implement LifeBubble NICU technology

Valleywise Health has become the first healthcare organization in Arizona to implement a new technology designed to provide a gentler and more secure way to stabilize umbilical lines in premature and critically ill newborns.

Benefiting Communities

white-coated professional passing a pack of pills to an outstretched hand

Maui Memorial Medical Center
Hawaii

Hawaii hospital eases transition from hospital to home with bedside medication delivery

At Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, Hawaii, a new partnership between Maui Health and Mauliola Pharmacy is helping patients leave the hospital with the medications and support they need for a smoother recovery.

Benefiting Communities

Patients sit in a group speaking with a health worker in scrubs

Alaska Native Medical Center
Anchorage, Alaska

Alaska hospital creates a healing environment for patients in recovery

In Anchorage, hospital beds are increasingly occupied by patients who are medically ready to leave but have nowhere to go while they wait for short-term nursing and rehabilitation services. To help address this growing challenge, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is building a new skilled nursing facility on the Alaska Native Medical Center campus.

Benefiting Communities

CHI St. Alexius Health Williston
Williston, N.D.

CHI St. Alexius Health Williston launches behavioral health program for older adults

CHI St. Alexius Health Williston has a new outpatient program to address the growing mental health needs of older adults in northwestern North Dakota.

Benefiting Communities

A therapist sits with a child using emotion flashcards

University of New Mexico Hospital Children’s Psychiatric Center
Albuquerque, N.M.

New Mexico hospital's Children’s Psychiatric Center enhances behavioral healthcare for children and adolescents

The University of New Mexico Hospital has completed a major expansion and modernization of its Children’s Psychiatric Center in Albuquerque.

Benefiting Communities

adult hand gently holding the hand of a premature infant

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Idaho Falls, Idaho

Idaho hospital's youngest preemie to ever survive celebrates 1st birthday

Born in Idaho Falls at just 22 weeks gestation and weighing only 1 pound 4 ounces, Logan Ames faced overwhelming odds as a micro-preemie. One year later, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center celebrated his first birthday, celebrating not only Logan’s survival but also the dedication of the doctors, nurses, and family members who supported him through 163 days in the neonatal intensive care unit.