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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.
Creative repurposing saves heart during double-lung transplant
Old technology — applied in new and novel ways — can still be a lifesaver.
All Stories
Building Healthy Communities
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Boise, 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
Allegheny Health Network and UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pittsburgh officials expect up to 500,000 visitors to flood the city for the 2026 NFL Draft April 23-25, bringing routine medical needs as well as risks tied to large crowds, alcohol use and possible emergencies.
Building Healthy Communities
Intermountain Health
Utah and Idaho
Intermountain Children’s Health has launched the nation’s largest pediatric Telestroke network, giving children in Utah and southern Idaho rapid access to stroke experts through virtual consultations.
Ensuring Access to Care
University of Utah Health
Utah
University of Utah Health is expanding its TeleNICU program to improve access to specialty newborn care in rural communities across the Mountain West.
Ensuring Access to Care
In this conversation, David Stark, chief of government and external affairs and philanthropy officer at UnityPoint Health, shares how a major philanthropic investment is helping expand mental health services for children and adolescents.
Ensuring Access to Care
Texas Health Resources
McKinney, Texas
Texas Health Resources has announced plans for a new hospital and medical campus in north McKinney, marking a major investment in one of North Texas’s fastest‑growing regions.
Benefiting Communities
In this conversation, Mary Kate Daly, senior vice president and chief of community health of the Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, explains how long-term investments, powerful community partnerships, and a first-of-its-kind community health hub are leading to better outcomes for kids in Chicago and beyond.
Benefiting Communities
AtlantiCare
Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
AtlantiCare EMS has expanded its trauma care capabilities by launching a Ground Whole Blood Program, allowing paramedics to administer whole blood transfusions directly at emergency scenes.
Benefiting Communities
Baylor Scott & White Health
Texas
Improving community health requires more than clinical care alone.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
Reid Health
Richmond, Ind.
“This was never about technology,” said Muhammad Siddiqui.
That sounds like a strange way to describe the project that made Reid Health one of the finalists for the 2026 AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vt.
When 14-year-old Vermont student-athlete Kian started developing migraines so severe that it was difficult to stand upright, an MRI revealed a serious diagnosis: He had an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a rare and dangerous tangle of blood vessels in the brain that can bleed and cause seizures or stroke-like symptoms.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at OU Health
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at OU Health has performed the state’s first targeted chemotherapy for a rare pediatric eye cancer, marking an advancement in care for children diagnosed with retinoblastoma.
Prevention and Wellness
In this conversation, Katie Au, M.D. and Katherine Jorda, M.D., directors of the Perinatal Trauma Clinic at Oregon Health & Science University, explore how trauma can emerge during pregnancy, labor or postpartum.
Prevention and Wellness
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth reached a milestone in 2025, setting new records for both living kidney donations and total kidney transplants.
Prevention and Wellness
Providence VA Medical Center
Providence, R.I.
Nearly 40% of Rhode Island households are food insecure, according to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and other sources. Providence VA Medical Center is working to meet the needs of veterans who are food insecure, including homeless veterans.
Workforce
Reid Health
Richmond, Ind.
“This was never about technology,” said Muhammad Siddiqui.
That sounds like a strange way to describe the project that made Reid Health one of the finalists for the 2026 AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award.
Workforce
In this conversation, Denzil Ross, president of Indiana University Health South Region, and Erik Coyne, chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College–Bloomington, discuss how the organizations' partnership is using philanthropic investment to broaden nursing education for aspiring nurses.
Workforce
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
California
Contra Costa County leaders partnered with Kaiser Permanente and Contra Costa Heath to launch the “Right Care, Right Way” pilot campaign.
Benefiting Communities
University of Michigan Health - C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, Mich.
U-M Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital distributes iPads to improve technology access for patients
University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital patients now have access to one of more than 150 new iPads during their stay.
Benefiting Communities
Kentucky Children’s Hospital
Lexington, Ky.
Things tend to get competitive on the makeshift nine-hole miniature golf course located at the University of Kentucky’s baseball field – especially on the day of the annual Mini Pro-Am tournament, where patients at UK HealthCare’s Kentucky Children’s Hospital play with assistance from volunteer caddies.
Benefiting Communities
The recently dedicated Stacy Goldstein Breast Center within Overlook Medical Center promises to offer world-class breast cancer services to members of the New Jersey community, according to the family whose generous financial support made the new center possible.
Benefiting Communities
Billings, MT-based St. Vincent Healthcare, now part of Intermountain Health, has applied for Level I Trauma Center verification under the American College of Surgeons (ACS), in hopes of becoming Montana's very first Comprehensive Trauma Center in early 2024.
Benefiting Communities
UPMC
Pittsburgh,Pa.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has eliminated redundant processes and reduced the time and number of people involved in a discharge while boosting patient satisfaction scores.
Benefiting Communities
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colo.
A special partnership with Children's Hospital Colorado is helping patients and families facing housing insecurity.
Benefiting Communities
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
Spokane, Wash.
In Spokane, Wash., Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center is partnering with the Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition to provide a toolkit for comprehensive workplace training program for businesses and nonprofits to access online, with in-person training or a combination of those two.
Benefiting Communities
Bay Area Hospital’s Kids’ Hope Center
Coos Bay, Ore.
On April 3, Bay Area Hospital’s Kids’ Hope Center commemorated National Child Abuse Prevention Month by covering the center’s property with a sea of vibrant pinwheels.
Benefiting Communities
Hackensack Meridian Health
Edison, N.J.
Five female leaders at Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health all started their careers tending to patients at the bedside. Today, they occupy top rungs in the health care leadership ladder.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Atrium Health
Charlotte, N.C.
Atrium Health Cabarrus
Concord, N.C.
30 years from now, it's projected that nearly one quarter of America's population will be age 65 or older.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Nemour’s Children’s Hospital
Wilmington, Del.
At 10 years old, Kieva has been dancing through life — literally. She is a competitive Irish dancer who reached the Open Championships — the highest level of competition — after just three years of dancing. However, she had a condition that put a stutter in her step.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Banner Health
Phoenix, Ariz.
Leadership Dialogue Series: The Future Is Here — Artificial Intelligence and Its Role in Health Care
In this conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D. (2024 chair AHA) and Amy Perry (CEO Banner Health), discuss using technology to transform patient care.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Intermountain Medical Center
Murray, Utah
Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, has become the first hospital in the United States to use the newly FDA-approved Gore EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis (TAMBE) device to treat complex aneurysms in the visceral aorta.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
In this conversation, Oren Guttman, M.D., anesthesiologist and vice president of High Reliability & Patient Safety at Thomas Jefferson University, discusses the mindset of resilience engineering, the future of patient safety and the big questions this work reveals.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
While the doctors, nurses and care teams of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta are focused on helping their youthful patients get better at Arthur M. Blank Hospital, much of the heavy lifting of day-to-day operations is done by a cadre of unpaid workers who never tire and never complain.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Although artificial intelligence has the potential to improve and transform health care, doctors aren’t likely to leave the decision-making to chatbots anytime soon.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, Calif,
Maintaining a robust pipeline of talent flowing into the health care field includes training the next generation of academic scientists, physician leaders and allied health professionals for the future of health care and biomedical science.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, Calif,
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Tom Priselac, president and CEO emeritus of Cedars-Sinai, discusses overseeing 30 years of growth and integration at the health system, and the perspectives required to integrate across multiple care areas.
Prevention and Wellness
Orlando Health
Orlando, Fla.
This special series explores the medical complications that can accompany pregnancy, successful prenatal and postpartum treatment programs, and how hospitals and health systems are addressing the social needs of new mothers.
Prevention and Wellness
Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC) will now house within their emergency department a comprehensive behavioral health program, as well as an HIV prevention and care program.
Prevention and Wellness
Indiana University Health recently began a new community health initiative to provide prevention, education and early detection of cardiovascular disease — which includes free blood pressure screenings — in area barbershops.
Prevention and Wellness
Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, N.Y.
A hospital’s food menu can color patients’ perceptions of quality care. Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider, took that truth to heart as it spent significant time and effort in upgrading the millions of meals it serves each year. The overall reaction? More, please!
Prevention and Wellness
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, Ind.
In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a shocking 80-plus page advisory declaring loneliness and social isolation as reaching epidemic levels in American society. Ready to act, Indiana University Health was among the first large health systems to develop a care network to spark social connection and community.
Prevention and Wellness
Northern Light Health
Brewer, Maine
To mark American Heart Month in February, Northern Light Health is “glowing red” all month and sharing tips for heart-healthy exercise habits and recipes.
Prevention and Wellness
Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital
Albuquerque, N.M.
Lily Colmenero expressed her gratitude to several of the care teams and staff members at New Mexico’s Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital who provide ongoing compassionate care for her husband, Cesar, as he battles the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Prevention and Wellness
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, N.Y.
Chief Wellness Officers are an essential part of a health care worker's mental and physical support structure, providing opportunities and resources whenever needed.
Prevention and Wellness
Endeavor Health
Evanston, Ill.
This special series explores the medical complications that can accompany pregnancy, successful prenatal and postpartum treatment programs, and how hospitals and health systems are addressing the social needs of new mothers.