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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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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
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University of Illinois Chicago

Menopause Matters: Closing Gaps in Care and Awareness
University of Illinois Chicago's Pauline Maki, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, psychology, and obstetrics and gynecology, and Makeba Williams, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, unpack why menopause care is finally having a breakthrough moment.
Building Healthy Communities
Billboard advertising the NFL draft in Pittsburgh

Allegheny Health Network and UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Pittsburgh’s hospital systems ‘prepare for the unexpected’ as the NFL Draft approaches
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.
Ensuring Access to Care
Metropark rail station sign featuring Hackensack Meridian Health logo

Hackensack Meridian Health
Hackensack, N.J.

Hackensack Meridian Health Opens Nation’s First Health & Wellness Center In A Major Travel Hub
The Metropark Health & Wellness Center is the first comprehensive health and wellness facility in the nation to be located within a major transit hub, offering convenient access to care for commuters and nearby residents.
Ensuring Access to Care
Scotland Health team, finalists in the 2026 AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award

Scotland Health
Laurinburg, N.C.

Scotland Health’s home-based care program earns AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award recognition
Scotland Health at Home began with one goal: Connect patients to treatment, no matter where they were. The program’s work led to Scotland Health Care System being recognized as a finalist for the 2026 AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award.
Ensuring Access to Care
obstetrician and patient

Renown Health
Reno, Nev.

Renown Health partners to launch first OB/GYN residency in Northern Nevada
Renown Health is expanding access to women’s reproductive health care by partnering with the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) to launch the northern Nevada region’s first obstetrics and gynecology residency program.
Benefiting Communities
A woman reads a book to a smiling girl

Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

Nationwide Children’s Hospital incorporates reading literacy into routine visits
As childhood literacy rates decline across the United States, Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is stepping up with an innovative approach — conducting reading screenings in pediatric clinics.
Benefiting Communities
Bottles of expressed breast milk sit in a refrigerator

PeaceHealth St. Joseph
Bellingham, Wash.

PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s donor milk program supports hundreds of newborns
PeaceHealth St. Joseph in Bellingham, Wash., is supporting its most vulnerable patients by expanding access to donor breast milk for premature and at-risk newborns, ensuring they receive critical nutrition in their first days of life.
Benefiting Communities
The Grundy County Hospital maintenance team poses with bags of trash

Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, Iowa

How Grundy County Memorial Hospital found a patient’s treasure in their trash
An Iowa hospital is being recognized for going above and beyond after staff members used an unconventional method to help a patient recover priceless family heirlooms that were accidentally thrown away.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
A woman in lab coat peers into microscope

University of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, Iowa

Patient becomes advocate for rare cancer research
An Iowa cancer patient is helping shape the future of treatment by turning a life-altering diagnosis into a mission to advance research and support other patients.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
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Hartford HealthCare
Hartford, Conn.

Innovative Models to Strengthen Behavioral Healthcare
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, speaks with John Santopietro, M.D., senior vice president at Hartford HealthCare and physician-in-chief of its Behavioral Health Network.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
woman stares out a window at sunset

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Washington

Fred Hutch investigates an illuminating liver cancer risk
When it comes to liver cancer, you may already know classic risk factors like cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis B and C viruses. But a Seattle-based epidemiologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is investigating a lesser-known potential contributor that may not be on your radar: solar jet lag.
Prevention and Wellness
Heads Up: Foundations for Youth Mental Health poster

Dartmouth Health Children’s
Lebanon, N.H. 

Health system's ‘Heads Up’ series supports young people’s mental well-being
Dartmouth Health Children’s has launched a new season of its “Heads Up” mental health awareness series focused on children, titled “Heads Up: Foundations for Youth Mental Health.”
Prevention and Wellness
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University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia

More Than Survival: Healing Trauma from Violence
In this conversation, Elinore Kaufman, M.D., medical director of the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program, and Michele Volpe, chief operating officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, share how hospital-based violence intervention programs are helping patients heal physically, emotionally and socially after traumatic injury.
Prevention and Wellness
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CommonSpirit Health
Chicago, Ill.

Words Matter: Reducing Stigma in Substance Use Disorder Care

For millions facing substance use disorders, stigma isn’t just harmful — it’s a barrier to survival. In this conversation, three leaders from CommonSpirit Health explore how the organization is confronting stigma head-on through education, storytelling and culture change. They also reveal how shifting language, training and grassroots efforts are helping patients feel seen and heard on their road to recovery.

Workforce
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Real Solutions to Workplace Violence
In recognition of #HAVHope Day on June 5th, Sarah Hunter, president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital,
Workforce
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Hartford HealthCare
Hartford, Conn.

Innovative Models to Strengthen Behavioral Healthcare
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, speaks with John Santopietro, M.D., senior vice president at Hartford HealthCare and physician-in-chief of its Behavioral Health Network.
Workforce
A pregnant woman stands with a doula in front of doors to a UAMS facility

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Ark.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences enrolls 25 doula trainees in latest class
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation has enrolled 25 doula trainees from 14 counties across the state in its latest class, continuing an effort to strengthen maternal health outcomes, particularly in underserved and rural communities.
Benefiting Communities
Shot of UPMC Mercy medical campus with UPMC tower in backroud on the left and UPMC Mercy in the foreground on the right

UPMC
Pittsburgh,Pa.

Telling the Hospital Story: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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
Kelly Galloway, Children's Hospital Colorado

Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colo.

Telling the Hospital Story: Children's Hospital Colorado
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.

Telling the Hospital Story: Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
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.

Bringing brightness to a dark pediatric issue in Oregon
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.

The sky's the limit, say five Hackensack Meridian bedside-to-C-suite executives
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.
Benefiting Communities
A group of pregnant women sit around a counselor

Swedish Hospital
Seattle, Wash.

Role of Hospitals: Swedish Hospital
While the US maternal death rate climbs to astonishing heights, some hospitals — like Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Wash. — are recognizing the influential role doulas play in maternal care.
Benefiting Communities
Student taking exam at desk

Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
Fontana, Calif.

Role of Hospitals: Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
A group of Fontana, Calif. high school seniors interested in the health care profession recently explored career paths at the Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center through Kaiser Permanente’s internship program.
Benefiting Communities
A Black mother sits holding her newborn baby

Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, Calif.

Role of Hospitals: Doctors Medical Center of Modesto
Doctors Medical Center of Modesto has given every baby born there in the month of March a book in honor of National Reading Month.
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Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
Honolulu, Hawaii

Role of Hospitals: Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children knows that play is an important part of the healing process and hosts an annual Santa’s Workshop toy drive so that every hospitalized child receives a gift during the holidays.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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CommonSpirit Health

To Mitigate and Prevent: CommonSpirit Health's Transparent Culture and Error Reporting Toolkit
In this “Safety Speaks” conversation, CommonSpirit Health's Beth Miller, system director, patient safety-performance improvement, and Austin Peterson, system director, patient harm prevention, discuss how safety transparency benefits both patients and providers, and how a CommonSpirit Health toolkit can help organizations lead the way in error reporting and patient safety.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Atrium Health
Charlotte, N.C.

Atrium Health Cabarrus
Concord, N.C.

Preparing for the Future: How the Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative is Transforming Care for America's Aging Population
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
Nemours patient Kieva sits smiling in her Irish dancing costume

Nemour’s Children’s Hospital
Wilmington, Del.

How Robotic Surgery Helped a 10-Year-Old Dancer Return to the Stage in Record Time
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.
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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
Illustration of aortic valves

Intermountain Medical Center
Murray, Utah

Utah Medical Center First in Nation to Use Game-Changing Device to Treat Aortic Aneurysms
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
Advancing Health Podcast
What is Resilience Engineering and What Does it Mean for Patient Safety?
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
Arthur Blank Childrens Atlanta robot in hospital hallway
How Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta uses its robot fleet to support its new hospital
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
Stock. Stethoscope coiled around a computer chip bearing a glowing AI symbol
Clinicians and Chatbots: Boston Hospital Study Compares Their Clinical Reasoning
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
Stock. Researchers in white coats and masks review results on a tablet

Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, Calif,

Cedars-Sinai Establishes Health Science University
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.
Prevention and Wellness
Cesar Colmenero and family pose with Lovelace staff

Lovelace UNM Rehabilitation Hospital
Albuquerque, N.M.

A Love Letter to Our Outpatient Rehabilitation staff
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).
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Mount Sinai Health System
New York, N.Y.

The Growing Role of Chief Wellness Officers in Health Care
Chief Wellness Officers are an essential part of a health care worker's mental and physical support structure, providing opportunities and resources whenever needed.
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Endeavor Health
Evanston, Ill.

Beyond Birth: Navigating Perinatal Depression With Endeavor Health
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.
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Wallowa Memorial Hospital. An older man sits smiling while gloved hands administer vaccine in his arm

Wallowa Memorial Hospital 
Enterprise, Ore.

How a Combined Emergency — and Viral — Preparedness Effort Took Shape at Wallowa Memorial Hospital
When joined together, emergency prep and routine immunizations can be an effective way to mobilize community members to make healthy choices for their future selves.
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Image Telling the Hospital Story: Holy Name Medical Center

Holy Name Medical Center 
Teaneck, New Jersey

New Jersey man reunites with hospital team that saved his life with marathon CPR session
Although there are no clear-cut guidelines for how long cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should be continued, the most favorable neurological outcomes are achieved when CPR is started immediately, with a duration of 21-25 minutes.
Prevention and Wellness
University of Vermont Medical Center: A bowl of roasted delicata squash

Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, Vt.

The joy of cooking meets the science of nutrition. The result? Optimal health, says one hospital.
The Culinary Medicine program combines “the joy of cooking with the science of nutrition to help patients, employees and the community achieve optimal health.”
Prevention and Wellness
Katie Carmichale sits among the hospital's therapy dogs and their handlers, with her portraits hanging on the wall above them

Kentucky Children's Hospital
Lexington, Ky.

Colorful canines bring comfort to cancer care
Katie Belle Carmichael's exhibit, “Pups of Color,” which opened Oct. 15 on the hospital’s ground floor and was attended by some of the four-footed subjects, features portraits of the hospital’s therapy dogs who visited her room during her stays.
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close shot of hands held across a wooden table

Cape Cod Healthcare 
Hyannis, Ma.

By speaking a common language – addiction – peers are aiding patients with SUD
Peer recovery specialists at Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital in Massachusetts help patients overcome substance use disorders.
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Two smiling women, one wearing a head scarf, sit outside at sunset

The Queen’s Medical Center
Honolulu, Hawaii

Never alone: Cancer survivors at The Queen’s Medical Center receive a lifetime of support
The cancer survivorship program at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu addresses the many effects that can occur post-cancer by offering comprehensive care and resources.