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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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Ensuring Access to Care
Kansas High Value Network logo

HaysMed, Gove County Medical Center, Scott County Hospital, Clara Barton Medical Center
Kansas

7 Kansas rural hospitals form network to strengthen independence, advance value-based care
Seven independent rural hospitals have joined forces to launch the Kansas High Value Network, a new collaborative organization designed to expand access to care, improve clinical outcomes and reduce operating costs while preserving local governance.
Ensuring Access to Care
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Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, Pa.

Care Without the Wait: Rethinking Access to Healthcare
In this conversation, Baligh Yehia, M.D., president of Jefferson Health, shares how the organization is rethinking healthcare access through same-day cancer care, virtual primary care, home-based services, and expanded access to clinical trials.
Ensuring Access to Care
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LCMC Health
New Orleans, La.

Bridge to Care: Better Care Transitions for Opioid Use
This conversation shares how integrated care models, addiction consult services and peer navigators are improving care transitions and increasing access to evidence-based treatment.
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
Older women sat in a row

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.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
Patient sits next to his hospital bed eating a hospital meal

Hackensack Meridian Health
Edison, N.J.

How NJ's Largest Health Network is Fixing an $8B National Crisis in Parkinson's Care
Hospital care for people with Parkinson’s disease costs nearly $8 billion annually and places about one in six hospitalized patients at significant risk for an avoidable complication due to healthcare systems that are not designed to meet their unique, time-sensitive needs.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
A physical therapist working with a young girl patient

Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colo.

Colorado hospital helps develop national standards for cognitive and developmental care in sickle cell disease
Children’s Hospital Colorado helped the National Alliance of Sickle Cell Centers develop new national standards to improve how developmental and cognitive challenges are identified and managed in people with sickle cell disease (SCD).
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
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Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri

Heart transplant gives Kansas teen new outlook after lifelong cardiac battle
A 16-year-old Kansas patient is looking toward a future with fewer health limitations after receiving a heart transplant at Children’s Mercy Kansas City.
Prevention and Wellness
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Cone Health
Greensboro, N.C.

Pregnancy and the Heart: Why Teamwork Matters
Maternal mortality remains a critical challenge in the United States, and many pregnancy complications are linked to chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular disease.
Prevention and Wellness
Cancer patient in hospital bed smiling at health worker

University of Washington Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, Wash.

Seattle hospital screening program connects patients to lifesaving cancer care
The University of Washington Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Colorectal Cancer Screening Program is helping more people detect colorectal cancer early through at-home tests, clinician outreach and patient navigation support.
Prevention and Wellness
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
New York

The First Chapter: Literacy and Bonding in the NICU
In this conversation, Gabriela Jimenez Thompson, program lead of Our Story Begins at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, and Liliana Escobar, R.N., NICU head nurse at Bellevue Hospital Center, share how the Our Story Begins program uses books, reading, language and nurse education to strengthen NICU parent engagement, bonding and early childhood development.
Workforce
A nurse hands a newborn to a mother in hospital bed

UAMS, Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas
Arkansas

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences develops new toolkit to help hospitals integrate doulas
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation has launched the Advancing Doulas and Perinatal Teams Toolkit, a new resource designed to help hospitals better integrate doulas into maternal care teams and improve outcomes for mothers and infants.
Workforce
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M Health Farview
Minneapolis, Minn.

How APPs Can Ease the Healthcare Workforce Crisis
Hospitals and health systems can't meet growing patient demand without full leveraging advanced practice providers (APPs).
Workforce
Linda Bos and her three daughters — Lydia Hollemans, Naomi Palmbos and Anika Bos — each serve in different areas across the Michigan Health-West health system.

University of Michigan Health-West
Michigan

Under one roof: A family of nurses working throughout University of Michigan Health-West
At University of Michigan Health-West, a unique family story is unfolding through the work of four dedicated nurses from the Bos family.
Benefiting Communities
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Intermountain Health
Salt Lake City, Utah

To Meet a ‘Prerequisite for Good Health,’ Health System Heads to Colorado’s Housing Market
A new affordable rental property is the latest example of how Intermountain Health is helping its patients beyond the hospital walls.
Benefiting Communities
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Converting to Rural Emergency Hospitals
In this discussion, two rural health care leaders assess how the conversion to Rural Emergency Hospital is proceeding, and how to build trust and buy-in from patients and communities.
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‘Beautiful’ new facility greats first patients at new Intermountain Primary Children’s campus
The February 2024 opening of Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Campus in Lehi, Utah, marks the most significant boost in children’s health care delivery in the Intermountain West in more than 100 years. Intermountain's new pediatrics campus in Lehi, Utah, marks the most significant boost in children’s health care delivery in the region in a century.
Benefiting Communities
Advancing Health Podcast
Helping Boards Help Rural Hospitals

The constant strain of workforce and financial issues are proving difficult to solve for rural health care providers. In this conversation, Barbara Sowada, president of the Board of Trustees at Memorial Hospital, discusses the role board members can play in helping their hospitals and health systems navigate today’s pressing problems, and how the AHA’s resources and educational materials can provide valuable assistance.

Benefiting Communities
Mat-Su Regional staff pose with cases of peanut butter

Mat-Su Regional General Hospital
Palmer, Alaska

Mat-Su Regional Medical Center “spreads the love” with key food bank staple
Peanut butter has long been a sought-after item for food pantries, thanks to its long shelf life and nutritional value. Mat-Su Regional Medical Center sees it as a critical tool in the fight against hunger within the community, in which an estimated 20% of residents experience food insecurity.
Benefiting Communities
Sign indicates it's the future site of the ChristianaCare West Grove Campus

ChristianaCare
Wilmington, Del.

Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, Pa.

Micro-Hospitals: Transforming Healthcare in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Two Southeastern Pennsylvania health systems, ChristianaCare and Lehigh Valley Health Network, are launching a new era of health care with their opening of “micro-hospitals” that provide 24/7 emergency care with limited inpatient beds.
Benefiting Communities
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Sage Memorial Hospital
Ganado, Ariz.

New and upgraded health care facilities for Native Americans open in Arizona
Three new and upgraded health facilities opening in Arizona will provide Native Americans with better access to health care, and more are in the works.
Benefiting Communities
Man and woman stand in store aisle flanked by balloons
On-campus high school grocery store offers more than free food
O.D. Wyatt High School in Fort Worth, Texas, in January 2024 opened an on-campus grocery store, housed in a portable building and brimming with fresh produce, meat and nonperishable items for students and their families.
Benefiting Communities
Children's Wisconsin pediatric mental health clinic exterior at dusk
Kohl’s cash translates to new pediatric mental health option in Wisconsin
Wisconsin children and families in need of immediate mental health care can now walk in to a brand-new clinic in Kenosha, thanks to a $3 million donation from the charitable wing of the department store retail chain Kohl’s.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Eitan Melamed, M.D., chief of hand surgery at NYC Health + Hospitals, check's Harry Perks' right hand
Specialized Surgery at NYC Health + Hospitals Allows Patient to Regain Use of His Hand
The Center for Hand Surgery at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst restored the use of Harry Perks' right hand after 10 years of immobility due to spasticity from a drug overdose.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Mass General Brigham patient Savannah Solivan

Mass General for Children
Boston, Mass.

Hospital Team ‘Is Like Family’ to Young Patient Living With Prosthetic Leg
Savannah, a 12-year-old from North Andover, Mass., loves gymnastics, soccer and swimming — activities she is enjoying two years after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, and adjusting to living with a prosthetic leg.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Groundbreaking heart procedure performed on toddler at OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois
In December, OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois announced surgeons had successfully performed the world’s first implantation of an extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (EV-ICD) in a 2-year-old child who had suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Bartlett emergency department exterior

Bartlett Regional Hospital
Juneau, Ala.

Bartlett Regional Hospital Connecting Patients to Community Support Agencies
In 2018, collaborating with community partners to better serve its patients in the greater Juneau, Alaska region, Bartlett Regional Hospital implemented an emergency department information exchange system that made possible real-time information sharing that is imperative for coordinated care efforts.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, Wash.

Houston, we have a solution: NASA and Fred Hutch team up for stellar cancer care
Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle, Wash., embraced the otherworldly aspects of cancer treatment by partnering with the one and only NASA to launch a new, space-centric program for cancer patients.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Three Clinicians tend to a trauma patient

St. Joseph Medical Center, MultiCare Tacoma 
Washington

Two Washington state hospitals tag-team trauma care
St. Joseph Medical Center and MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital are now rotating trauma care every other day through the Tacoma Trauma Trust, a non-profit 501(c)3 joint level II trauma program.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
A female clinician sits in a residential setting with an elderly woman.
Stephens County Hospital Designated as Remote Treatment Stroke Center
Stephens County Hospital in Georgia has been designated as a Remote Treatment Stroke Center by the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Office of EMS and Trauma.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Stock image of surgeon working with robotic surgical device
Arizona Hospital Achieves Milestone with First Robotic-Assisted Kidney Transplant
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, has made a significant advancement in medical technology by performing the state’s first kidney transplant using robotic technology.
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.
Prevention and Wellness
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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.
Prevention and Wellness
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.
Prevention and Wellness
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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.
Prevention and Wellness
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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.
Prevention and Wellness
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.
Prevention and Wellness
YNH Walk with a Doc group

Yale New Haven Health 
New Haven, Conn.

Yale New Haven Health doctors lead weekly walks to promote healthy activity
Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut partners with Get Healthy CT for "Walk & Talk with a Doc," an opportunity on Saturday mornings for community members to walk with YNHH physicians and discuss specific health care topics.
Prevention and Wellness
A trainer coaches a middle aged man on a treadmill

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital 
Brattleboro, Vt.

Brattleboro Memorial launches personalized wellness program
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Vermont is offering a new, free Wellness PLUS Program for people at risk for heart and lung disease due to diabetes, high blood pressure, tobacco use, obesity and sedentary lifestyle.