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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
A female physician touches a pregnant woman's abdomen

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Women, Lakeview Hospital, Lane Regional Medical Center, Ochsner American Legion Hospital, Ochsner Lafayette Medical Center, Ochsner St. Anne Hospital, Opelousas General Hospital System, Our Lady of the Angels Hospital, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Touro Hospital, Woman’s Hospital 
Louisiana

Louisiana hospitals launch program to support pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has launched its inaugural group of 11 Project M.O.M. catalyst site hospitals, marking a major step forward in addressing maternal overdose mortality across the state.
Building Healthy Communities
a woman scans a continuous glucose monitor with her phone

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Ark.

Digital diabetes education improving rural communities in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is leveraging digital health to expand diabetes education and support for rural communities across the state, addressing significant access barriers such as long travel distances and limited local resources.
Building Healthy Communities
A woman sits at a piano singing

Intermountain Health St. James Hospital
Montana

Encore of the Heart: Montana Performer Makes Comeback After Heart Attack
Frankee Angel, a lifelong performer, found her world upended when she suffered a sudden medical emergency just before playing piano at St. Patrick’s Church.
Ensuring Access to Care
Doctor performing sonogram

Sanford Health
Sioux Falls/Rapid City, S.D.

A Sanford Health doctor takes to the skies to bridge the rural health care gap in South Dakota
Storks delivering babies may be a flight of fancy, but a real South Dakota maternal-fetal medicine specialist flies hundreds of miles each week to reach rural patients who would otherwise face hours-long drives for specialized care.
Ensuring Access to Care
A man and a female health worker stand on either side of a child in an MRI machine

Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Little Rock, Ark.

Telemedicine helps rural Arkansas hospitals provide pediatric cardiac MRI, CT scans close to home
Arkansas Children’s Hospital is utilizing telemedicine to expand access to care and support rural hospitals that lack pediatric cardiac MRI and CT expertise.
Ensuring Access to Care
Women stand at a volunteer table displaying boxes of diapers and feminine hygiene products

Northern Cochise Community Hospital
Cochise County, Ariz.

Meeting essential needs brings dignity to the desert
In rural Cochise County, Ariz., many older adults struggle with limited incomes, chronic health conditions, and scarce access to essential resources. Geographic isolation and high poverty rates among seniors make basic needs — such as adult incontinence supplies — difficult to afford.
Benefiting Communities
Two women dressed in casual festive Christmas outfits unwrap gifts in an office

MultiCare Valley Hospital
Spokane, Wash.

MultiCare Valley Hospital brings holiday cheer to local students
Every December, health care workers at MultiCare Valley Hospital, based in Spokane, Wash., take on extra seasonal roles: holiday “elves." For nine years, the staff has organized a gift drive to support local children, donating presents and essential items to families who need them most.
Benefiting Communities
advancing-health-podcast
From Closure to Comeback: A Rural ICU Is Reborn
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist and the 2026 AHA board chair, sits down with Mark Boucot, president and CEO of WVU Medicine Potomac Valley Hospital, to explore how rural hospitals can leverage technology and partnerships to deliver care close to home.
Benefiting Communities
A little girl sits in a hospital bed smiling at a female health worker

Manning Family Children’s Hospital
New Orleans, La.

Manning Family Children’s Hospital becomes first level I pediatric trauma center in Louisiana
Manning Family Children’s Hospital has become the first facility in Louisiana and the broader Gulf South region to earn verification as a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
UI nephrectomy team stands in hospital hallway

University of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, Iowa

UI Health Care performs its first robotic living donor nephrectomy
University of Iowa Health announced in early February 2026 that it had successfully completed its first robotic living donor nephrectomy, a procedure performed by transplant surgeon Ramy El-Diwany, M.D.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
UNMC ICU family app screen

Nebraska Medicine - Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Neb.

UNMC nurse develops platform to help ICU patients’ family members participate in patient care
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) has launched Familyroom.health, a digital platform designed to support families of patients in intensive care.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
Promotional poster for MyChart Central available in Louisiana

Baton Rouge General, Woman's Hospital, Ochsner Health, St. Tammany Parish, Terrebonne General Health System, LCMC Health, Lake Charles Memorial Health System, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
Louisiana

Multiple Louisiana health systems jointly launch MyChart Central for unified patient experience
Several Louisiana health systems have jointly launched MyChart Central, creating the first statewide, unified patient portal experience.
Prevention and Wellness
A female physician touches a pregnant woman's abdomen

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Women, Lakeview Hospital, Lane Regional Medical Center, Ochsner American Legion Hospital, Ochsner Lafayette Medical Center, Ochsner St. Anne Hospital, Opelousas General Hospital System, Our Lady of the Angels Hospital, Rapides Regional Medical Center, Touro Hospital, Woman’s Hospital 
Louisiana

Louisiana hospitals launch program to support pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has launched its inaugural group of 11 Project M.O.M. catalyst site hospitals, marking a major step forward in addressing maternal overdose mortality across the state.
Prevention and Wellness
a woman scans a continuous glucose monitor with her phone

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Ark.

Digital diabetes education improving rural communities in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is leveraging digital health to expand diabetes education and support for rural communities across the state, addressing significant access barriers such as long travel distances and limited local resources.
Prevention and Wellness
a gerbera daisy rests on a plate as part of a romantic, candle-lit table

HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital
Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Anniversary to remember: HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital nurses surprise one of their own
It was Angela and Christopher’s wedding anniversary, but it looked like they wouldn’t be able to celebrate it. Angela, a nurse at HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital, wasn’t working — instead, she was a patient recovering from surgery to address severe abdominal pain. But her co-workers and friends weren’t going to let the day pass by.
Workforce
Denise Higgins, medical assistant at St. Charles Health System

St. Charles Health System
Bend, Ore.

A class act: Oregon health system covers medical assistant tuition
St. Charles Health System, based in Bend, Ore., is investing in the future of its workforce — and by extension, the health of the entire central Oregon community — through a new educational initiative.
Workforce
advancing-health-podcast
2026 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan: AI and the Future of Staffing
In this conversation, Gratia Pitcher, M.D., chief medical officer and patient experience dyad leader with Essentia Health, and Larissa Africa, vice president of health care workforce solutions with Staff Garden by Ascend Learning, discuss findings from the 2026 AHA Health Care Workforce Scan.
Workforce
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East Alabama Health
Opelika, Ala.

Strengthening the rural workforce: East Alabama Health tackles nursing shortage
Maintaining a trained workforce is one of the greatest challenges facing rural hospitals today. In Alabama, the shortage is particularly and increasingly severe, especially when it comes to nurses. East Alabama Health is addressing the problem in multiple ways.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Henry Ford Health 
Detroit, Michigan

Optimizing Whole Person Care Through Integration
In this conversation, Cathrine Frank, M.D., chair of psychiatry and behavioral health services at Henry Ford Health, shares how they utilize a virtual team approach to provide reachable care.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston

Kidney transplant patient, surgeons advance organ transplantation with groundbreaking procedure
In mid-March 2024, surgeons from the transplant center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a 62-year old man with end-stage kidney disease.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Banner Health
Phoenix, Ariz.

Regard and Banner Health expand AI partnership to 33 acute care hospitals
Banner Health has partnered with the clinical decision software company Regard to integrate algorithms and artificial intelligence to generate clinical decisions, documentation and facilitate clinician-to-clinician communications across its 33 acute care hospitals, which cover patients in six states.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Bauer and Dr. Bharat

Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, Ill.

Creative repurposing saves heart during double-lung transplant
Old technology — applied in new and novel ways — can still be a lifesaver.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Scripps Health
San Diego, Calif.

How to Survive a Cyberattack with Scripps Health: Part Two
In the second of this two-part conversation, John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the AHA, and Chris Van Gorder, president & CEO of Scripps Health, explore the underdiscussed aspects in the aftermath of a cyber-attack, and the need for cybersecurity standards and protection from the federal government.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
photo of birth room, hospital bed in background with bassinet in foreground

Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Louisville, Ky.

New labor and delivery rooms give new parents more options
When parents-to-be opt to deliver their baby at a birthing center, it’s often because they want more freedom to choose their birth experience — such as pain management options, comfort techniques, assisted deliveries or just a more homelike setting.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
advancing-health-podcast

Scripps Health
San Diego, Calif.

How to Survive a Cyberattack with Scripps Health: Part One
In part one of this two-part conversation, Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of Scripps Health, joins John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk at the AHA, to talk about how his organization responded when cybercriminals attacked and breached the defenses of the well-prepared health system.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
N.J. Health System is Nation’s First to Achieve The Joint Commission’s Voluntary Sustainability Certification
Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest health network, is the nation’s first health system to receive a voluntary certification for sustainability from The Joint Commission.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
A clinician manipulates the leg of an elderly man lying prone on an examination table
In Vermont, four seasons of state-of-the-art othopedic care
Copley Hospital and its two orthopedic clinics have highly trained and experienced orthopedic and sports medicine teams to meet the health needs of people in their communities.