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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Penrose Hospital
Colorado Springs, Colo.

CommonSpirit hospitals conduct large-scale bioterrorism exercise in Colorado Springs
Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs was among three area caregivers to participate in a February, 2023 staged exercise that simulated the effects of a bioterrorism attack, in this case botulinum toxin — one of the most poisonous known naturally-occurring substances — placed in the local milk supply.
Benefiting Communities
Penn State Health. Donate Life flag is unfurled at the flag raising ceremony.
This Pennsylvania Health System Goes Blue and Green Each April. Here’s Why.
Penn State Health employees, College of Medicine faculty, staff and students show their support for organ donation on National Donate Life Blue & Green Day Friday by wearing blue and green.
Benefiting Communities
a young man sits in front of a gaming PC wearing a headset and holding a game controler
1UP! Injured gamers can now get extra lives from the Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic’s Gaming and Esports Medicine Clinic focuses on medical issues that impact professional and hobbyist video gamers, which largely come from repetition and overuse.
Benefiting Communities
Aerial rendering of the Good Samaritan Sioux Falls senior living complex
A senior health oasis springs up in Sioux Falls
Seniors living in the Sioux Falls, S.D., area will soon have access to a first-of-its-kind community for older adults, following a significant investment by Sanford Health.
Benefiting Communities
candles lit in memory of lost children bear names tied on with purple ribbon
Penn Medicine Provides Parents Tools to Grieve and Heal After Loss
The loss of a baby during pregnancy or delivery or within the first months after birth is its own kind of grief. Through its Community Wellness Program, Penn Medicine Princeton Health offers a space and opportunity for families to come together in a moving and dignified ceremony to share their sorrow.
Benefiting Communities
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Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
Mission Hills, Calif.

Safety first: The tool Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is using to stem firearm accidents
At Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in California, getting the right tools in the hands of gun owners is helping prevent tragic ends from occurring.
Benefiting Communities
t. Vincent Healthcare Book Collection
Montana Teen Donates Children's Books to St. Vincent Healthcare for Nearly a Decade
Aiden Fouhy is high school senior, a resident of rural Montana, and an aspiring airplane pilot. In his spare time, Aiden is also a traveling bookmobile.
Benefiting Communities
Sutter employees stand in a kitchen with bags of food

Sutter Health
Sacramento, Calif.

How Sutter Health diverts food surplus to feed the hungry — and saves emissions
Food insecurity and food surplus exist at opposite ends of the spectrum, but they go hand in hand when it comes to their impact on public health. Sutter Health observed these barriers to public health within their communities, so they partnered with innovative surplus redistribution tool Copia and collaborated with local organizations to solve them.
Benefiting Communities
Trauma Room at Banner North Colorado Medical Center Sees $1 Million Remodel
Patients over a vast swatch of western states who need level II trauma center services have a great new option that will significantly reduce the need to transfer to another facility.
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.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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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
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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
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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.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, Calif,

Leadership Dialogue Series: The Delicate Dance of Integration with Tom Priselac
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
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. A nurse dressed up like the Cat in the Hat looks on as a woman reads a book to a newborn infant held by its mother.

FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
Pinehurst, N.C.

A North Carolina hospital is reading to their tiniest patients. Here’s why.
As part of NICU Awareness Month and National Literacy Month, each baby’s family in the FirstHealth NICU was gifted a book and information on the importance of reading.
Prevention and Wellness
Tripler Army Medical Center team with dog

Tripler Army Medical Center
Honolulu, Hawaii

Meet Nalu, Tripler Army Medical Center’s “Goodest Boy”
When pediatric patients at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, are feeling distressed, they can find comfort in Nalu, a two-year-old Labrador retriever and the cuddliest member of the TAMC team.
Prevention and Wellness
A dog dressed in a flannel shirt based on a Taylor Swift album cover

UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica
Santa Monica, Calif.

Pets, Fashion and Swifties collide at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center event
On Aug. 8, UCLA Santa Monica hosted a lunchtime “fashion show” starring therapy animals, dressed in Taylor Swift-inspired outfits that reflected different periods of Swift’s music.
Prevention and Wellness
Five diverse smiling teens sit in a school office

Sutter Health
Sacramento, Calif.

Sutter Health collaborates to bring health services closer to students
Sutter Health, based out of Sacramento, Calif., is partnering with Twin Rivers Unified School District, the Neighborhood Wellness Foundation, and the Sacramento Native American Health Center to make mental and physical health resources more accessible for local teens.
Prevention and Wellness
Woman wearing scrubs and glasses talks and gestures with her hands as she sits in a group of peers
“We think we don’t have the words”: Program seeks to expand struggling health care workers’ vocabulary of wellness
Who helps the helpers? At Wake Forest University School of Medicine, special training gave health care workers guidance on how to care for one another.
Prevention and Wellness
An african american mother, eyes closed, kisses her newborn baby on the cheek. Baby is looking towards viewer.

Atlanticare 
Atlantic City, N.J.

AtlantiCare’s “Safe Beginnings” providers, patients, partners share program’s life-saving impact
Safe Beginnings aims to make significant progress in Atlantic City’s high maternal and infant mortality rates. The program brings together the birthing team, including a neonatologist, a certified nurse midwife, certified doulas, registered nurses, a social worker, a peer specialist and other members of AtlantiCare’s Women’s and Children’s Services team.
Prevention and Wellness
Sky the golden retriever at work, surrounded by Hershey employees

Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Hershey Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, Hershey, Pa.; University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, Md.; HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital, Sarasota, Fla.

Telling the Hospital Story: Pups Provide Support, Encouragement at Hospitals
What’s better when you’re feeling scared than a visit from a canine friend? Many hospitals and health systems are embracing trained emotional support dogs to support staff, patients and their families during difficult times.
Prevention and Wellness
Girls hands showing prom corsages

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
Oakland, Calif.

Telling the Hospital Story: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
UCSF patients will have a full prom experience, from dressing up to hitting the dance floor, even as they recover from serious health problems.
Prevention and Wellness
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Brookings Health
Brookings, S.D.

Role of Hospitals: Brookings Health
The Brookings Health System Foundation makes it easy for colleagues to help other colleagues struggling through tough times exacerbated by the pandemic through an employee emergency fund program. The program offers a wide range of support services, including meals and cleaning services, to staff working long hours.