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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
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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
advancing-health-podcast
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.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
UC Davis Health Doctors Use Collarbone to Create New Upper Arm for Young Patient. A doctor in gloves holds the hands of a young patient to test the strength in his arms and hands.

UC Davis Health
Sacramento, Calif.

UC Davis Health Doctors Use Collarbone to Create New Upper Arm for Young Patient
UC Davis Health in Sacramento, Calif. performed a rare procedure that involved using a child's collarbone to create a new upper arm.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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How AI software is helping patients and providers in Western Washington
How much of a difference can seven minutes really make? Overlake Medical Center and Clinics in Bellevue, Wash., has found out that those little increments really add up.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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New Kaiser Permanente Northern California lab doubles genetic testing capacity
Kaiser Permanente Northern California has opened a new high-tech laboratory in San Jose to conduct common genetic testing and increase access to personalized “precision” treatment based on genome testing.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
stock image of a mother in hospital gown cradling tiny baby

Norton Children's Hospital
Louisville, Ky.

At Norton Children's Hospital, the tiniest babies get specialized care
When identical twins Tate and Tripp Myers were born, they weighed a little under four pounds … put together. After Tate and Tripp arrived 26 weeks and six days, their first home was in the new Tiny Baby Unit (TBU) at Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Cedars Sinai XAIA
Artificial Intelligence and Spatial Computing Provide Mental Health Support
Xaia is an app developed over years of research by Cedars-Sinai that leverages the Apple Vision Pro platform to expand access to mental health.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Advancing Health Podcast
It Starts with Culture: Quality and Safety at Emerson Health
In this "Safety Speaks" conversation, Christi Barney, R.N., vice president of quality and patient safety at Emerson Health, discusses their innovative approach to culture building, and how quality and safety trainings for all stakeholders drove buy-in and measurable success across the health system.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 
New York, N.Y.

Despite AI Advancements, Human Oversight Remains Essential
The introduction of artificial intelligence-driven technology into health care continues at a brisk pace, with sometimes uneven results.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Medical University of South Carolina Health
Charleston, S.C.

Two heart transplants in one day showcase cardiac transplant team
A heart transplant comes close to a miracle for those who need it. It takes many hands to make that miracle happen: A team including surgeons, operating room staff, heart and lung machine specialists, physicians and others must work together to ensure a successful surgery. It’s a careful balance, and one that the Medical University of South Carolina recently pulled off twice in one day.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Stock image of a lab scientist sitting behind a microscope holding a test tube

West Virginia University Medicine Children Hospital
Morgantown, W.Va.

New treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy brings hope to a West Virginia boy
Thanks to West Virginia University Medicine Children’s six-year-old Alexander Shell was among the first patients in the country — and the first in West Virginia — to receive the first dose of ELEVIDYS gene therapy.