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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
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Neb.

The Next Outbreak: Hantavirus, Ebola, and Hospital Readiness
In this conversation, Angela Hewlett, M.D., professor of infectious diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, explains how her team helped monitor and care for Americans exposed to the Andes hantavirus strain, the only known hantavirus capable of person-to-person transmission.
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.
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.
Ensuring Access to Care
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Providence St. Peter Hospital
Washington

Bridge to Care: Strengthening Opioid Recovery
In this conversation, Heidi Bray, DNP, nurse practitioner and hospitalist at Providence St. Peter Hospital, explores how hospitals can improve opioid use disorder treatment.
Ensuring Access to Care
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Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, Kansas

Living Donor Transplant Gives Patient New Life at Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke’s is a leader in transplantation and is committed to expanding access to living kidney donation.
Benefiting Communities
Pennsylvania Hospital Museum

Pennsylvania Hospital
Pennsylvania

America’s oldest hospital becomes Philadelphia’s newest museum
Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation’s first chartered hospital, celebrated its 275th anniversary by opening the Pennsylvania Hospital Museum in May 2026.
Benefiting Communities
A clinician at Artesia General Hospital uses Microsoft Dragon Copilot, an AI-powered clinical assistant that records patient conversations, transcribes them, and updates electronic health records automatically.

Artesia General Hospital
New Mexico

At one rural New Mexico hospital, doctors turn to AI tools
Dr. Peter Jewell, a family medicine physician at the 25-bed Artesia General Hospital in rural New Mexico, has adopted Microsoft Dragon Copilot, an AI-powered clinical assistant that records patient conversations, transcribes them, and updates electronic health records automatically.
Benefiting Communities
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Corewell Health
Michigan

Corewell Health and Champions of the Heart Foundation bring cardiac emergency response training to residents
Corewell Health and the Champions of the Heart Foundation are joining forces to expand emergency preparedness and lifesaving training across Michigan, aiming to equip more residents with the skills needed to respond to cardiac emergencies.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
Texas Children's Hospital heart transplant patients Ahmed, Nasir and Preston

Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas

The power of friendship helps three young patients through heart transplants
Three young heart patients at Texas Children’s Hospital turned a difficult medical journey into an inspiring story of friendship, resilience and hope.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
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Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

How Houston Methodist is integrating remote monitoring to boost patient experience
Houston Methodist is transforming their inpatient care through remote monitoring technology that gives clinicians a continuous view of a patient’s condition instead of traditional vital-sign checks every four hours.
Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement
A patient room on the campus of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center for hantavirus patients.

Nebraska Medicine - Nebraska Medical Center
Nebraska

U.S. citizens on hantavirus cruise ship monitored at Nebraska Medicine
In May, U.S. passengers from the international cruise ship where a hantavirus outbreak began were transported to Omaha, Neb., to be monitored in the National Quarantine Unit on the campus of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Prevention and Wellness
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Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas

Giving Families and Kids an upSTART for Better Health
In this conversation, Nancy Correa, DrPH, director of population health at Texas Children's Hospital, and Beth Van Horne, DrPH, director of research for the Division of Public Health Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, discuss the upSTART program, a comprehensive initiative that combines homegrown innovation with evidence-based care.
Prevention and Wellness
Joe Ferone with his clinicians at Hartford Hospital.

Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Conn.

Patient’s lifelong struggle with substance use disorder has happy, hopeful ending
For Joe Ferone, the journey from experiencing substance use disorder and homelessness to attaining recovery and stability has been long and difficult yet ultimately filled with hope.
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.”
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.
Workforce
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Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns
San Diego, Calif.

High-risk pregnancy gives doctor new perspective at Sharp Mary Birch
At Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns in San Diego, Nick Saade, M.D., saw the patient experience from a different perspective — as a husband and expectant father.
Workforce
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Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
Melrose Park, Ill.

Real Solutions to Workplace Violence
In recognition of #HAVHope Day on June 5th, Sarah Hunter, president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, explores the innovative approaches her team is using to reduce workplace violence. From a simple but effective buddy system to stronger partnerships with public safety agencies and community leaders, hear real-world solutions that help healthcare workers focus on what they do best — caring for patients.
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
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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
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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.