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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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OSF HealthCare
Michigan and Illinois

You won’t believe how quickly patients are walking after receiving new heart valves at OSF HealthCare
A new pulmonary valve used on patients at Michigan-and-Illinois-based OSF HealthCare doesn't require open-heart surgery to implant it.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
Cheyenne, Wyo.

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Provides State-of-the-Art Medical Imaging with New, Advanced PET/CT Scanner
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center became the first and so far only medical facility in Wyoming to offer the Siemens Biograph Vision™, a next generation positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Mass General Brigham
Boston, Mass.

Mass General Brigham’s discharge lounge provides comfortable care transition
To ease patients’ transition from hospital to home and address bed capacity issues, Mass General Brigham has created a discharge lounge.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Providence St. Patrick Hospital
Missoula, Mont.

Providence St. Patrick Hospital Earns Award for Cardiac Center
Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula has for the first time earned The Joint Commission's Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification for its provision of comprehensive cardiovascular care, treatment and services.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, N.Y.

AI tool expedites pancreatic cancer care at Northwell
At Northwell Health in upstate New York, oncologists have recently begun using an AI-enabled diagnostic tool developed in-house to spot the signs of pancreatic cancer.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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University of Vermont Cancer Center Prioritizes Innovation and Community Outreach
The University of Vermont Cancer Center leads several innovative programs including basic research in cancer stem cells and cancer prevention, early detection and survivorship.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Intermountain Health
Salt Lake City, Utah

Myriad Genetics and Intermountain Health join ComboMATCH, a national clinical trial to advance cancer treatment
Working with a partner, Intermountain Precision Genomics, a part of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health system, will begin providing oncology test results that allow access to the ComboMATCH trials.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Heart surgeon Tyler Gunn, MD, director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program at Cedars Sinai sits on the bed of patient Valance Sams Sr., who who received a heart, liver and kidney transplant at Cedars Sinai.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, Calif.

Three time’s a charm for Los Angeles man — learn how this remarkable care came together
Last spring, staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles performed a triple organ transplant on Valance Sams Sr.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo.

Children’s Mercy Kansas City launches nation’s first pediatric NASA-inspired operations center
Children’s Mercy Kansas City has launched a first-of-its-kind Patient Progression Hub that uses artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and real-time information to optimize care progression