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.

All Stories

Building Healthy Communities

The Children's Mercy team poses for a group photo

Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas
Overland Park, Kan.

Children’s Mercy launches partial hospitalization for youth with complex health needs

Children’s Mercy has announced the opening of its new Partial Hospitalization Program to support children and adolescents facing serious medical and mental health challenges.

Building Healthy Communities

Hands adding vegetables to a cardboard box filled with vegetables and canned goods

Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, Ill.

Advocate Condell's pantry program Is nourishing communities and connections

In Libertyville, Illinois, Advocate Condell Medical Center is tackling food insecurity through their innovative Rx Mobile Food Pantry Program, delivering fresh, nutritious food directly to neighborhoods in need.

Building Healthy Communities

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St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center
Lewiston, Maine

Expanding behavioral health services to better serve the community

St. Mary’s Health System has expanded its behavioral and mental health services to help close gaps and ensure a continuum of care services in the community.

Ensuring Access to Care

Exterior shot of Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association facility

Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association
Ekalaka, Mont.

EDs in small towns continue to deliver more with less

Dahl Memorial’s emergency department in rural Montana relies on physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners to manage critical cases. Patients requiring care beyond its capabilities are medevacked to Montana’s top hospital after stabilization efforts on-site.

Ensuring Access to Care

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North Country Hospital
Newport, Vt.

Innovative ultrasound technology is ‘game-changer’ for rural Vermont hospital

North Country Hospital launched a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) initiative in 2024 to improve care delivery and patient outcomes.

Ensuring Access to Care

Woman's Hospital
Baton Rouge, La.

On the Road to Early Detection: Woman's Hospital's Mobile Mammography

In this conversation, Lindsey Fauveau, M.D., medical director of breast surgical oncology at Woman’s Hospital, shares how the hospital’s state-of-the-art mobile unit brings 3D mammograms directly to communities across Louisiana.

Benefiting Communities

Two emergency department health workers in scrubs treat a female patient on a hospital bed in a triage bay

Saint Francis Hospital
Tulsa, Okla.

Saint Francis Hospital in Oklahoma earns Level I Trauma Center designation

Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., earned a Level I Trauma Center verification from the American College of Surgeons — the highest designation for trauma care in the U.S.

Benefiting Communities

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Oklahoma Hospital Association
Oklahoma

Oklahoma hospitals deliver more than 1 million pounds of food to patients

Since 2020, the Oklahoma Hospital Association has worked with health care systems across the state in partnership with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma to provide patients and families with fresh produce, pantry staples and ready-to-eat meals.

Benefiting Communities

University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital patient James Hall

University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Iowa City, Iowa

Stead Family Children’s Hospital treats rare-disease patient — and makes time for football

At University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, 5-year-old James Hall is being treated for Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a rare cancer-like disorder that affects only one to two newborns out of every million.

Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement

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Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas

Texas Children’s Hospital uses new enzyme therapy to cure a rare neurological disorder

An extremely rare neurological disorder called aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) — a condition that prevents the brain from producing dopamine and serotonin, the essential chemicals for controlling movement, mood and basic nervous system functions — was once thought to be untreatable.

Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement

Via Christi St. Francis Heart Team poses in a hospital hallway

Via Christi St. Francis Hospital
Wichita, Kan.

Via Christi St. Francis pioneers new minimally invasive heart procedure

Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita has become the first site in Kansas to perform a new procedure as part of the JOURNEY IDE clinical trial, aimed at treating severe aortic regurgitation.

Innovation, Research, and Quality Improvement

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Arkansas

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences performs state’s first minimally invasive heart surgery

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) performed the state’s first minimally invasive procedure to treat severe tricuspid regurgitation, a life-threatening condition caused by a leaky heart valve.

Prevention and Wellness

Baystate Noble Hospital
Westfield, Mass.

Hospital shares tips for reading nutrition labels, making healthy choices

One of the most important choices people can make to improve their health is deciding what to eat each day. In a recent blog, Dina Dugan, clinical dietitian at Baystate Noble Hospital, explains that dietary habits directly influence “every organ in our bodies and can lead to or prevent chronic conditions, including heart disease and diabetes.”

Prevention and Wellness

A team of health workers in scrubs walk outside

WVU Medicine St. Joseph's Hospital
W. Va.

Walking for wellness: St. Joseph’s Hospital employees take a midday mile

It’s high noon at St. Joseph’s Hospital, and people are gathering. But this isn’t the kind of meetup you’d see in an old Western; instead, this hospital’s staff are gathering for their walk.

Prevention and Wellness

An older man in a hospital bed exchanges a smile with a hospital worker serving a hospital meal

Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Fla.

Food as medicine: Tampa General launches new meal program with chef Geoffrey Zakarian

Tampa General Hospital is embracing the importance of food by partnering with celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian, who has developed seasonal menus featuring local produce whenever possible.

Workforce

Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association
Ekalaka, Mont.

EDs in small towns continue to deliver more with less

Workforce

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Paoli Hospital
Paoli, Pa.

Anonymous donor helping nurses at two Pennsylvania hospitals pay off student loans

In a heartwarming act of generosity, nurses at Paoli Hospital in suburban Philadelphia were stunned to learn in September that an anonymous donor had pledged $1 million to help relieve their student loan debt.

Workforce

NYC Health + Hospitals
New York, N.Y.

NYC Health + Hospitals Significantly Improves Nurse Retention

NYC Health + Hospitals has achieved a dramatic improvement in nurse retention, reducing its staff nurse turnover rate from 46% in 2019 to just 7.3% in 2025 — less than half the national average of 16.4%.