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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
Intermountain flight team transporting patient on a gurney

Intermountain Health
Utah

Utah toddler and family grateful for the flight team that saved her life
What began as a holiday trip to visit grandparents on a church mission in Uruguay turned into a life-threatening medical emergency for 3-year-old Estelle Santiago of Midway, Utah.
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.
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
A therapist sits with a child using emotion flashcards

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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Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
Fontana, Calif.

Role of Hospitals: Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
A group of Fontana, Calif. high school seniors interested in the health care profession recently explored career paths at the Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center through Kaiser Permanente’s internship program.
Benefiting Communities
A Black mother sits holding her newborn baby

Doctors Medical Center
Modesto, Calif.

Role of Hospitals: Doctors Medical Center of Modesto
Doctors Medical Center of Modesto has given every baby born there in the month of March a book in honor of National Reading Month.
Benefiting Communities
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Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
Honolulu, Hawaii

Role of Hospitals: Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children knows that play is an important part of the healing process and hosts an annual Santa’s Workshop toy drive so that every hospitalized child receives a gift during the holidays.
Benefiting Communities

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
Denver, Colo.

Role of Hospitals: UCHealth
A unique intervention and mentoring program at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital uses a public health approach to provide equitable, trauma-informed care to patients and families impacted by violence.
Benefiting Communities

Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
Marietta, Ga.

Role of Hospitals: Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital is committed to building strong scholars before the school years begin through the Talk With My Baby program. Learn more about this initiative here.
Benefiting Communities

AtlantiCare
Egg Harbor Township, N.J.

Role of Hospitals: AtlantiCare
AtlantiCare hosts a High School Hiring Blitz and offers jobs to more than 30 high school seniors. It’s a new approach to fill the talent gap in health care by creating programs that build a long-term pipeline of prospective employees.
Benefiting Communities
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Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor, Maine

Maine’s donor-milk program fills state-wide need
In June 2022, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center partnered with Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast to open a donor milk depot in Bangor, Maine, bringing the number of milk banks in the state to seven. These milk banks rely on donated breast milk, which is tested, pasteurized and then given to infants in need of a nutritional boost.
Benefiting Communities
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NorthShore University Health System
Evanston, Ill.

Role of Hospitals: NorthShore University Health System
NorthShore University Health System is making its most significant investment in health equity yet. The health system is taking action to address health disparities across the communities it serves by enlisting and mobilizing capable leaders, a diversified workforce and the right community partners.
Benefiting Communities
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UK HealthCare
Lexington, Ky.

Role of Hospitals: UK Health Care
UK HealthCare has created a unique partnership with Bluegrass Community & Technical College (BCTC) and school districts in the state to support students interested in a health care career and increase interest in the health care field.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Saurabh Sanon, M.D., and HCA West cardiology team
When open-heart surgery wasn’t an option, this Florida hospital’s surgeon found another way
Esther Whitley had been feeling tired and out of breath for months before she visited her doctor. The cause was a mitral valve leak, meaning blood was flowing in the wrong direction. There was also another, more serious complication: A tumor was present on her heart, which would usually require open-heart surgery to remove. That procedure would carry risk for any patient, but at age 86, it was an impossibility for Whitley. There simply wasn’t a way to treat her safely – until there was.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
A mother holds baby in an L&D unit bed, surrounded by diverse medical staff
Staying on the same page: How ‘TeamBirth’ helps Providence hospitals support pregnant patients
TeamBirth at Providence St. Peter in Olympia and Providence Centralia in Centralia is an industry-standard birthing-communication process.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
St John's Caramillo cryoablation team poses for phot in operating room
At St. John’s Hospital Camarillo, a tube, a balloon and the rhythm of life
St. John’s Hospital Camarillo of Camarillo, Calif. recently became the first hospital in southern California and the second in the state to use a groundbreaking treatment for AFib. Medical staff from St. John’s and the affiliated St. John’s Regional Medical Center used the POLARx cryoablation system, which restores normal heart rhythm by disabling heart cells that create an irregular heartbeat.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
NICU equipment at Abrazo Arrowhead

Abrazo Arrowhead Campus
Glendale, Ariz.

Abrazo Arrowhead Campus in Glendale unveils $14M neonatal intensive care unit expansion
A terrific new care site option is now available for Phoenix-area babies born with nearly any kind of medical condition.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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A Michigan partnership launches a big dig into CBD’s potential to curb post-surgery opioid use
Michigan Medicine and Henry Ford Health are partnering to launch the largest-ever clinical trial to determine if administering the marijuana-derived compound known as cannabidiol (CBD) before and after surgery may reduce the need for opioids following a total knee arthroplasty.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Catholic Medical Center team gathered for a photo
‘Heart-to-heart’ conversations at New England hospital add new dimension to cutting-edge cardiology care
The team at Catholic Medical Center’s New England Heart & Vascular Institute in Manchester, N.H., uses state-of-the-art technology and performs cutting-edge procedures that help improve patients’ lives.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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First Endoscopic Spine Surgery in New Jersey Offers Patients Faster Recovery
John Shin, M.D., an orthopedic spine surgeon with RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, recently performed New Jersey’s first unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) spine surgery at Jersey City Medical Center.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Time’s up for morning sickness? How a research hospital is leading an effort to pull the plug on pregnancy nausea
A research hospital in California is at the forefront of an international effort to prevent pregnancy nausea and vomiting, commonly known as “morning sickness.”
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Cedars Sinai. Clinicians in white coats review notes next to a patient wearing EKG leads and BP cuff.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, Calif.

Cedars-Sinai deploys EKGs in novel way to predict cardiac arrest risk
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have found a new method for predicting cardiac arrest using a widely available test.