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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
advancing-health-podcast

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
advancing-health-podcast

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
advancing-health-podcast

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
Telling the Hospital Story - Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City Image of two hands holding kidney artwork

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
Hands practicing chest compressions on a dummy

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
a BioButton on a patient's chest

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
advancing-health-podcast

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
An infant holds a parent's pink finger

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
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
Poster - COVID-19 Vaccine: 6 Facts you need to know, Children's Mercy, Kansas City

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
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Telling the Hospital Story: New Addiction Center Innovates Care for Substance Use Disorders
Treating substance use disorder is complicated, requiring a combination of behavioral and physical health care that differs from substance to substance and person to person. The new Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine opened June 14 and aims to be at the forefront of addiction research and treatment.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
The Players Center dedication ceremony

Nemours Children’s Hospital
Orlando, Fla.

Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital
Jacksonville, Fla.

Telling the Hospital Story: New Cancer Center Provides One Stop for Patients, Families
THE PLAYERS Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, a collaboration between Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville, and Wolfson’s Children’s hospital, combines state-of-the-art technology with settings that contribute to the wellness of the whole child, no matter their age.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
health worker in full PPE

Intermountain Health
Salt Lake City, Utah

Intermountain Helps Lead Effort to Improve Treatments for Common Conditions Affecting Critically Ill Patients
Researchers from Intermountain Health were chosen as part of a national consortium of healthcare systems and hospitals in a new federally-funded initiative that will use advanced technologies to improve treatment for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pneumonia, and sepsis.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Doctors at Allegheny General Hospital performing open heart surgery.
Telling the Hospital Story: Allegheny General Hospital
Since 2009, Allegheny General Hospital has permitted potential future medical students to observe live open heart surgeries performed by its surgeons.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Stock image of an emergency department entrance

NYU Langone Health
New York, N.Y.

Telling the Hospital Story: NYU Langone Health
“NYUTron,” a new artificial intelligence program now in use by New York University doctors and hospital executives, can not only read and accurately understand doctors’ notes, it can use them to predict whether a newly discharged patient will soon fall sick enough to be readmitted.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Telling the Hospital Story: MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
MultiCare uses a four-foot-tall robot named Moxi, which moves around the hospital on its own to run errands like taking samples to labs, getting equipment, and delivering medication to providers.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Telling the Hospital Story: Penn Medicine/Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Todd Legg, who is diagnosed with ALS talks with a reporter from Fox 29 Philadelphia on his new treatment at Penn Medicine/Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Telling the Hospital Story: Penn Medicine/Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
ALS has been very hard to treat. A new drug called Qalsody that is now in experimental trials at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia may make it easier.