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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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
Older women sat in a row

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.
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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.
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A nurse hands a newborn to a mother in hospital bed

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.
Ensuring Access to Care
A patient being attended by three health workers sits in an emergency room

Landmark Medical Center
Woonsocket, R.I. 

Addressing ED overcrowding with technology tools
Many hospitals and health systems are rethinking triage processes and using new technology tools to ensure access, shorten patients’ length of stay in the ED, and improve care quality and efficiency.
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El Camino Health
Mountain View, Calif.

Mobilizing the 4Ms: How El Camino Health is Transforming Age-Friendly Care
Carolyn Bogard, DNP, R.N., director of care coordination and palliative care at El Camino Health, talks about her system’s use of data to harness the passion care-providers feel for improving outcomes and streamlining care delivery for older adults.
Ensuring Access to Care
A patient is escorted to a mammogram machine

UConn Health
Farmington, Conn.

UConn Health community outreach program improves access to mammograms
Saving lives is the impetus behind a community outreach and engagement breast cancer screening program led by UConn Health, based in Farmington, Conn.
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Rural landscape under cumulus clouds

Southeast Colorado Hospital District
Springfield, Colo.

Taking to the skies: How a doctor cares for patients in rural Colorado
Many daily commutes are on the ground — car, train, bikes — but what if you took to the air? Dr. Charles Frankum has spent over two decades flying himself to some of the most remote hospitals in Colorado and Kansas, including the Southeast Colorado Hospital District in Springfield, Colo.
Ensuring Access to Care
A homeless man sits on steps outside a building, listening to a person doing community outreach

MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine

MaineHealth learning collaborative closes gaps in care for people experiencing homelessness
The MaineHealth–Preble Street Learning Collaborative (PSLC) was founded by MaineHealth Maine Medical Center, Preble Street — a nonprofit social service agency — and other community partners to provide outreach, engagement and safe, person-centered care to those experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
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A female physician gestures with hands while speaking to a young male patient.

Hartford HealthCare
Hartford, Conn.

Hartford HealthCare enhances translation services for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients
Hartford HealthCare in Connecticut is partnering with the American School for the Deaf to offer in-person American Sign Language services and other translation services for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients and their companions.
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A lit candle in front of a Star of David

HCA Florida University Hospital
Davie, Fla.

Kosher Room provides comfort and support for Jewish patients and families
HCA Florida's Kosher Room, opened in December 2024, is designed to support Jewish patients and their families and includes kitchen facilities and food that meet kosher dietary requirements, as well as a variety of spiritual resources.
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Butler Hospital
Providence, R.I.

Butler Hospital leads research, education and community outreach on Alzheimer’s
Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., is leading research studies on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia through its multifaceted Memory and Aging Program (MAP)
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Two female health workers in white coats stand in a supply room checking a computer screen

Denver Health
Denver, Colo.

Denver Health Focuses on Primary Care Training in Underserved Areas
Recruiting and retaining skilled health care professionals to meet projected demands is a challenge everywhere, especially in rural and underserved areas.
Benefiting Communities
Onvida and University of Arizona executives participate in ribbon-cutting ceremony

Onvida Health
Yuma, Ariz.

Arizona launches first rural medical school branch to combat physician shortage
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health are partnering to establish Arizona’s first rural regional medical school branch in Yuma County.
Benefiting Communities
Woman holding clipboard talks with man holding tissues

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Torrington, Conn.

Hospital connects opiate-dependent individuals with treatment, resources
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital’s Connecticut Mental Health Center has a certified opiate addiction counselor that helps individuals who are dependent on opiates connect with resources throughout the region.
Benefiting Communities
A man stands outside an emergency room window holds a sign reading: Thank you all in Emergency for saving my wife's life. I love you all.

Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, N.J.

Gratitude for Lifesaving Care at Morristown Medical Center
In late November, a man stood outside the Morristown Medical Center holding a handwritten sign that said, "Thank you all in emergency for saving my wife's life. I love you all."
Benefiting Communities
A home health worker adjusts a patient's IV bag

NewYork-Presbyterian
New York, N.Y.

Healing at Home: NewYork-Presbyterian Expands Care Beyond Hospital Walls
NewYork-Presbyterian announced the launch of its Hospital-at-Home program in November, designed to provide hospital-level care to eligible patients in the comfort of their homes.
Benefiting Communities
A female clinician wearing a stethoscope talks to an older female patient

Providence St. Patrick Hospital
Missoula, Mont.

Providence and University of Montana partner in transformative research initiative to advance rural health care
Providence, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health systems, has partnered with Missoula’s Providence St. Patrick Hospital and the University of Montana to launch RESOLVE, a groundbreaking rural health collaborative.
Benefiting Communities
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Froedtert West Bend Hospital
West Bend, Wis.

Froedtert West Bend Hospital opens breast milk donation depot
Froedtert West Bend Hospital has expanded its breast milk donation program to mothers and babies not only in the hospital but also the surrounding region.
Benefiting Communities
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AdventHealth Littleton
Littleton, Colo.

Turning pain into purpose: One therapist’s fight for concussion awareness
Lisa Hackett, an occupational therapist at AdventHealth Littleton, understands the profound impact of concussions through personal experience.
Benefiting Communities
Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital. A physician and a nurse review a patient's chart while the patient sits in bed.

Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital
Pennsylvania

Residency reborn: the bold move that kept care alive in Delaware County
When Crozer Health announced its bankruptcy and impending shutdown, Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital stepped in to adopt the residency program, allowing the residents to stay together and continue serving the same communities.
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VHIT Transfer Ceremony

Oklahoma State University Medical Center
Tulsa, Okla.

Oklahoma State University Medical Center celebrates Veterans Day with transfer of ownership of a new VA hospital
In Tulsa, Okla., federal, state and local lawmakers, leaders, stakeholders and supporters celebrated Veterans Day with the transfer of ownership of the new James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
Bronson Methodist Hospital team stands with VARIPULSE banner in hospital room

Bronson Methodist Hospital
Kalamazoo, Mich.

Bronson Methodist becomes first in Southeast Michigan to offer innovative AFib treatment
Bronson Methodist Hospital has become the first facility in southwest Michigan to offer the VARIPULSE™ Pulsed Field Ablation Platform for treating atrial fibrillation (AFib).
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
UI nephrectomy team stands in hospital hallway

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
Promotional poster for MyChart Central available in Louisiana

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.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
A female patient in a lift-assist device is helped by a male health worker

Lake Charles Memorial Health System
Lake Charles, La.

Louisiana Hospital's Mission Move Well emphasizes safety for patients, caregivers
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital has launched Mission Move Well, a systemwide initiative built on the Arjo MOVE framework to support patient mobility, strengthen staff response and improve patient safety.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
American Heart Association image of walkers at the starting line of the 2024 Heart Walk

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Mass.

Heart transplant patient completes mile-long Heart Walk a year after surgery
Kieran, a 57-year-old father of three, joined the American Heart Association’s 2024 Boston Heart Walk just over a year after receiving a heart transplant. His participation in the one-mile walk reflected his progress toward recovery and his desire to support heart disease advocacy and research.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center
Las Vegas, Nev.

Nevada hospital advances aortic care with minimally invasive technique
Las Vegas-based Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center recently completed Nevada’s first FDA‑approved minimally invasive repair for complex aortic aneurysms, a life-threatening condition involving the body’s main artery.
Innovation, Research and Quality Improvement
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CommonSpirit Health
Chicago, Ill.

Inside a Quest for Quality: How Safer Care Is Built at Scale
In this conversation, Thomas McGinn, M.D., MPH, senior executive vice president and chief physician executive officer at CommonSpirit Health, shares how the organization aligns leadership, standardizes processes, and uses analytics to reduce variation and improve patient outcomes — work that made CommonSpirit Health a 2025 finalist for the AHA Quest for Quality Prize.
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JPS Health Network
Fort Worth, Texas

The Power of Lived Experience as a Behavioral Health Care Strategy
Is lived experience one of the most underused tools in health care today?
Prevention and Wellness
Stock image of a nutrition label

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.
Prevention and Wellness
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.
Prevention and Wellness
Telling the Hospital Story: Bethany Children's housing program participants

Bethany Children's Health Center
Bethany, Okla.

Children’s hospital launches housing program to help disabled youth gain independence
In Bethany, Okla., a new initiative is reshaping the future for disabled youth transitioning into adulthood.
Prevention and Wellness
A mother with an infant on her lap sits talking to a female health worker wearing scrubs

Columbus Community Hospital
Columbus, Neb.

Postpartum Alert program boosts maternal safety
Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus, Neb., is striving to improve maternal health outcomes through the newly launched Postpartum Alert: A Life-Saving Maternal Safety Initiative.
Prevention and Wellness
A pink rose rests on a car windshield

Lakeview Hospital
Bountiful, Utah

Roses from anonymous volunteers lift patients’, loved ones’ spirits
Feeling exhausted and emotionally drained from a visit to the emergency room with a loved one at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, Utah, Nancy Lawrence was surprised as she walked to the parking lot to see several people placing roses and handwritten notes on the cars.
Prevention and Wellness
A couple in hiking gear stands on a trail, looking towards a sunrise

Monadnock Community Hospital
Peterborough, N.H.

Hospital's Wellness Wednesday campaign shares tips for peak health
Each Wednesday, Monadnock Community Hospital shares engaging and informative content on topics ranging from nutrition and fitness to mental health and sleep. Its Wellness Wednesday campaign is a community-focused initiative aimed at promoting holistic health and well-being that encourages people to take small, manageable steps toward better health.
Prevention and Wellness
Logan Health labor and delivery staff pose for a photo in a delivery room

Logan Health Medical Center
Kalispell, Mont.

Customizing the birth experience through Labor of Love Cart
To help ease the stress and anxiety that many women experience during labor —especially those with a history of trauma or long inductions — the Labor and Delivery team at Logan Health Medical Center has developed the “ Labor of Love” cart, a menu of thoughtfully curated items designed to create a calming and personalized birthing environment.
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St. Vincent nurses stand in a row wearing matching scrubs, hands on their pregnant bellies

HSHS St. Vincent Hospital’s Women and Infants Center
Green Bay, Wis.

14 labor and delivery nurses experience their own baby boom
What started as a group of nurses and friends taking a photo during a shift change has turned into a viral social media moment — in the best way.
Workforce
A diverse medical team of six men and women in white jackets and scrubs

Ochsner Lafayette General and Opelousas General Health System
Louisiana

Two Louisiana health systems partner with local organizations to create health care career pathways
In the heart of rural Louisiana, Acadiana Workforce Solutions has launched the Country Road Inclusion Project, an initiative aimed at tackling the region’s critical shortage of health care workers.
Workforce
Students training in CHI Health St. Elizabeth's CNA Advance Program.

CHI Health St. Elizabeth
Lincoln, Neb.

CHI Health offers free training to fill workforce shortages
CHI Health St. Elizabeth's CNA Advance Program offers training, testing and employment to individuals who want to become certified nursing assistants.
Workforce
Stock. A nurse in scrubs takes notes while a physician in white coat checks IV bags

Avera Health
Sioux Falls, S.D.,

Avera Health creates pipeline of nurses, from high school to hospital
Avera Health, based in Sioux Falls, S.D., is working with a local college and high school to create a career track for nursing students, from high school to college and into the health system.
Workforce
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Boston Medical Center
Boston, Mass.

Healing the Healers: BMC’s Bold Move to Support Resident Mental Health
In this conversation, Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) Jeff Schneider, M.D., the associate chief medical officer, designated institutional official, and chair of the Graduate Medical Education Committee at Boston Medical Center, and Simone Martell, director of the employee resilience program, discuss how BMC is flipping the script on resident wellness.
Workforce
Bobby Watkins stands in a gym, smiling proudly.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas, Texas

How being a patient deepened medical assistant’s empathy
Bobby Watkins, a certified medical assistant and nursing student at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, recently found himself on the other side of the health care system — as a patient.
Workforce
Female health worker instructs young female trainee in checking IV bag

Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
Philadelphia, Pa.

Program aims to fast-track Philly high school students into in-demand, entry-level health care jobs
The Jefferson Workforce Development Program aims to address the high turnover in entry-level health care positions by providing students with 1,000 hours of classroom instruction and hands-on training at Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital.
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young people and a physician stand gathered around a training mannequin in a hospital bed

Baystate Health
Springfield, Mass.

Baystate Health programs help develop a high-performing workforce
To encourage community members and local students to train and study for health care careers and to offer educational opportunities and advancement for current employees, Baystate Health in Springfield, Mass., leads several workforce development programs
Workforce
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SSM Health
St. Louis, Mo.

SSM Health’s United Front Against Workplace Violence

June 6 is the ninth annual Hospitals Against Violence (#HAVhope) Friday, a national day of awareness to highlight how America’s hospitals and health systems combat violence in their workplaces and communities. In this conversation, SSM Health's Amy Wilson, DNP, R.N., chief nurse executive, and Todd Miller, vice president of security, discuss how collaboration between clinical and security teams for workplace violence simulations and de-escalation scenarios is reshaping the culture of safety across their system.