Telling the Hospital Story

The AHA is continuing our efforts to spotlight the many ways that hospitals and health systems benefit the patients and communities they serve. See AHA's Telling the Hospital Story landing page for additional stories and an opportunity to share what your hospital or health systems is doing to benefit your community.

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.
When Eloise (Ellie) McCloskey turned 11, she got the best birthday present she and her family could have asked for: a phone call from Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, telling her a donor heart — which Ellie desperately needed — had been identified for her.
The saying, “knowledge shared is knowledge squared” is a nod to the power of experience and the importance of passing on learnings to the next generation.
Twin Cities Community Hospital and Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center are at the forefront of AI-driven stroke detection and treatment.
This summer, Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend, Wash., is modernizing their campus to continue meeting the growing needs of their community.
This week as we celebrate National Hospital Week (https://www.aha.org/ahia/get-involved/national-hospital-week) and National Nurses Week (https://www.aonl.org/about/nurses-week), it’s a perfect time for telling the hospital story.
This National Hospital Week (NHW), the AHA will use the theme “We Are HealthCare, caring for patients; strengthening communities” to recognize and celebrate the 6.3 million individuals who work in America’s hospitals and health systems and the vital role they play in our society.
Atlantic Health System recently became the first in New Jersey to use Micro Transponder®, Inc.’s Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System, an FDA-approved, breakthrough technology for stroke survivors experiencing ongoing hand and arm impairment.