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.

Last spring, staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles performed a triple organ transplant on Valance Sams Sr.
Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee has ambitious growth plans on the drawing board that will benefit 27,820 people, according to projections.
New Orleans-based LCMC Health in early 2023 announced its inaugural Minority Administrative Fellowship Program, an initiative that aims to diversify the health care executive workforce by exposing recent graduates of master’s programs to leadership opportunities.
University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital patients now have access to one of more than 150 new iPads during their stay.
The Missouri School of Medicine is using mobile simulators — mannequins that breathe, talk and move — to help train nurses in rural areas across the state in preparation for events that would overwhelm their emergency rooms.
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
Paramedics in a mobile medical unit from Henry Ford Health are visiting new mothers at home to check their vitals as part of an initiative to help reduce pregnancy-related deaths across Michigan.
In April, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics opened a new 30-room short stay unit to help ease overcrowding and streamline the hospital experience for short-term patients requiring observation
During the last year and a half, nurses at Children’s Minnesota have been working to ensure that they understand how to properly care for patients with textured hair.