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Hospital Stories

Explore 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, or sort stories by category using the filter.
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New Resources: Building and Maintaining Public Trust and Confidence

To bolster efforts on telling the hospital story while building and strengthening community connections, the AHA is releasing a new resource, “Communications Playbook: The Importance of Telling the Hospital Story: Building and Maintaining Public Trust and Confidence.”
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CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital Partners with EMS to Revolutionize Cardiac Care in the Four Corners Region

Durango, Colorado-based CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital has partnered with emergency medical services (EMS) agencies across the Four Corners region in the use of Pulsara, a cutting-edge EMS-to-hospital communication technology that provides real-time cardiac status updates from the field.

Telling the Hospital Story

American hospitals empower people to live healthier, happier lives in addition to being ready to care 24/7.
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Public Trust and Accountability: AHA Resources for Hospitals

Explore existing AHA tools and resources that relate to topics covered withing the self-assessment tool.
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Telling the Hospital Story: Member Resources

The goal of the Seizing the Conversation initiative is to balance the public narrative and better tell the hospital story. AHA is working to build a visible and consistent drumbeat of stories and examples that illustrate the crucial role hospitals and health systems play in their communities, as well as push back on biased research and commentary.
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Breakthrough algorithm from MUSC reduces hospitalization for the youngest sickle cell patients

The Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology divisions at the Medical University of South Carolina teamed up to create and test an algorithm for treating children with sickle cell disease who arrived at the ED with a fever. The algorithm helps providers better determine which kids should be admitted and who should go home for treatment with close follow-up from the hospital.
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Depression care without the delay: MUSC expert’s app shows promising results

When a patient has depression, often the first medical professional to spot it is their primary care provider, thanks to routine screenings many offices offer. However, getting under the care of a behavioral health professional may involve a long wait — and the patient needs help now.
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Pediatric urologist at WVU Medicine Children’s innovates safer hypospadias surgery

Hypospadias, a birth defect that results in a baby boy’s urethra forming at the underside of the penis rather than the tip, is commonly corrected through a surgery performed six months to a year after birth.
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Parade for pediatric cancer patients features Cancer Warrior Truck

The Cruise to Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, is an annual convoy of classic and modified cars, parading past the hospital for patients’ enjoyment.