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.

An innovative, minimally invasive procedure is reducing the risk faced by patients with heart valve disease and improving their quality of life.
While recent data suggest that some hospital and health system finances have experienced modest stabilization from historic lows in 2022, the hospital field is still far from where it needs to be to meet the demand for care, invest in new and promising technologies and interventions, and stand鈥
The Stephenson Cancer Center at University of Oklahoma Medical Center is the second hospital in the nation to introduce a groundbreaking cancer treatment called surface-guided radiation therapy.
Donna Carr's life was saved by a timely and advanced medical intervention at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, thanks to the hospital's investments in advanced operating rooms and trained personnel.
One year ago, a nurse at Children鈥檚 Hospital Colorado went above and beyond in a way that a very young patient and her family will never forget. 
This spring, the Renown Specialty Care Center at Renown Health in Reno, Nev., will open the Conrad Breast Center, a multidisciplinary, one-stop shop for breast health and wellness.
Saving lives is the impetus behind a community outreach and engagement breast cancer screening program led by UConn Health, based in Farmington, Conn.
In this conversation, University of Utah Health's Kencee Graves, M.D., hospitalist and palliative medicine physician, and David Colling, vice chair, Community Board of Directors, discuss how a 鈥淨uality 101鈥 approach helped bridge knowledge gaps between clinicians and board members.