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.
When identical twins Tate and Tripp Myers were born, they weighed a little under four pounds 鈥 put together. After Tate and Tripp arrived 26 weeks and six days, their first home was in the new Tiny Baby Unit (TBU) at Norton Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky.
Xaia is an app developed over years of research by Cedars-Sinai that leverages the Apple Vision Pro platform to expand access to mental health.
Rady Children鈥檚 Hospital in San Diego called the surge of children coming into its emergency department with behavioral health needs 鈥渦nprecedented,鈥 and responded by placing mental health professionals in primary care practices.
In this "Safety Speaks" conversation, Christi Barney, R.N., vice president of quality and patient safety at Emerson Health, discusses their innovative approach to culture building, and how quality and safety trainings for all stakeholders drove buy-in and measurable success across the health system鈥
The introduction of artificial intelligence-driven technology into health care continues at a brisk pace, with sometimes uneven results.
Launched nearly 20 years ago by MaineHealth and several community partners, Let鈥檚 Go! is a community engagement initiative designed to increase healthy eating and active living and decrease obesity.
Northern Light Acadia Hospital in Bangor, Maine, is addressing children鈥檚 mental health needs by providing psychological first aid training (PFA) to community partners including local school employees, camp counselors and hospital teams.
A heart transplant comes close to a miracle for those who need it. It takes many hands to make that miracle happen: A team including surgeons, operating room staff, heart and lung machine specialists, physicians and others must work together to ensure a successful surgery. It鈥檚 a careful balance,鈥
Thanks to West Virginia University Medicine Children鈥檚 six-year-old Alexander Shell was among the first patients in the country 鈥 and the first in West Virginia 鈥 to receive the first dose of ELEVIDYS gene therapy.
As the only Navajo psychiatrist on the 27,000 square mile Navajo Reservation, Dr. Richard Laughter breaks down accessibility barriers for his people by blending Native cultural practices with Western behavioral health care.