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.
The AHA鈥檚 prestigious Foster G. McGaw Prize honors health delivery organizations that have demonstrated a strategic approach to community health and health equity.
When Daniel Eagle was told he had early-stage prostate cancer, the oncology care team at Loma Linda University Medical Center鈥揗urrieta was ready to provide the personalized care he needed.
You can call it the da Vinci XI robotic-assisted surgical system. Or, as its surgical team fans do, you can call it 鈥淢oose.鈥
A farm owned and operated by Community Hospital Anderson in Indiana recently completed a $2.5 million expansion that is expected to produce 30,000 pounds of produce per year to be shared with local food pantries to help address food insecurity across Madison County.
At LMH Health in Kansas, a new program is being used to supplement the initial assessment of a patient鈥檚 illness or injury after they鈥檙e examined by a human triage nurse.
As part of NICU Awareness Month and National Literacy Month, each baby鈥檚 family in the FirstHealth NICU was gifted a book and information on the importance of reading.
Wyoming鈥檚 Cheyenne Regional Medical Center has joined more than 2,700 hospitals, outpatient clinics and health systems nationwide as participants in the 鈥淎ge-Friendly Health Systems鈥 initiative.
New resources and communications opportunities available as AHA prepares to release annual community benefit report
The AHA has prepared new resources to help you proactively tell the story of how your hospital or health system benefits your community. Hospitals provide benefits to鈥
When pediatric patients at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, are feeling distressed, they can find comfort in Nalu, a two-year-old Labrador retriever and the cuddliest member of the TAMC team.
Baptist Health recognizes the financial constraints that many patients face, and, in response, developed the Food Rx Program to provide nonperishable food items to patients who have an immediate need.