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.
Explore existing AHA tools and resources that relate to topics covered withing the self-assessment tool.
AHA鈥檚 Task Force on Membership Accountability spent 2024 gathering insights from AHA members across the country to inform the development of an Internal Self-Assessment Tool for Public Trust and Accountability. This resource was designed to help leaders assess vulnerabilities and stimulate thinking鈥
Providence Health System has partnered with home-based care provider Compassus to offer home health, hospice, community-based palliative care, and private-duty caregiving services to patients across the country.
Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center hosted a free Teddy Bear Clinic at its ER in November to help children feel more comfortable in medical settings through fun, interactive activities.
In 2018, collaborating with community partners to better serve its patients in the greater Juneau, Alaska region, Bartlett Regional Hospital implemented an emergency department information exchange system that made possible real-time information sharing that is imperative for coordinated care鈥
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center鈥檚 grant-backed Breast Health Equity Program set out in 2020 to improve rates of up-to-date mammography screening for Black women, while also increasing screening overall for women who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) post-COVID-19 pandemic.
Adventist Health鈥檚 unique mobile clinic 鈥 think of it as a doctor's office on wheels 鈥 helps families and their children in and around Bakersfield, Calif., by offering immunizations for young people from birth to 19 years old at various locations around Kern County.
The Basic Nursing Assistant Training Program at Northwestern Medicine is designed to help Northwestern Medicine employees in nonclinical roles transition into PCT positions by earning a certified nursing assistant certification.
The SOS MATERNITY Network, led by Wayne State University鈥檚 Office of Women鈥檚 Health, has been launched to address high maternal and infant mortality rates in Michigan.
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 AHA board chair, and Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and AHA board chair-elect, share insights on health care's current and future challenges, the impact the AHA鈥