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Meet Nalu, Tripler Army Medical Center’s “Goodest Boy”

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.
Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care, Access to Behavioral Health, Service Animals, Innovation/New Models of Care
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Robots, dogs and Legos help kids cope during hospital visits

Robin — an interactive, human-assisted robot — is an innovative tool that’s helping make hospital visits less stressful for pediatric patients at the UMass Memorial Medical Center – Children’s Medical Center.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Child and Adolescent Health, Care Delivery, Patient-Centered Care, Innovation/New Models of Care, Access to Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention
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Mobile health team promotes wellness, addresses substance abuse disorders in rural Maine

MaineHealth Community Health Farmington, which includes MaineHealth Franklin Hospital, offers health and wellness services and education focused on disease prevention to communities in rural Franklin County.
Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care, Promoting Healthy Communities, Substance Use Disorder, Innovation/New Models of Care, Access to Behavioral Health
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Healing at Home: NewYork-Presbyterian Expands Care Beyond Hospital Walls

NewYork-Presbyterian announced the launch of its Hospital-at-Home program in November, designed to provide hospital-level care to eligible patients in the comfort of their homes.
Telling the Hospital Story, Community Benefit, Patient care and Information, Community Partnerships, Ambulatory and Outpatient Care, Home Health

Two heart transplants in one day showcase cardiac transplant team

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’s a careful balance, and one that the Medical University of South Carolina recently pulled off twice in one day.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Child and Adolescent Health
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One heart, three lives: How Duke Health is revolutionizing pediatric heart transplants

The Duke team performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, a type of partial heart transplant, which Duke pioneered in 2022.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Child and Adolescent Health, Technology
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Baby is thriving after innovative procedure to shrivel lemon-sized cyst

A team at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital in Connecticut performed a minimally invasive procedure on a 3-day-old baby who had been diagnosed with a lymphatic malformation in utero.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Innovation/New Models of Care, Care Delivery, Child and Adolescent Health
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Hospitals Are Prioritizing Maternal Health to Improve Patient Safety

Hospitals are prioritizing maternal health by focusing on patient safety throughout pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.
Maternal Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Quality & Patient Safety, Patient Safety Initiative, Safety culture
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Froedtert West Bend Hospital opens breast milk donation depot

Froedtert West Bend Hospital has expanded its breast milk donation program to mothers and babies not only in the hospital but also the surrounding region.
Telling the Hospital Story, Community Benefit, Child and Adolescent Health, Maternal Health, Community Partnerships
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Illinois hospital launches pediatric heart transplant program

East Chicago, Ind., teen Nataly Paramó became the first pediatric heart transplant recipient at the Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Child and Adolescent Health, Organ Transplantation