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Heart transplant patient completes mile-long Heart Walk a year after surgery

Kieran, a 57-year-old father of three, joined the American Heart Association’s 2024 Boston Heart Walk just over a year after receiving a heart transplant. His participation in the one-mile walk reflected his progress toward recovery and his desire to support heart disease advocacy and research.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Organ Transplantation, Care Delivery, Operational Excellence

Children’s Mercy launches partial hospitalization for youth with complex health needs

Children’s Mercy has announced the opening of its new Partial Hospitalization Program to support children and adolescents facing serious medical and mental health challenges.
Promoting Healthy Communities, Telling the Hospital Story, Child and Adolescent Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Behavioral Health Care Delivery, Value Analysis, Access to Behavioral Health, Capacity Planning

Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital Opens New Autism Clinic

Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital has opened a new Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic in Riverton, Utah, that aims to address the growing need for autism services in the community.
Telling the Hospital Story, Community Benefit, Access to Behavioral Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Behavioral Health Care Delivery, Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention, Value Analysis, Capacity Planning
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Working together in rural Vermont: NVRH leverages partnerships to close care gaps

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury is in the most rural region of an already-rural state. And just like neighbors help each other shovel driveways during Vermont’s legendary winters, NVRH looks to its community to help ensure that the people in their area have the best chance at overall health.
Telling the Hospital Story, Community Benefit, Rural issues, Health Care Facility Management, Collaboration & Partnerships

How MUSC uses telehealth to reduce ED wait times

The ED team at the Medical University of South Carolina has embraced a solution that has reduced waiting times during certain hours and brought the number of patients who leave before being seen to almost zero.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Telehealth, Emergency Departments (EDs)
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UVA Health aims to reduce carbon footprint with paper pill bottles

At UVA Health, the iconic orange plastic pill bottle is getting a makeover. Some prescriptions are now being filled in a new, recyclable paper bottle.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Sustainability, Leveraging Technology

Covering eastern Idaho’s ‘uncovered gap’ in teen mental health services

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center's new intensive outpatient program is designed to support young people dealing with issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and suicidal ideation that impact their school, relationships, family and/or community.
Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Value Analysis, Access to Behavioral Health
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Rural, independent, innovative: How Dosher Memorial Hospital delivers high-quality care to their community

Southport, N.C., is where the Cape Fear river meets the Atlantic Ocean; the location of Fort Johnston, the first fort constructed in the state of North Carolina; and where the Netflix hit series “The Summer I Turned Pretty” was filmed. It is also the home of Dosher Memorial Hospital, the only independent critical access hospital (CAH) left in the state.
Telling the Hospital Story, Community Benefit, Technology, Rural issues, Health Care Facility Management
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Unity Medical Center builds rural education into its walls — and its mission

What was once going to be empty space is now used for everything from staff meetings to community medical events, but its main purpose is serving as the Rural Medical Education Center, supporting Unity's commitment to health care education at all levels.
Telling the Hospital Story, Community Benefit, Rural issues, Rural Workforce, Workforce, Health Care Facility Management

Atlantic Health targets polypharmacy

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System will soon deploy an AI-based technology that flags polypharmacy issues.
Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care, Pharmacy