In honor of Women’s History Month, four essential hospital leaders discuss the opportunities that helped them overcome gender barriers throughout their careers and how they think essential hospitals can further elevate future female leaders.

Alameda Health System’s BElovedBIRTH Black Centering program cultivates a positive pregnancy experience for Black families through a centering care model.

Researchers at UW Medicine developed the nanoparticle technology behind a revolutionary RSV vaccine that has so far demonstrated a positive immune response during clinical trials.

Leaders at UHealth have shaped local and statewide care services through their community paramedicine training program and say it’s the future of American health care.

America’s Essential Hospitals is working to lower morbidity and mortality rates among Black birthing patients and improve overall patient safety.

Essential hospitals are working together to reduce maternal health disparities and drive down the disproportionate mortality rate among people of color.

Mini Swift, MD, MPH, vice president for population health at association member Alameda Health System, shares how the association’s research tools and Essential Women’s Leadership Academy shaped her career.

An effective discharge planning process can help essential hospitals live out their mission to care for marginalized and underserved populations.

Health care providers need long-term strategies to adopt, normalize, and reimburse telehealth care for patients receiving home- and community-based services.

Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, essential hospitals continued to act as models in the industry for sustainability practices.

Christy Neuhoff, JD, MBA, past-chair of the Essential Hospitals Institute board of directors, reflects on the Institute’s work and her experience creating and participating in its leadership development programs.

Henry Ford Health System’s therapeutic choir helps patients with Parkinson’s disease, long-term COVID-19 symptoms, and other conditions regain their voices.

To recognize Disability Pride Month and the 31st anniversary of Congress passing the Americans with Disabilities Act, we showcase three essential hospital programs to support communities with disabilities.

Association member UVA Health System is one of seven finalists in the CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge, which encourages the use of artificial intelligence to predict unplanned admissions and adverse events.

Association member UW Medicine, in Seattle, is tackling COVID-19’s long-term effects through a Post-COVID Telehealth Clinic.

COVID-19 suddenly made it possible and necessary to quickly ramp up Valleywise Health’s telemedicine program—and the overwhelmingly positive reaction from physicians and patients alike means there is no going back.

University of Utah Health Care joins a small but growing group of essential hospitals exploring the use of drone technology to deliver medical supplies.

At essential hospital Boston Medical Center, changing the language we use is the first step in changing the way we treat people with substance use disorder.

Essential hospitals The MetroHealth System, UC Health, and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center play a key role in opioid misuse prevention and intervention.

The tools include trainings and resources to help providers, patients, and health care organizations engage in cost of care conversations.

Leaders from the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems shared how data collection helped member hospitals reduce health disparities and provide culturally competent care.

The program integrates clinical pharmacists and teleretinal screenings into routine primary care, in addition to using peer mentorship and a mobile app for diabetes management.

A new Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality case study features Denver Health’s investment in data, culture, and workforce improvements.

Developed through research, these tools support respectful, productive conversations about health care costs that often take very little time.

A recent webinar shared research findings and tools for health care providers to initiate conversations about cost of medication with vulnerable patients.

February is American Heart Month, and essential hospitals are leaders in prioritizing cardiovascular wellbeing, especially in vulnerable communities.

Essential hospitals nationwide work to make their facilities more inclusive for all. The MetroHealth System, in Cleveland, launched its Pride and Kidz Pride clinics to offer an array of services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning patients of all ages.

Essential hospitals have long shown a commitment to care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning patients. The 2016 mass shooting at Pulse in Orlando spurred a concerted effort at Temple University Health System, in Philadelphia, to create a more inclusive environment.

With telehealth programs at home and abroad, the Charlottesville health system works to improve access to quality care.

Essential hospitals around the country are integrating population health and health policy into medical education curriculum.

This Boston Medical Center residency program trains physicians to attend to chronic conditions, mental health, and substance use disorders in one visit.

Essential hospitals improve population health through innovative approaches to address the social determinants of health and promote community-integrated health care. Several presentations on population health at VITAL2018, our annual meeting, highlighted key insights from population health leaders.

Front-line staff engagement, patient empowerment, and collaboration were key themes in our VITAL2018 sessions focused on innovation and adaptation.

Leaders from Christiana Care Health System, in Wilmington, Del., and The MetroHealth System, in Cleveland, shared at VITAL2018 how their hospitals have tackled the opioid crisis.

Several presentations on clinical leadership at VITAL2018, our annual meeting, highlighted key insights for clinical leaders at essential hospitals.

The Between Us program at Hennepin Healthcare ensures that adolescent confidentiality is protected in electronic health records.

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; Essential hospitals, like Erie County Medical Center and UT Health Northeast, are leading the field in improving colorectal cancer education, research, and preventive screening.

After receiving a lifesaving heart transplant at association member Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, one patient took heart health into her own hands — literally.

Two Essential Women’s Leadership Academy alumnae reflect on their experiences in this biennial training program that builds empowered hospital executives.

Google and UChicago researchers hope to use machine learning to find patterns in electronic health records and predict readmissions and complications.

As National HIV Testing Day approaches, we call to mind the work our members have done, and continue to do each day, to fight this debilitating disease.

Virtual ICUs, like the one at University of Mississippi Medical Center, can be used as proactive care models to ensure access to care for all Americans.

From chatbot radiologists to robot friends, essential hospitals are harnessing the power of technology.

Using 3-D imaging to treat atrial fibrillation showed a 100 percent success rate, a zero percent complication rate, and led to quicker patient recovery.

Pokémon Go, the augmented-reality game, has helped pediatric patients at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center recover from burn injuries.

Nearly all members of America’s Essential Hospitals use social media to reach out to their communities. But social media is a two-way street, and essential hospitals also understand the value of social platforms, such as Twitter, to monitor and respond to patient feedback and use those interactions to improve care and the care experience. The