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Architect's rendering of Madison Street Tower expansion

State OKs Huntsville Hospital Expansion Project

Written on November 21, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

Huntsville Hospital is adding 154,000 square feet of new clinical space to better serve patients in the Rocket City and its fast-growing suburbs. On Nov. 20, the Alabama Certificate of Need Review Board unanimously approved a five-story addition to the hospital’s Madison Street Tower. “Expanding...

Sam Dean has joined Huntsville Hospital Health System as Executive Vice President, Regional Hospital Operations

Dean joins HH Health as Executive Vice President of Regional Operations

Written on November 20, 2024. Posted in Featured News, News.

Sam Dean has joined Huntsville Hospital Health System as Executive Vice President, Regional Hospital Operations, according to an announcement from Jeff Samz, President and Chief Executive Officer. In his new role, Dean will be responsible for leading the Health System’s operations outside...

HH Health System and United Healthcare Reach Agreement

Written on November 14, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

After months of negotiations, Huntsville Hospital Health System and United Healthcare have reached an agreement that maintains the in-network status for United subscribers who are patients in HH Health System hospitals. Jeff Samz, chief executive officer of the Huntsville Hospital Health System,...

Joe and Teresa Robison stand in front of their new home in Madison.

Out Of The Ashes Rises Something Good

Written on October 18, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

It was like a scene from the movies. A couple sound asleep in their bedroom. The pre-dawn silence shattered by a wailing smoke alarm. Groggy and confused, Joe Robison stumbles out of bed and sees the backyard glowing orange. Fire! Realizing his home in Madison’s Morris Estates neighborhood...

Huntsville Hospital leadership, pediatric cardiologists and Huntsville's Mayor Battle cut the ribbon on the new Heart Center Pediatric Cardiology office.

HH Heart Center Expands Award Winning Cardiac Care To Children

Written on September 5, 2024. Posted in Featured News, News.

Local dignitaries, hospital leadership and physicians gathered for an open house and ribbon cutting for Huntsville Hospital’s newest pediatric care addition on Wednesday, September 4. Huntsville Hospital Heart Center Pediatric Cardiology will provide North Alabama families with a new local...

Medical person fist bumping with little girl patient holding a teddy bear

HH Health Named Among Top Employers By Forbes

Written on August 21, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

Huntsville Hospital Health System is ranked among the nation’s best employers by Forbes magazine for the second time. For its 2024 America’s Best-In-State Employers rankings, Forbes partnered with market research company Statista to survey more than 160,000 Americans working for companies...

Huntsville Hospital named Best Regional Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 2024-2025

Huntsville Hospital Shines in Latest U.S. News Rankings

Written on July 25, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

The 2024-25 U.S. News “Best Hospitals” rankings are out, and Huntsville Hospital has again been named to the exclusive list as the No. 2 hospital in Alabama and the top acute-care facility in North Alabama. Huntsville Hospital was also recognized for 10 “High Performing” areas of excellence: Aortic...

Group of Outpatient Medical nurses pose for a photo

Outpatient nurses go all in to save man’s life

Written on July 3, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

Life-and-death medical emergencies are rare in the outpatient world. But when that once-in-a-blue-moon moment happened recently on the 6th floor of Huntsville Hospital’s Blackwell Medical Tower, the Outpatient Medical Services clinic team was ready. An older male patient had come in for...

HH Health System CEO, Jeff Samz pictured with Mayra Short and Dr. Thomas D. Short of Clinica Medica Moscati, and Community Health Initiative Chairman Kerry Fehrenbach

$13.6 million and counting

Written on June 19, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

After 28 years, Huntsville Hospital’s Community Health Initiative (CHI) keeps finding new ways to improve lives across Madison County. During a June 18 ceremony at the Dowdle Center, CHI awarded $600,000 in grant funding to help 10 local not-for-profit agencies continue their important work of caring...

Huntsville Hospital's new Mobile Medical Unit truck and trailer

Huntsville Hospital is Mobilizing Care for Underserved Communities with new Mobile Medical Unit

Written on May 8, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

Unit fully funded by grants through Huntsville Hospital Foundation Huntsville Hospital Health System just rolled out a brand-new Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) to meet the needs of underserved neighborhoods and patients in our community. The new truck and 25-foot trailer—custom built for medical...

North Alabama Specialty Hospital exterior photo

Region’s Only Long-Term Acute Care Facility Opens at Huntsville Hospital

Written on May 2, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

Huntsville Hospital’s always-evolving main campus has added another vital new service: the region’s only long-term acute care facility. HH North Alabama Specialty Hospital (NASH) opened April 23 in the former Encompass Health building on Governors Drive. A joint venture of HH Health and...

Pictured are HH President and Chief Operating Officer Tracy Doughty (left) and 2nd Medical Recruiting Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Jason S. Kim (right)

Huntsville Hospital, U.S. Army Join Forces to Help Soldiers Find Meaningful Careers

Written on April 25, 2024. Posted in News, Featured News.

As one of North Alabama’s top job creators, Huntsville Hospital is proud to employ hundreds of veterans and looks forward to hiring more through a new partnership with the U.S. Army. HH and the Army joined forces Wednesday, April 24, to formally kick off a partnership agreement where...