Featured News Archives | Huntsville Hospital Health System

Nurses Sara Werner and Deanna Lewis and psychiatrist Dr. Praveen Jetty (on video screen) demonstrate Madison Hospital's new telemedicine program.

Virtual care, real impact: HH psychiatrists, neurologists using telemedicine to help patients across the region

Written on April 18, 2025. Posted in News, Featured News.

With the push of a button, Dr. Praveen Jetty, a behavioral health specialist at Huntsville Hospital, appears live on a video screen in Room 218 at Madison Hospital. He’s been asked to talk with a patient who is distraught over the death of her dog. Looking on from his office in the...

Decatur Morgan Hospital Opens Safe Haven Baby Box to Support Families in Crisis

Written on April 1, 2025. Posted in News, Featured News.

Decatur Morgan Hospital recently welcomed a new life-saving resource to its Emergency Department — a Safe Haven Baby Box, designed to offer a safe and anonymous option for surrendering newborns. Located in a discreet, camera-free area of the hospital, the box is climate-controlled,...

Sixteen-year-old Son of HH Health Physician Collects Surplus Medications to Help Those Without Insurance

Written on February 7, 2025. Posted in News, Featured News.

Sixteen-year-old Adi Gowda dreams of becoming a doctor, and he already has a gift for two of the most important aspects of the job: Diagnosing problems and finding solutions. While volunteering at Clinica Medica Moscati, which provides low-cost health care to Huntsville’s Hispanic...

Mike West is a 50-year HH Health employee

50 Years Ago, Tornadoes Spun His Career Around

Written on January 21, 2025. Posted in News, Featured News.

Mike West may be the only person you’ll ever meet who owes his career to a tornado outbreak. Rewind to April 3, 1974 – one of the most infamous weather events in U.S. history. A powerful storm system roared across the country that day, spawning nearly 150 twisters that killed 319...

New graduates of the HEMSI EMS Academy Program and other leaders take a photo with a check from The Regions Foundation, who funded a grant for the EMS training.

Huntsville Emergency Medical Services EMS Academy Program Celebrates New Class of Graduates

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

Thirteen new Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) have completed HEMSI’s rigorous 10-week EMS Academy, made official by a graduation ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 21. This diverse group is now ready to join the frontlines responding to medical emergency calls across Madison County....

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...

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 News, Featured 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...

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...

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 News, Featured 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...

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...

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...

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...