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Olajuwon “O.J.” Lewis pictured with three Huntsville Hospital Dialysis employees

“You Just Feel Better”: How Huntsville Hospital Is Improving Care for Sickle Cell Patients

Written on April 9, 2026. Posted in Featured News, News.

When Olajuwon “O.J.” Lewis moved to Huntsville last summer from Mississippi, he was surprised a city known for technology didn’t have a red blood cell exchange program for sickle cell patients. He tried therapeutic phlebotomy instead, having some of his blood periodically removed to...

Kyle Buchanan Named President of Crestwood Medical Center

Written on April 8, 2026. Posted in Featured News, News.

Crestwood Medical Center and Huntsville Hospital Health System announced today that Kyle Buchanan, current president of Helen Keller Hospital and Red Bay Hospital, has been named president of Crestwood Medical Center. Buchanan is a Tuscumbia native and a proven, community-focused...

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Crestwood Medical Center Joins Huntsville Hospital Health System

Written on April 1, 2026. Posted in Featured News, News.

Investment in local health care strengthens access, coordination and long-term stability for patients Crestwood Medical Center is now part of Huntsville Hospital Health System, bringing the hospital under local nonprofit ownership and strengthening health care access for patients and...

Rendering of the Future Lawrence Medical Center Outpatient Facility

HH Health Expands Rural Care With New Medical Facility in Lawrence County

Written on February 19, 2026. Posted in Featured News, News.

Huntsville Hospital Health System today announced it has received Certificate of Need (CON) approval from the Alabama State Health Planning and Development Agency to construct a new medical facility to serve residents of Lawrence County. The project will be located on Highway 24 in...

HH Health & Crestwood Medical Center, coming together for our community's care

Huntsville Hospital Health System To Acquire Crestwood Medical Center

Written on January 20, 2026. Posted in Featured News, News.

Huntsville Hospital Health System (HH Health) and a subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) have entered into a definitive agreement for HH Health to acquire substantially all of the assets of Crestwood Medical Center and its associated outpatient centers and practices. This...

Huntsville Hospital Registered Nurse Kathy Hudson visits with her next-door neighbor Robert Hunt Sr. in his hospital room. Kathy used her CPR training to save Robert's life after he went into cardiac arrest at home on November 24.

The Angel Next Door: Huntsville Hospital Nurse Saves Neighbor’s Life With CPR

Written on December 4, 2025. Posted in Featured News, News.

Robert and Diann Hunt have been neighbors with Kathy Hudson on Moontown Road for the past eight years. But it wasn’t until Thanksgiving week that the Madison County couple understood how lucky they are to be living next door to a Huntsville Hospital registered nurse with extensive CPR...

Nurse uses AI-assisted stethoscope in heart screening

AI-Assisted Heart Screenings Are Go For Launch in the Rocket City

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

Artificial Intelligence is everywhere you turn these days, including some places you might not expect. During a recent October morning, Christy Cantey, a certified nurse practitioner at Huntsville Hospital Heart Center, brought a sleek digital stethoscope enhanced with AI to the First...

Huntsville Hospital Health System named America's Best-In-State Employers in Alabama by Forbes 2025

HH Health Named Among Forbes’ 2025 America’s Best-in-State Employers

Written on September 17, 2025. Posted in Featured News, News.

Huntsville Hospital Health System has been named to Forbes’ 2025 list of America’s Best-in-State Employers, recognizing the organization’s strong workplace culture and commitment to employees across the Tennessee Valley. It’s the second year in a row for HH Health on the Forbes list,...

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Marshall Medical Centers Awarded HRSA Planning Grant to Develop Rural Residency Program

Written on August 15, 2025. Posted in Featured News, News.

Marshall Medical Centers has been awarded a prestigious Rural Residency Planning and Development Program Grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This highly competitive grant will support the...

Huntsville Hospital named Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News ranks Huntsville Hospital tops in North Alabama, #2 in state

Written on August 4, 2025. Posted in Featured News, News.

Huntsville Hospital is a standout performer in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 “Best Hospitals” rankings. U.S. News named Huntsville Hospital the top medical center in North Alabama and No. 2 in the state, trailing only UAB Hospital in Birmingham. Data from Madison Hospital...

Huntsville Hospital Health System to Make Historic Investment in Emergency Services for Community

Written on July 14, 2025. Posted in Featured News, News.

Huntsville Hospital Health System has announced that it is seeking approval to make an historic investment in emergency services for the community. Upon approval by the State of Alabama, Huntsville Hospital will build two free-standing emergency departments (FEDs) — in Hampton Cove and...

Jeff Samz, CEO, Huntsville Hospital Health System

Jeff Samz Named Chair-Elect of Alabama Hospital Association Board of Trustees

Written on June 19, 2025. Posted in Featured News, News.

Jeff Samz, President and CEO of Huntsville Hospital Health System, has been elected Chair-Elect of the Alabama Hospital Association (AlaHA) Board of Trustees. The election took place during the Association’s recent Annual Meeting. “Jeff has long been a respected leader within Alabama’s...