January-February 2007

Volume 88, Number 1

Special Section:
Sponsorship: Our Enduring Link

• The Ongoing Story of Sponsorship
  Introduction
• Can Ministry Members Collaborate for Formation of the Next Generation of Sponsors?
  Catholic Health Care May Need a Ministry-Wide Formation Program
• A Collaborative Formation Program for Sponsors
  Public Juridic Persons Have Now Developed and Tested a Program for the" Next Generation"
• Pilot Program is for Potential Sponsors
  The "Sponsorship Pilot" Helps People Decide Whether They Should Join the Ministry
• Sponsorship Transformation at Ascension Health
  A Large System with Multiple Sponsors Takes Steps to Ensure That Its Mission is Perpetuated
• Does Canon Law Speak of Sponsorship of Catholic Works?
  No. But, in a sense, this is advantageous.
• Catholic Health Initiatives at 10
  The Denver-Based System Was the First to Involve Laypeople in Sponsorship

Features

• "Diversity is at the Core of Who We Are"
  On March 17, 1999, SSM Health Care, St. Louis, held its first Diversity Forum, a meeting that brought together a group of diverse employees from throughout the St. Louis region to discuss the diversity issues facing the organization.
• Who Really Wants Health Care Justice?
  A Writer Suggests an Exercise that Readers Can use to probe Their Own Attitudes
• Parish Nursing and Hospitals
  Mission Is a Natural Link between Faith-Based Facilities and Parish Nurse Programs
• Relieving Pain in the Elderly
  Health Care Still Lags Behind When It Comes to Managing Pain in Geriatric Patients

Columns

• Ethics — New Directions for Health Care Ethics?
• Community Benefit —"Honoring the Trust" through Community Benefit
• Covering a Nation — Elections Were a Sign of Hope for Health Care Reform

Departments

• Briefing — Looking Forward
• Press Conference — Hitting the Ground Running
• Innovation at Work — Improving Patient Safety in Perinatal Services
• Book Review — Transforming Care: A Christian Vision of Nursing Practice
• Book Review — Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, and Change
• Prayer Service — The Call to Sponsorship

July-August 2007

Volume 88, Number 4

Features

• Retelling "The Good Samaritan"
  Jesus' Parable is the Founding Story of Catholic Health Care
• Ministry Collaboration in New Orleans
  Along with Devastation, the 2005 Hurricanes Brought New Opportunities and a Newfound Faith in God's Love
• Modeling Cultural Contours in a Catholic Hospital
  A Facility Can Affirm Its Religious Identity by Adopting Religious Practices
• Revitalizing Spiritual Care
  A Catholic System Develops a Way to Replenish and Expand Its Ranks of Chaplains
• It's Time for a Return to Person-Centered Care
  Efficiency Is No Substitute for Care "Kinder than Kindness Itself"
• A Fresh Look at Two Past Achievement Citation Winners
  Continuing to Serve
• A Successful Reconfiguration
  In Washington State, an Acute Care Facility Begins a New Life as a "Critical Access Hospital"
• Weathering a "Perfect Storm" in Health Care
  A New Partnership Enables a Rural California Hospital to Remain Catholic

Columns

• Covering A Nation — An Agenda for Health Reform
• Ethics — "Touching Lives, Healing Communities" Is the Heart of Our Gospel Call
• Mission and Leadership — Mission and Outreach: Whose Work Are We About?
• Community Benefit: Continuing The Tradition — Community Benefit and Advocacy
• Canon Law — "Holding Fast to the Mission and Works Proper to the Institute"

Departments

• Briefing — Pausing to Reflect
• Press Conference — Safer and Better Are Achievable
• Innovation At Work — Center Addresses the Diabetic Compliance Gap
• Thinking Globally — Delivering Hope to Communities in Need
• Book Review — Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine, and Moral Anthropology
• Prayer Service — Touching Lives, Healing Communities

March-April 2007

Volume 88, Number 2

Special Section:
Honoring Fr. O'Rourke

• A Tribute and An Opportunity
  Introduction
• The Man and His Work
  Celebrating a Life of Prayer, Study, and Constant Striving to Be Open to the Spirit of Truth
• What Is "Prudential Personalism"? Why Does It Matter?
  Fr. O'Rourke Helped Retrieve a Vital Ethical Method in Catholic Theology
• Healing Professions and Healing Institutions
  Frs. O'Rourke and Ashley Have Called for a "Re-Personalization" of Health Care
• "Doing" Ethics in an Ecclesial Context
  What Is Health Care Ethics's Connection to an Understanding of the Catholic Church?
• Fr. O'Rourke and Beginning-of-Life Issues
  His Contributions Are Both Foundational and Practical
• The Ethics of End-of-Life Issues
  Fr. O'Rourke Has Made Wide-Ranging Contributions to Thinking on the Topic
• Looking Forward
  A Younger Ethicist Reflects on Fr. O'Rourke's Contribution to Catholic Health Care Ethics
• Fr. Kevin D. O'Rourke, OP, JCD, STM: Biographical Highlights
• Fr. Kevin D. O'Rourke, OP, JCD, STM: A Select Bibliography

Features

• Spiritual Caregiving By Health Care Professionals
  Physicians, Nurses, and Others Also Have Important Contributions to Make
• Making Access A Priority
  Ethics Has a Vital Role in Fostering Collaboration in Health Care

Columns

• Community Benefit: Continuing the Tradition — What Counts? An Ongoing Question
• Covering a Nation — Consensus Offers Real Chance for Reform
• Mission and Leadership — A Book Offers Guidance for Those Seeking a Career in Lay Leadership
• Canon Law — What Does Canon Law Say about the Quality of Sponsored Works?

Departments

• Briefing — It's an Honor
• Press Conference — What Are the Prospects for Health Care Reform? 
• Innovation At Work — Uniting to Promote Language Access
• Book Review — The Rebirth of the Clinic: An Introduction to Spirituality in Health Care
• Book Review — Patient Satisfaction: Understanding and Managing the Experience of Care, 2nd ed.
• Prayer Service — "See, I am Doing Something New!"

September-October 2007

Volume 88, Number 5

Special Section:
A Workforce for Ministry

• Introduction
  A Workforce For Ministry
• Creating Healthy Work Environments
  The Ministry Today Is Providing More Care for Its Caregivers
• God at Work at Work
  Even the Filing of a Patient's Chart Involves Creation, Redemption, and Sanctification
• Diversity Is a Leadership Responsibility
  Trinity Health, Novi, MI, Has Made It a Factor in CEOs' Annual Evaluation
• Calculating a Socially Just Wage
  Catholic Organizations Should Evaluate Existing Methodologies
• Creating a Socially Just Benefits Package
  A Wisconsin System Examines Various Options in Light of Catholic Social Teaching
• Increasing the Flow of a Clinical Staff "Pipeline"
  Catholic System in Austin, TX, is Transforming a Former Hospital into a School

Features

• 10 Years of a Catholic/Secular Partnership
  In Duluth, MN, a Religious Congregation and a Physicians' Group Have Joined Forces
• Prudence and the Debate on Death and Dying
  In the Catholic Theological Tradition, Temporal Life Is Not the Highest Good

Columns

• Ethics — Human Dignity in the Workplace: "An Inconvenient Truth"
• Mission and Leadership — Servant Leadership: Bring It Home
• Covering a Nation — As Momentum Builds, Principles Give Voice to Ministry Priorities
• Community Benefit: Continuing the Tradition — "I'm New to Community Benefit; Where Do I Start?"
• Canon Law — How Does the "Communion of the Church" Apply to Catholic Health Care?

Departments

• Briefing — The Work We Do
• Press Conference — Positive People Are Promotable
• Innovation at Work — Alexian Brothers Medical Center Builds a Values-Based Performance Evaluation
• Thinking Globally — Trip to Haiti Changes Lives of Patients and Volunteers
• Book Review — Health Care Ethics: A Catholic Theological Analysis, 5th ed.
• Prayer Service — On the Call to Work

May-June 2007

Volume 88, Number 3

Special Section:
Covering a Nation

• Introduction
  Covering a Nation
• Health Reform Overview: Where Are We Headed?
• Toward the "Tipping Point"
  A New Coalition of Groups Is Working Quietly to Reform U.S. Health Care
• Reform's Three Essential Elements
  To Be Effective, Insurance Coverage Must Be Adequate, Affordable, and Available
• Health Care Access for All
  Viewed from Catholic Social Teaching, the Current U.S. Situation Represents a Moral Failure
• Covering the Uninsured Is America's Problem
  The Current Health Care System Makes No Moral or Economic Sense

Features

• Transformational Leadership
  Model Encourages Leaders to Transcend Personal Ambition
• Regaining Minorities' Trust
  A Clinic Project in a Philadelphia Neighborhood May Serve as a Paradigm for Catholic Hospitals
• Artificial Nutrition and Hydration And the Catholic Tradition
  The Terri Schiavo Case Had Even Members of Congress Debating the Issue

Columns

• Community Benefit: Continuing the Tradition — Planning for Community Benefit: The Past Is Prologue
• Community Benefit: Continuing the Tradition — A Promise Kept
• Ethics — Human Dignity: An "Energizing Vision" of Health Care
• Mission and Leadership — Pastoral Care: Prepared to Make a Difference
• Canon Law — What are Acquired Rights in Canon Law?

Departments

• Briefing — Uninsured in America: Old News, but More Important Than Ever
• Press Conference — Health Reform on the Horizon
• Thinking Globally — Global Health and Catholic Social Commitment
• Thinking Globally — Global Health as a Factor in Economic and Social Stability
• Innovation at Work — Telemedicine Extends Healing Ministry and Offers Innovative "Patient Safety Net"
• Book Review — Medical Care at the End of Life: A Catholic Perspective
• Prayer Service — A Reflection of Our God-Given Strength

November-December 2007

Volume 88, Number 6

Special Section:
Are We Ready?

• Introduction
  Preparing for Pandemics and Disasters
• Disaster Planning after Katrina
  Louisiana Hospitals Are Partnering to Build New Models of Community Response
• A Matrix for Ethical Decision Making in a Pandemic
  The Oregon Tool for Emergency Preparedness
• Faith-Based Organizations and Pandemic Preparedness
  Church-Related Groups Will Be Vital Partners in Getting Ready for an Influenza Pandemic
• Recovering from a Flu Pandemic
  For Hospitals, Recovery Can Be as Demanding as the Event Itself
• All God's Sick Children
  One City's Response to the Flu Pandemic of 1918

Features

• Nutrition and Hydration
  The CDF Response, In Perspective
• Rural Hospitals and the "5 Million Lives Campaign"
  Catholic Health Initiatives Is Encouraging Its Smaller Facilities to Join a Patient-Safety Effort
• Using Investments to Work for Community Health
  Socially Responsible Investment Programs Help Carry a Faith-Based Message
• Beyond the Hierarchy
  Seven Innovations Have Enabled This Executive Team to Become More Productive
• The Privilege of Continuing His Work
  Some Thoughts on Quality, Safety, and the Mission of Catholic Health Care
• Report on a Theological Dialogue on the Principle of Cooperation
  A summary of a recently published report on a theological dialogue on the principle of cooperation, as it applies to partnerships between Catholic an other-than-Catholic organizations.

Columns

• Covering a Nation — Access and Coverage Critical, But Other Issues Need Air Time Too
• Covering a Nation — Catholic Leaders Speak Out on Health Reform in California
• Ethics — Facing Disasters as a "Community of We"
• Community Benefit — The Sacred Encounter in Outreach

Departments

• Briefing — It's All in the Planning
• Press Conference — Disaster Preparedness Is Everyone's Responsibility
• Innovation at Work — Extending an Ethics Program with Information Technology
• Thinking Globally — Savannah Facility Has a "Sister-Hospital" Partnership with a Guatemalan Organization
• Prayer Service — Prayer for a More Connected Community
• Book Review — Unplugged Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America