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2011 Archive

January 15
- CHA stands by its vision for health reform
- Street Medicine in Pittsburgh
- Ministry leaders chart the future of senior care
- CMS seeks ideas to improve patient transitions, reduce rehospitalizations
- Mercy begins phased opening of downtown Baltimore facility
- Sr. Modde provided canonical expertise to ministry leaders
- Saint Joseph Mercy Health System upgrades hospitals, ambulatory care sites
- Ministry facilities ease the strain for working parents
- Correction
- Keeping Up
February 1
- Responsibility of long-term care mission leaders evolves
- CHRISTUS partnership aims to strengthen pediatric care
- Florida Catholics unite against human trafficking
- Ministry systems find a NICHE in care of the elderly
- CHA provides talking points for explaining, defending health reform
- Diverse organizations support health reform law
- Avera centralizes cancer services at institute
- CHI hospital in Great Bend to end inpatient care
- Vanguard to purchase Holy Cross of Chicago
- CHA posts FY2010 financial results
- St. Joseph's to affiliate with Arnot Ogden under new parent
- Avera McKennan Hospital celebrates centennial with book and events
- Fr. Dunklee led mission, ethics work
- Child Life team soothes young patients, helps them adapt to hospital
- Keeping Up
February 15
- Nurse practitioners deliver primary home care
- Enrichment program teaches at-risk kids to aim high
- Program plugs clinic staff into Mercy mission, culture
- Trinity to sell its stake in Battle Creek Health System in Michigan
- CHRISTUS Schumpert realigns services at two campuses
- Vancouver, Wash., hospital joins PeaceHealth
- St. Anthony's in St. Petersburg to build emergency center, tower
- Fun flicks make ambulance rides less stressful for kids
- St. John's Prairie Heart lowers readmissions for heart failure patients
- Ministry facilities among 2010 Magnet designees
- St. Mary's provides wrap-around care to pulmonary patients
- Ascension Health to establish service center in Indianapolis
- Seton Family enters joint venture
- Flexible policies help ministry to retain seasoned talent
- Keeping Up
March 1
- Study finds need for improvement in surplus donations
- Nursing homes are logical settings for palliative care, experts say
- Program helps asthmatics, diabetics to manage at home
- While kids play, parents keep medical appointments, visit sick
- Wanted: Stories of people helped by health reform law
- Teen chefs in St. Mary's program cater to Lewiston, Maine, foodies
- A blessing and a smile on World Day of the Sick
- Avera acquires community hospital in Creighton, Neb.
- For-profit system to buy Mercy campuses in Scranton
- HCA, Mercy sign definitive agreement on sale
- Refuge from the storm
- Mercy program gives boost to women in Tanzania
- Clarification
- Keeping Up
March 15
- Ascension Health Care Network opens for business
- Ministry foundations feel impact of recession but foresee turnaround
- CHE, Seton Hall launch Ministry Leadership Academy
- St. Vincent Charity promotes health literacy
- Coalition launches website to educate on health reform's benefits
- Benedictine enlists parish volunteers to keep seniors independent
- Catholic students pray for St. Mary's young patients
- Philanthropist gives second gift to St. Cloud facility
- Burbank family gives $1 million to Providence
- For-profit system buys CHRISTUS St. Joseph Villa
- Ministry's collections demonstrate wit, grit and devotion
- Keeping Up
April 1
- Ascension Health developing best methods to reduce or eliminate birth complications
- Lincoln, Neb., leaders want everyone to have a medical home
- Sober housing gives addicts a better chance to succeed
- Trinity Health plans to acquire Loyola University Health System
- Health system shifts will bring ministry new ethical issues, says lecturer
- Emory and Saint Joseph's of Atlanta to form joint operating company
- Physician gives $1 million to birth center
- Hospice of the Valley outreach builds trust with African Americans community
- Sr. Cooney, RSM, visionary leader of Alegent Health
- Don't starve foundations during downturn, bolster them, experts say
- Correction
- Keeping Up
April 15
- Health reform is one year old
- Mercy's ENERGY STAR hospital hunts down waste
- Ministry champions campaign to rebuild Catholic health care in Haiti
- CHE hospitals join partners to model Medicaid ACO
- CMS proposes Medicare ACO regulations
- CHA to convene ministry in Atlanta summit on international aid
- Providence goes Paper-Lite to reduce its appetite for printer paper
- Saint Mary's plans joint venture with private equity company
- Saint Raphael and Yale-New Haven pursue partnership
- Sr. Mary Roch Rocklage inducted into Health Care Hall of Fame
- Holy Redeemer expands board
- Montana applauds Sisters of Providence
- Bon Secours green teams achieve lasting culture change
- Correction
- Keeping Up
May 1
- Catholic health care has honed needs assessment
- Arizona nurses tackle cavity prevention in kids
- Provena schools new nursing grads in clinical, social skills
- Much work ahead on improving health care quality and safety
- President Obama hosts White House Easter prayer breakfast
- Kids with chronic disease benefit from involvement in care decisions
- Mercy to build prototype health complex in Edmond, Okla.
- Want to know if an elderly person is suicidal? Experts say to ask
- Catholic Healthcare West debuts website for assessing community needs
- St. Elizabeth holds yearlong centennial
- Outstanding high schoolers get a taste of medicine at Providence
- Keeping Up
May 15
- The challenge of change
- Dr. Atul Gawande, MacArthur 'genius,' author and surgeon, to speak at assembly
- Institute taps community resources to tackle Bellingham health concerns
- Secret shopper technique sharpens patient focus at St. Rita's
- CHA to study whether membership should include for-profits
- Affordable Care Act providing benefits now for seniors, youth
- Ascension Health plans to acquire Alexian Brothers Health System
- St. Mary's plans acquisition of Saint Joseph's East Georgia
- St. Vincent finds time at the ballet barre gives kids a lift
- Babying the staff
- Keeping Up
June 1
- St. Joseph works to promote sacred connection with patients encounters
- St. Joseph caregivers dig deep to show authentic respect
- Emory-Saint Joseph's plan preserves ministry presence
- St. Leonard soothes Alzheimer's patients by recalling past passions, interests
- Ministry members among green award winners
- Hospital management company to acquire CHP's Mercy Knoxville
- Franciscan Services set to revive critical access hospital in Ohio
- Mercy grant bringing health, wellness education to schools in four states
- CHRISTUS restructures executive team
- Team delivers diabetes information door-to-door
- Keeping Up
June 15
- Provena St. Joe's staff ham it up for safety's sake
- St. John's moves to recover from killer tornado in Joplin, Mo.
- As storm unleases chaos, ER staff, rescuers swing into action
- Exempla Saint Joseph to redevelop downtown Denver campus by 2014
- Nominations open for palliative care award
- Alexian to build children's medical center on northwest Chicago campus
- Doctor's mission is modernizing Vietnamese medical care
- Keeping Up
July 1
- Seizing the opportunity for reform, ministry works to meet challenges
- Berwick: U.S. ripe for health care delivery improvements
- Develop pit crew skills for new era, Gawande advises
- CHA convenes ministry's first global health care summit
- Ministry members work to finalize resource on forming leaders
- Membership assembly votes on bylaws, dues, board members
- Strengthening Christ-centered care in new era of health care delivery
- Prepared for the challenges ahead, committed to health access for all
- Resurrection head explains system's financial, cultural turnaround
- CHI conducts pilot on board transformation
- Peter Orszag fleshes out strategies for Medicare cost cutting
- Experts anticipate IRS community benefit reporting guidelines
- Physician alignment called key to success in new health economy
- Murray's diplomacy honors God's presence in Catholic health ministry
- With heart, head and hands, Sr. Gervais champions Catholic values
- Through guidance and example, Sr. Barrett strengthens ministry
- Young highfliers making an impact in the ministry
- Providence Everett opens medical tower
- STAR participants refresh their souls while writing their resumes
- Keeping Up
August 1
- Since the assembly . . .
- Shreveport's Community Renewal program reconnects neighbors
- St. Joseph's shows compassion for county inmates, disrupted families
- Quick and creative thinking needed in a disaster
- New CHA videos show how health reform law helps real people
- Joint Commission releases standards for advanced certification in palliative care
- Physician's order deemed appropriate for clarifying patient wishes
- Tap into church networks to improve care for elders, presenters advise
- Volunteers in Bon Secours program journey with rape victims
- Saint Joseph Ann Arbor sows produce seeds to grow nutrition awareness
- Keeping Up
August 15
- System improves quality of life of employees with chronic disease
- Ascension Health announces PJP
- Appalachian kids learn healthy habits in Mercy program
- Via Christi uses new hospital as a laboratory for new ideas
- Bioethical mediation promotes healing of patients family and staff
- Heart institute and hospital join CHI's Nebraska network
- St. John Providence, St. Mary's cited for innovation in palliative care
- CHA, Ascension Health combine to promote quality in ethics
- CHA joins partners in calling for equal access to health care for all
- Organizational ethics programs drive deep cultural change
- Keeping Up
September 1
- Mission leader ponders spirituality walking the Way of St. James
- Organizational ethics could put ministry ahead on health reform
- AWARE builds self-esteem and coping skills in adolescents overcoming behavioral health challenges
- Hospice caregivers tune into special needs of veterans
- Mercy geriatric assessment program provides dementia care, family support
- Denver's St. Anthony opens hospital
- USCCB launches website to mark Sept. 11
- Provena Mercy in Aurora, Ill., marks centennial
- Ministry members recognize food insecurity as a growing concern
- Keeping Up
September 15
- Ministry works to secure essential conscience protections
- Ministry organizations press corporations to weigh common good in decision making
- Marian University introduces lead donor for Catholic medical school
- IHI's 'Safety Across the System' drives quick change at CHP hospitals
- Providence Holy Cross opens patient wing addition
- Mercy announces capital investment plans
- FMOL opens new hospital in Lafayette, starts expansion in Baton Rouge, marks centennial
- Sacred Heart applies lessons learned in grief services to other life transitions
- Caregivers find: When it comes to people's faith, no two deaths alike
- Keeping Up
October 1
- St. Anthony North hosts floating shelter for homeless
- Cancer patients assess, mine spiritual strengths
- Nurse-led clinic provides a medical home to Savannah's uninsured
- Affordable Care Act spurs expansion of school-based health centers
- Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola to add five-story tower
- St. Mary's Regional Medical Center leaders nurture their spirituality
- Curriculum prepares community benefit staff to meet rigorous expectations
- Catholic Health Association's chief executive lauded for ministry leadership
- Br. Longo helps PACE clients explore spiritual concerns
- Keeping Up
October 15
- Saint Thomas program provides genetic screening
- Mercy Health uses coalition as 'listening post' to hear concerns of the poor
- Autistic youth find job success at Bon Secours St. Mary's
- Providence determined to grow ranks of its international volunteers
- Ministry leaders explore how best to equip people for sponsor roles
- Mercy buys critical access hospital in Guthrie, Okla.
- Saint Raphael program allows for earlier detection of breast cancer
- Joint Commission names care quality leaders in five categories
- Mercy in Grayling, Mich., marks centennial
- Detroit's St. John receives Kellogg grant
- Keeping Up
November 1
- Health care providers target obesity as threat in communities
- Wheaton clinic counts its successes two by two
- Duquesne University conference explores immigrants' health and social challenges
- Doctor says crowdsourcing tools can make people healthier
- Mercy to invest $4.6 billion in Missouri operations by 2019
- Palliative care growing, but many still lack access
- Carondelet receives $4.5 million bequest for hospice, palliative care
- Provena and Resurrection receive merger approval from state
- Providence Health & Services and Swedish Health Services to affiliate
- Sisters of Charity health system adopts PJP sponsor model
- Keeping Up
November 15
- Ministry addresses systemic contributors to hunger
- CHA: Ministry voices needed now to protect Medicare and Medicaid
- For alcoholics, a bed to sleep it off, or a shove toward treatment, sobriety
- Operation Walk gets New Jerseyans back in action
- Sisters of the Holy Family anticipate foundress' beatification
- Climate change is an environmental justice issue, experts say
- Starting with their staffs, hospitals promote healthy choices
- Keeping Up
December 1
- Nation's debt threatens economy, health care security
- Ascension Health grooms small business leaders as health reform advocates
- Alexian Brothers program eases behavioral health patients back into school setting
- Mercy keeps its Joplin workforce engaged for long haul
- CHA program looks at contributions of mission leaders in long-term care
- Trinity Health moves to acquire Chicago's Mercy Hospital by spring
- New national initiatives launched to promote jobs for veterans
- Ministry hospitals point community members toward weight loss options
- Keeping Up
December 15
- Should for-profits be members of CHA?
- Vatican conference raises awareness of adult stem cell advances
- Lourdes class teaches surgery patients to lower stress levels
- Mercy gives immigrants passport to health care jobs
- In Christmas symbolism
- Catholic university offers formation program
- Three eastern New York health care providers merge
- Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa to add patient tower
- Experts prescribe an attitude of gratitude
- Hospitals should encourage clinicians to act on their values
- Papal honor goes to Sr. Patricia Eck
- Squirrel rallies for Cardinal Glennon
- Structured approach helps St. John connect uninsured to specialists
- Keeping Up

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