| Ascension Health makes palliative care an organizational priority |
| The term "palliative care" can be perplexing. Some people think it is synonymous with hospice. Experts define it as pain and symptom management and a host of interdisciplinary interventions at any stage of a serious chronic disease. |
| Financial tool simplifies charity care assessment for CHW patients |
| Catholic Healthcare West's method of evaluating the financial abilities
of uninsured low-income patients is cutting administrative costs and
more accurately reflecting the charity care it provides. |
| Mercy cultural care cart has something for everyone |
| A Somali-born patient at Mercy–Fore River Hospital in Portland, Maine,
had what seemed like a simple request. His family wanted to bring a
meal to his hospital room during Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for
Muslims. |
| What do communities want? Hospitals listen for answers |
| In order for health care providers to ensure they are meeting the needs
of their community, it is essential for them to know their community
intimately. But this is no small task, given the expansiveness and
diversity of many hospitals' service areas. |
| Brock sees opportunity for NAACP to unite all races against injustice |
| Roslyn Brock, the incoming chair of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, has an ambitious goal for the
organization in the coming years: She wants to unite people of all
races in an effort to advocate for equity and social justice in
American society. |
| SLU to offer certificate course in community benefit |
| In the fall, the Saint Louis University School of Public Health will
launch a certificate course in community benefit. CHA and its Community
Benefit Advisory Committee helped to develop the 18-hour online course
that is designed to be completed in three semesters. |
| Mercy Data Center powers delivery of knowledge-based care |
Whether in the form of a digital diagnostic image or the code that triggers payment for such a test, computerized information keeps a hospital humming.
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| CHW offers uninsured fixed discounts at urgent care centers |
| Three Catholic Healthcare West urgent care centers in the Phoenix area
are offering discounts to patients without health insurance. |
| St. John engages faith community to raise palliative care awareness |
| In tandem with Ascension Health's three-year pilot study of palliative
care delivery systems, Warren, Mich.-based St. John Providence Health
System partnered with the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life to
develop a community-based palliative care model. |
| Setting a brisk pace for better health |
| Mall walkers get a move on with Sr. Aline Shultz, OSF, vice president
of marketing and public relations for Sisters of St. Francis Health
Services Northern Indiana Region. |
| Small house long-term care facilities make residents feel at home |
| As applied to supported senior housing, the person-centered care model
is built on the tenet that patients will feel more at home in assisted
living and long-term care facilities when they have control of the
little things that make up a day — decisions like when and what to eat
and how to spend one's time. |
| Keeping Up |
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