| Should for-profits be members of CHA? |
A special CHA task force is studying the question of whether for-profit health care organizations that also maintain Catholic identity should be allowed to continue membership in the association. |
| Vatican conference raises awareness of adult stem cell advances |
Over 200 scientists, physicians, clergy, theologians, ethicists, educators and policy makers met at the Vatican Nov. 9-11 for the first international Vatican conference on the use and promise of adult stem cells in medical treatment. |
| Lourdes class teaches surgery patients to lower stress levels |
When Joe Knorr was diagnosed with prostate cancer in August, he says he was "flooded with emotions — all of them negative. |
| Mercy gives immigrants passport to health care jobs |
Josephine Ciin, 34, was a nurse employed at a private hospital in Myanmar before she fled her war-torn country in 2003 to seek refuge in Malaysia. |
| In Christmas symbolism |
Christmas holds a special place in our hearts. Family gatherings. Christmas trees. Lights and gifts. But it is so much more. |
| Catholic university offers formation program |
A new nine-month leadership formation course from a Catholic university in Minneapolis–St. Paul is designed to strengthen team components of Catholic health care leadership. |
| Three eastern New York health care providers merge |
Two Catholic health care providers and a secular provider — all in eastern New York's Capital Region — have merged to form a new organization called St. Peter's Health Partners. |
| Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa to add patient tower |
To address capacity concerns, Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., plans to add a $200 million patient tower and trauma emergency center by summer 2014. |
| Experts prescribe an attitude of gratitude |
In the mid-1980s, my wife, two young daughters and I lived in a poor urban neighborhood on the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador. |
| Hospitals should encourage clinicians to act on their values |
When clinicians feel that they cannot act upon their convictions in providing patient care — and when this happens on a regular basis where they practice — they can experience distress and burnout. |
| Papal honor goes to Sr. Patricia Eck |
Sr. Patricia Eck, CBS, has received a top papal honor from the Vatican in recognition of her service to the Catholic Church. |
| Squirrel rallies for Cardinal Glennon |
It's been a heady ride for "Rally Squirrel," the bushy-tailed rodent St. Louis Cardinals fans credit for bringing luck to a wild-card team that went on to National League Division and World Series victories. |
| Structured approach helps St. John connect uninsured to specialists |
When it comes to getting specialty care, uninsured people in Detroit have supply and demand working against them. |
| Keeping Up |
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