Through mentoring and by example, the women religious who built Catholic health care worked to make sure that lay administrators understood and committed themselves to the healing mission of Christ.

The fourth section of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services contains seven directives on providing care and treatment to a pregnant mother and unborn children.

Children don't write the family grocery list or pick evening meals. But dont underestimate a child's power to influence the family diet.

During a fire or a hostage crisis when seconds count, a hospital may be able to provide emergency responders with building diagrams, or cue up security cameras.

Significant changes are afoot at Alexian Brothers Health System, as the number of Alexian Brothers dwindles, lay leaders take on greater responsibility for the ministry and the organization adjusts to a health care delivery system in transition.

Catholic Health Initiatives of Englewood, Colo., and the system's two affiliates in Kentucky are in merger talks with an academic medical center, cancer center and university in Louisville, Ky.

Providence Hospital of Washington, D.C., is celebrating its 150th anniversary year by promoting healthy behaviors.

The pediatric intensive care unit at Providence Tarzana Medical Center has received a $2 million donation that it will use for a renovation.

As a highly complex, scientifically based and heavily regulated enterprise, the U.S. health care system has traditionally rewarded standardization and caution, not creativity.