| CHA Board of Trustees affirms commitment to health reform |
| At its April 15-16 meeting here, the CHA Board of Trustees celebrated the completion of historic health reform legislation and reaffirmed its commitment to universal access and a health care system that protects life from conception to death. |
| Assembly session explores program to improve birth outcomes |
| In late 2005, low birth weight and infant mortality rates were on the rise in Lucas County, Ohio. The majority of high-risk births and infant deaths were occurring in a narrow strip of Toledo's inner city, in densely inhabited neighborhoods with a low-income minority population. |
| St. Joseph of Sonoma's 'green'food initiatives find wide support |
| At St. Joseph Health System of Sonoma County, Calif., ecology considerations are at the heart of everything the nutrition services department does. But, five years ago that wasn't the case. |
| Special students learn workplace Ps and Qs at St. Mary's |
| St. Mary's Warrick Hospital in Boonville, Ind., is teaching students with disabilities job skills they can use for the rest of their lives. The hospital's intensive yearlong program is demanding for both students and staff members, but also satisfying. |
| Experts say healthier public policies key to healthy communities |
| To create healthy communities, community health and community benefit experts must move beyond their traditional purviews and look at health policy in broad terms, according to the opening speaker at the Association for Community Health Improvement's annual conference held here. |
| Providence Tarzana adds Jewish symbols to patient rooms |
| To honor its many Jewish patients, Providence Tarzana Medical Center in Tarzana, Calif., has hung mezuzahs, a Jewish faith symbol, in the thresholds of its patient rooms. |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board surveys ministry's Haitian relief efforts |
| As president and chief executive of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, John F. Galbraith has traveled extensively in poverty-stricken countries. "I've seen the worst of the worst," he said. But never before has he witnessed the kind of widespread devastation and suffering he saw on a recent trip to Port-au-Prince and the Haitian countryside. |
| Mercy joins Centura; all CHI Colorado facilities now in one multi-sponsor network |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center of Durango, Colo., has become part of Centura Health of Englewood, Colo. Centura is cosponsored by Mercy's parent company, Catholic Health Initiatives, and by Adventist Health System. |
| Teddy bear keepsakes made at Provena workshop comfort the mourning |
| A workshop from a hospice center in Champaign, Ill., is helping bereaved people to hold close their deceased loved ones by creating keepsake teddy bears from their clothing |
| Catholic Health Initiatives transfers Larned, Kan., hospital to new owners |
| Catholic Health Initiatives of Denver and its subsidiary Central Kansas Medical Center of Great Bend, Kan., have transferred control of their hospital in Larned, Kan., to a new owner. |
| St. Bernards opens housing complex |
The senior services division of St. Bernards Medical Center of Jonesboro, Ark., has opened a 40-unit apartment complex for low-income seniors.
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| Southwest to merge with PeaceHealth |
Southwest Washington Health System of Vancouver, Wash., plans to join PeaceHealth of Bellevue, Wash. The organizations are in formal discussions and plan to reach a definitive agreement in the fall.
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| Midcareer awardees still inspiring through service to ministry |
For the past decade at the Catholic Health Assembly, CHA has presented the Midcareer Award to a ministry leader making important contributions to Catholic health care. Each year, the award recognizes a different role within the ministry.
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| Keeping Up |
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