| Fall harvest generates 'seed money' for ministry |
| Oct. 25 was harvest day at the field in front of Saint Elizabeth's
Medical Center of Wabasha, Minn., and Chief Executive Tom Crowley knew
what was coming next. Hospital patients and long-term care residents
would stop him and demand details. |
| Hospitals work to cut OR trash |
| Staple guns, sponges, paper gowns, plastic wrap. And more plastic wrap.
Operating rooms produce mountains of waste, from human tissue to scrap
paper. |
| Palliative care providers advised to approach their patients reverently |
"God means to kill us all in the end," Sr. Margaret Farley, RSM, said, quoting the wry observation of Protestant ethicist Paul Ramsey and drawing a chuckle from an audience of palliative caregivers at the 2010 Supportive Care Coalition Congress. |
| Joint Commission studies patient handoffs to reduce risk of errors |
| The emergency department staff stabilizes a patient and moves her along
for admission. Then it's on to the next person in a crowded waiting
room. |
| St. John's Mercy team goes the distance to win video contest |
| Reducing the risks of health care-associated infections is no laughing
matter. Such infections are respon?sible for 100,000 deaths a year in
the United States — more than those attributed to AIDS, breast cancer
and auto accidents combined. |
| Ministry leaders in U.S., Germany polish grail of Catholic identity |
| A select group of ministry leaders, and academics from the U.S. met
with their counterparts in Schwerte, Germany, Oct. 28-30 to discuss
ways to safeguard, reinforce and advance the mission and Catholic
identity of Catholic health care providers. |
| Providence Alaska plans major renovations |
| In January, Providence Alaska Medical Center of Anchorage, Alaska,
plans to start a $150.3 million construction project to improve its
neonatal intensive care service, cardiac surgery, general surgical,
inpatient and outpatient prenatal, and mother-baby care, and other
units. |
| Ministry makes Christmas shopping exciting, even virtuous |
| Savvy shoppers know that some of the best gifts are found in unexpected places. |
| Keeping Up |
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