Because one sister made a promise to another, an entire nation has changed the way it diagnoses, treats and discusses breast cancer.

Southeast Texas now has one of the nation's few inflatable hospitals at its disposal for emergency situations, thanks to a group of Houston-area emergency responders that includes two CHRISTUS Health hospitals.

When Catholic Health East took over three financially troubled hospitals in Newark, N.J., seven months ago, it set a heady goal: Take the facilities from the brink of bankruptcy to a break-even balance sheet within five years.

Lois Ellis likes the fact that she can get her blood pressure checked and enjoy a cup of coffee with friends each Wednesday — at the Provena Center for Healthy Aging in Champaign, Ill.

It wasn't until Sr. Priscilla de Guzman, DC, discovered she had a rare malignant heart tumor that she fully understood the healing contributions of a strong support network.

During challenging economic times, it can be particularly important and reinforcing for Catholic health care providers to reconnect with their mission in a concrete way through measurement and assessment.

St. Mary's Hospital of Passaic, N.J., has filed for bankruptcy citing the ailing economy, declining patient volumes and expenses related to an acquisition it made in 2007 as factors contributing to its financial problems.

Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital in Hood River, Ore., has opened an addition that includes an expanded birth center, surgery center and diagnostic imaging center

By summer, the Sisters of Providence of Holyoke, Mass., plan to open a 40-room residential and skilled nursing complex for their elderly congregants and others.

If a proposed agreement is approved, Cleveland's Sisters of Charity Health System will assume full ownership of two Ohio hospitals that the system now owns jointly with Cleveland's University Hospitals.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm greeted Joseph Swedish, president and chief executive of Trinity Health, at the Midwest Regional White House Forum on Health Care Reform.

Denver's Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital has partnered with a group of local physicians and a management company to open a for-profit specialty hospital focused on orthopedic care.

OSF St. Mary Medical Center of Galesburg, Ill., launched its 100th anniversary celebration earlier this year with a jazz performance by an Air Force band and a talk by Today Show personality Willard Scott, who is famous for marking 100-year milestones.

Advancements in the field of stem cell treatments derived from umbilical cord blood hold the promise of lifesaving cures, and ministry facilities are among those contributing to the progress through umbilical cord collection programs.