| CHA joins with hospital community to help pay for health reform |
CHA and other hospital groups announced in a White House ceremony last month that they have agreed to help finance the cost of health care reform as part of moving to a system that includes everyone. |
| Continue the progress |
As I write this, bills in the House and Senate are being marked up, debated and voted on. It is more important than ever that our legislators know that getting health reform done right is a high priority of the American people. |
| Health reformers consider ways to link quality to reimbursement |
A key moment in the shaping of health reform came recently when President Barack Obama picked up a magazine. |
| Dementia patients lead full lives at Huger Mercy Living Center |
As "Cowboy Kenny" croons a Western tune, staff members cajole some of the spryer residents of the Huger Mercy Living Center to take a turn around the makeshift dance floor. |
| Dr. Regina Benjamin called great choice for top public health advisor |
Fellow CHA board members are calling Dr. Regina Benjamin an inspired choice for the post of U.S. Surgeon General. |
| Fr. DiNoia ordained archbishop following appointment to Vatican post |
During a Mass at Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on July 11, Fr. Joseph Augustine DiNoia, OP, was ordained titular archbishop of Oregon City, Ore. |
| Time to get creative in tackling childhood obesity, SLU experts say |
There is widespread recognition in the U.S. that childhood obesity is a significant public health threat, but there is little agreement about what public health approaches work for prevention. |
| Two Catholic hospitals receive Circle of Life citations |
Two hospitals in the Catholic Healthcare Two hospitals in the Catholic Healthcare West system have received citations of honor for the way they approach end-of-life and pallitative care.-of-life and pallitative care. |
| Our Lady of the Lake and LSU consider partnering on medical education |
Under a deal now being negotiated, Louisiana State University would relocate most of its Baton Rouge, La.-based physician-in-training programs from a state hospital, Earl K. Long Medical Center, to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. |
| Saint Anthony of Chicago separates from Ascension Health, will stand alone |
Saint Anthony Hospital of Chicago has disaffiliated from St. Louis-based Ascension Health and now will function as a stand-alone Catholic facility under the public juridic person model |
| St. Mary's acquires Amsterdam Memorial |
St. Mary's Hospital of Amsterdam, N.Y., has acquired Amsterdam Memorial Healthcare, a nonprofit facility in Amsterdam that offers nursing home care, inpatient rehabilitation, urgent care, adult day care, outpatient surgery and other services. |
| CHA welcomes senior director of sponsor services |
Sr. Mary Haddad, a Sister of Mercy of the South Central Community, has joined CHA as the new senior director of sponsor services. |
| Nursing homes offer fresher food, tastier choices for residents |
There's a quiet revolution going on in nursing home kitchens across America. |
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