| Hospitals prove green strategies can be inexpensive, low-tech |
Once a month, a team of six hospital employees goes snooping around a department at St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay, Wis. The team is flushing out and disposing of unused, unwanted chemicals in an environmentally friendly way — a practice they call chemical rounding. |
| Volunteer roles give doctors chance to concentrate on care |
Physicians are notorious for their hectic schedules. So, how does the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic here corral dozens of busy doctors into sacrificing their valuable time to provide free care to the uninsured? |
| Ministry supports coverage for young immigrants |
CHA and children's health groups are supporting the inclusion of provisions in the State Children's Health Insurance Program reauthorization bill to give states the option to waive the current five-year waiting period before legal immigrant children and pregnant immigrants who are legal residents of the U.S. can be covered under SCHIP and the Medicaid program. |
| CHA debuts online ERD learning resource for experts and novices |
CHA has a new resource on the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. |
| CHA updates guide with new IRS information |
CHA has released a new version of "A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit," a resource that helps ministry systems and facilities to develop, track and report on programs that meet community need. |
| Maine's St. Mary's wins McGaw prize for community service |
St. Mary's Health System of Lewiston, Maine, is the winner of the 2009 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service. |
| Women religious reflect on civil rights advancements |
To mark the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's first African-American president, Catholic Health World invited some Catholic sisters who long have championed civil rights and social justice to share some of their formative experiences and their hopes for continuing progress in race relations. |
| Bon Secours Virginia, Sentara partner to build Virginia Beach hospital |
Bon Secours Virginia and Sentara Healthcare plan to jointly build and operate a $208 million, 200-bed facility called Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach, Va. |
| New CHA advocacy agenda prioritizes health care for all |
The CHA board has approved the association's advocacy agenda for the 111th Congress. Achieving accessible and affordable health care for everyone remains the top priority. |
| Couple establishes $1 million endowment |
An Indianapolis businessman and his wife recently established a permanent endowment for a primary care center operated by St. Vincent Health of Indianapolis. |
| St. Cloud to add wing, upgrade facilities |
By 2011, St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, Minn., plans to add a wing and in the process upgrade its facilities and increase the number of private rooms on campus. |
| Labyrinth walkers pause to reflect and heal |
In their quest to treat both body and spirit, many Catholic health facilities are embracing the ancient Christian ritual of labyrinth walking. |
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