News Release Digest Service Archive

General News

• Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa to form  accountable care organization (Des Moines, Iowa)
• Trinity Health-Michigan to partner with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on outcome-based hospital payment model (Detroit)
• St. Mary's Healthcare Center and Catholic Health Initiatives explore relationship with Avera Health (Pierre, S.D.)
• Mercy chosen as preferred bidder for Jefferson Regional near St. Louis (Chesterfield, Mo.)
• Lourdes Hospital celebrates completion of $70 million construction project (Binghamton, N.Y.)
• Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare to partner with Marquette University's College of Nursing to build clinical simulation center (Milwaukee)
• Mercy Medical Center to bow Family Childbirth and Children's Center (Baltimore)
• Avera Cancer Institute partners with Eppley Cancer Center; forms breast cancer network and registry (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
• Providence Health & Services Southern California finds "39-week rule" means fewer babies in neonatal intensive care units (Los Angeles)
• Humility of Mary Health Partners brings farmers' markets to food deserts (Youngstown, Ohio)
• Mercy Hot Springs and Capella Healthcare launch website with updates on affiliation discussions (Hot Springs, Ark.)
• USCCB offers blessing for children in the womb, in English and Spanish (Washington, D.C.)
• Researchers from Avera-Vrije University collaborative published in European Journal of Human Genetics (Sioux Falls)
• Bon Secours St. Francis Community Health Outreach provides kit to meet the health care needs of homeless women (Greenville, S.C.)

Events

• St. Mary's Hospital offers self-guided, QR code-driven historical tour of hospital (Madison, Wis.)
• Several hospitals celebrate the Archdiocese of Dubuque's 175th anniversary (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

People in the Ministry

• Craig Marks named president at Mark Twain St. Joseph's Hospital (San Andreas, Calif.)
• Patricia Cassidy named chief strategy officer at Alexian Brothers Health System (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
• Timm Glover named chief mission and ministry officer at Saint Thomas Health (Nashville, Tenn.)
• Larry Connors named chief operating officer at St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center and St. Vincent Hospital and Tom Bayer named senior vice president of regional development at Hospital Sisters Health System Eastern Wisconsin Division (Green Bay, Wis.)
• Lois Lane named vice president of mission integration in emerging markets at Catholic Health Initiatives (Englewood, Colo.)
• Jerry Rumph named vice president of diagnostic imaging and therapeutic services at SSM Health Care-St. Louis (St. Louis)

Grant

• Providence Health & Services receives $500,000 grant from Safeway employees and customers for breast cancer awareness (Portland, Ore.)

Awards

• Practice Greenhealth announces environmental excellence awards, CHA members included  (Denver)
• Avera McKennan marketing team honored with six national Aster awards (Sioux Falls)

General News

• Centura Health affiliates with Lincoln Community Hospital and Nursing Home to expand clinical services (Denver)
• Saint Thomas Health and Capella Healthcare finalize joint venture (Nashville, Tenn.)
• O'Connor Hospital transfers ownership of family health center to Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley (San Jose, Calif.)
• Mercy to renovate Children's Hospital (Springfield, Mo.)
• Humility of Mary Health Partners collects 620 pounds of expired, unused prescription meds (Youngstown, Ohio)
• Prisoners help St. Joseph's Hospital clean hospital grounds (Chippewa Falls, Wis.)

People in the Ministry

• Dan McGinty named executive vice president, hospital division of Essentia Health and administrator of Essentia Health-St. Mary's, and Sandra McCarthy named chief nursing officer, Essentia Health (Duluth, Minn.)
• Dr. Philip J. Fracica named chief medical officer at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center (Gilbert, Ariz.)
• William Mitchell named environmental services director and Bob Thompson named facilities management director, both at Providence Hospital (Mobile, Ala.)
• Matt Moser named chaplain at Sacred Heart Hospital (Eau Claire, Wis.)

General News

• CHI's Alegent to acquire Nebraska hospital from Tenet (Omaha, Neb.)
• Capella Healthcare and Mercy Health sign agreement in principle (Hot Springs, Ark.)
• Sacred Heart builds five-story patient tower (Pensacola, Fla.)
• CHRISTUS Santa Rosa will transform downtown campus to Children's Hospital of San Antonio (San Antonio)
• St. Dominic's opens behavioral health facility (Jackson, Miss.)
• Lourdes' opens first hybrid operating room in Kentucky (Paducah, Ky.)
• Saint Thomas Health and University of Tennessee expand joint residency training program (Nashville, Tenn.)
• St. Anthony's collects donations of home medical equipment for distribution to needy (St. Louis)
• First baby delivered by midwife at St. Vincent's new birthplace (Bridgeport, Conn.)
• Mercy Gilbert Medical Center adds naptime hours for new moms and families (Gilbert, Ariz.)
• Seton Healthcare joins in social media campaign to engage citizens in region's health care planning (Austin, Texas)
• Mississippi Supreme Court denies St. Dominic's appeal of Madison Hospital CON application (Jackson, Miss.)

Event

• Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center dedicates historic cross, cornerstones (Mishawaka, Ind.)

People in the Ministry

• Andrew Davis named president at Carney Hospital (Dorchester Center, Mass.)
• John G. Hill named president and chief executive at PeaceHealth's Oregon Region  (Eugene, Ore.)
  
• Wayne Laramie named vice president of emergency services at SSM Health Care — St. Louis (St. Louis)

General News

• Wheeling Hospital opens $50 million tower (Wheeling, W.Va.)
• St. Joseph's Hospital launches congestive heart failure program aimed at reducing readmission (Tampa, Fla.)
• St. Joseph Healthcare works with United Way on programs to feed hungry children (Bangor, Maine)
• SSM Health Care — St. Louis generates revenue, reduces waste with metal recycling (St. Louis)
• Mercy plans to use Joplin trees in new hospital's landscaping (Joplin, Mo.)
• Catholic Health Partners receives A-1 and AA ratings from national rating agencies (Cincinnati)

Event

• Humility of Mary Health Partners hosts health care supplier diversity event (Youngstown, Ohio)

People in the Ministry

• Donna Russell-Cook named president at St. Elizabeth Hospital (Enumclaw, Wash.)
• Tricia Carson named administrator and Deb Schlieter named chief nursing officer and hospice administrator, both at Borgess Visiting Nurse & Hospice (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
• Jeremy Zoch named executive vice president and chief operating officer at St. Joseph Hospital  (Orange, Calif.)
• Michael Panicola named senior vice president, mission and organizational ethics and Mindy Manley named vice president of surgical services, both at SSM Health Care — St. Louis (St. Louis)
• Laurence Dry named vice president of strategy and operations at Provena Saint Joseph Hospital (Elgin, Ill.)
• Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center mourns the death of Dick Clark

Grants and Gifts

• Holy Cross Hospital receives $4 million gift from Guerrieri Family Foundation for pavilion (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
• McAuley Ministries awards $311,786 in grants to local organizations (Pittsburgh)
  

Awards

• CHI-funded program wins Disparities Leadership Program award (Englewood, Colo.)