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The News Release Digest Service is a way for executives in Catholic health care to share their news with one another. With this service, Catholic Health World posts timely press releases from Catholic health systems and facilities and others on this website.

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Haiti Relief Efforts

• St. Vincent's paramedics join care mission to Haiti (New York)

General News

• $60 million Mercy data center nears completion (St. Louis)
• St. Elizabeth Healthcare sells TransCare ambulance service (Edgewood, Ky.)
• St. Francis participating in national study to reduce ER overcrowding (Indianapolis)
• Providence promotes patient safety with the use of medication list (Olympia, Wash.)
• Young Saint Anthony patients warmed by blanket donations (Crown Point, Ind.)
• Via Christi Health adopts new name (Wichita, Kan.)

Events

• Archbishop John Vlazny blesses Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center (Oregon City, Ore.)
• Provena Health hosts annual ethics day (Joliet, Ill.)

People in the Ministry

• Dr. Ziad Haydar named vice president of clinical excellence and physician integration at Ascension Health (St. Louis)
• William Montgomery named chief information officer at Hospital Sisters Health System (Springfield, Ill.)