Articles from CHA Publications

• July 31 – CHI Health hosts 'virtual assembly' for teachers preparing to return to the physical classroom
• July 30 – Isolation, loneliness take their toll during the COVID-19 pandemic
• July 29 – Nurse bonded with families as liaison for patients with COVID-19 in ICU
• July 27 – Hospital's meal program boosts spirits of givers and receivers
• July 24 – Benedictine campus nursing director says values remain paramount in pandemic response
• July 23 – Eldercare staff work conscientiously to protect residents from COVID-19, says infection preventionist
• July 22   Catholic systems urge public to mask up for the sake of others
• July 20 – Congregations find creative ways to support health ministry amid shutdowns
• July 8 – Incarnate Word sisters aid asylum seekers at the southern border
• July 7 – Four siblings care for patients and each other through the pandemic
• June 30 – Allocation of scarce resources shouldn't shunt people with disabilities, ethicist says
• June 29 – Sr. Peggy Martin, OP, reflects on decades at leading edge of sponsorship changes
• June 25 – AMITA, Catholic hospitals join call to end racism, bring sweeping change in Chicago
• June 24 – Ministries join calls for justice and change amid outcry over killings of African Americans
• June 24 – Peer navigators improve health literacy of Alaskan natives and immigrants
• June 23 – SSM Health neurosurgeon helps sound the alarm about stroke risk linked to pandemic
• June 22 – Nursing homes can help counter pandemic’s toll on older Americans, ethicist says
• June 18 – From Food Drives to Front Porches, Health Education and Outreach Prove Key to COVID Fight
• June 16 – CHA recognizes and celebrates contributions of Tomorrow's Leaders
• June 15 – Nurse-ethicist-professor identifies most of all as healer
• June 12 – Graf believes that everyone deserves a safe, affordable place to call home
• June 11 – Organizations wise to pair behavioral health care with community health, well-being expert says
• June 11 – Casey ensures that medically fragile children get highly individualized emergency care
• June 10 – Envisioning Excellence in the New World for Catholic Health Care
• June 10 – CHRISTUS hospital in Texas opens drive-thru emergency room
• June 3 – In a Crisis, Keep Your Hospital Operators Close and Your Legislative Friends Closer
• June 3 – SCL Health shares tools it offers for employee mental health
• June 2 – Editor's Note Summer 2020
• June 1 – The Pandemic and Lessons to Share in Long-Term Care
• June 1 – On whether to publicly identify COVID patients, Catholic ethicists can disagree
• May 28 – Search for the Holy Spirit in the Midst of Chaos
• May 28 – Reasoned action is needed to restart clinical training for medical and nursing students, ethicists say
• May 27 – Trinity Health: Some changes wrought by the pandemic may be permanent and costly
• May 26 – Caregivers ride emotional roller coaster from heroic wins to devastating loss
• May 21 – Rural physician takes a measure of himself in the shoals of the pandemic
• May 20 – As pandemic makes staples scarce, health systems turn to suppliers near and far
• May 19 – Trinity Health offers free COVID-19 testing in hard-hit areas in and near Detroit
• May 18 – The Pandemic: Enduring Human Costs of Poverty
• May 18 – SSM Health put its staff wellness plan into high gear to cope with pandemic stress
• May 18 – Surveillance tools offer great promise, perils amid pandemic, ethicist says
• May 15 – Commentary: COVID-19 amplifies already urgent need for solutions to homelessness
• May 15 – Is It Ethical to Unilaterally Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment in Triage Circumstances?
• May 14 – Chaplains care for patients and staff at COVID treatment facility
• May 14 – Pandemic laid bare emerging and ongoing ethical dilemmas, say Providence ethicists
• May 13 – Rural hospitals make contingency plans to account for, limit vulnerabilities
• May 12 – Constraints of pandemic care are potential triggers of moral distress, ethicists say
• May 12 – COVID-19, Criminal Justice and Calvary
• May 11 – Hospitals see up to half their patients delaying ER visits, other health care, during the pandemic
• May 8 – Nurse anesthetist goes right back to work when doctor gives all-clear after bout with COVID-19
• May 7 – Emergency management and financial experts share tips on tapping COVID-19 federal assistance
• May 6 – Moral Distress in Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals
• May 6 – Crash course: Sully offers inspiration for applying organizational ethics in a pandemic
• May 5 – Hospitals set up grocery stores, offer takeout meals for employees during pandemic
• May 4 – Gonzales Says of CHA's Mission Department: We're Here to Help
• May 1 – After near-death bout with COVID-19, Mercy patient who got plasma treatment is almost ready to go home
• May 1 – SSM Health DePaul partners with food bank for a healthier start to family life
• April 30 – Sister, physician helps Houstonians ward off medical, socioeconomic ills
• April 30 – Mercy critical care director focuses on healing the sickest of the sick
• April 29 – Social workers and chaplains encouraged to innovate under pressure to meet needs of patients, families and staff
• April 29 – 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Trailblazers in American Health Care
• April 28 – Health Care Organizations Expand Their Anchor Institution Roles
• April 28 – Putting health workers first for some treatments amid pandemic is justifiable, ethicists say
• April 27 – Catholic universities extend hand to Catholic hospitals, health care staff during pandemic
• April 24 – Mercy St. Louis is using convalescent plasma in experimental COVID-19 treatment
• April 24 – Gazing Through the Mask
• April 23 – As patients return, surgeons at CHRISTUS children's hospital learn to 'smize'
• April 23 – Resuscitation considerations go beyond patients amid pandemic, Catholic ethicists say
• April 22 – Consistency, communication vital in addressing challenging protocol dilemmas
• April 21 – Centura Health nurses come flying when New Jersey hospitals call for help
• April 21 – Providence St. Joseph associates get quick access to mental health care amid pandemic
• April 20 – What to say and how to say it: Executives discuss crisis communication in the heat of a pandemic
• April 20 – Happy hours: Orthopedic surgeon lifts spirits by producing hand sanitizer at his vodka distillery
• April 17 – Patience: A Guiding Principle
• April 17 – Chaplains Minister amidst Changes Brought by Pandemic
• April 16 – As pandemic spreads, use of telehealth by clinicians and health systems surges 
• April 16 – ICU nurse creates relaxation spaces where COVID care providers can pause and breathe
• April 15 – For people who don't have an advance care directive, this quick form could be the next best thing 
• April 14 – Guidelines for Rationing Treatment During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Catholic Approach 
• April 14 – Sulmasy says it should be 'ethics as usual,' even in extraordinary times 
• April 10 – Hallway karaoke and bingo with call lights: Residential care centers get creative to keep residents engaged, connected 
• April 9 – HSHS home care staffers deliver 'Baskets of Blessings' for Easter 
• April 8 – Virtue and Vice in the Pandemic 
• April 8 – Palliative care practitioners can stretch resources while defending the integrity of their specialty
• April 7 – Housekeeping staff has a pivotal role in protecting patients, hospital colleagues 
• April 7 – Behind the Scenes on the Front Lines of COVID-19 
• April 6 – Behavioral health care adapts in a time of COVID-19 
• April 6 – Foundational principles should guide care decisions for COVID-19 patients, ethicists say 
• April 6 – SSM finds Costco partnership especially timely amid health emergency (Catholic Health World)
• April 3 – Editor's Note (Health Progress)
• April 3 – ArchCare pleads for personal protective equipment (Catholic Health World)
• April 2 – Iowa hospital asks visitors and patients to mask up to protect others (Catholic Health World)
• April 2 – Health facilities turn to virtual visits to keep public at safe distance (Catholic Health World)
• March 31 – Palliative care teams' expertise critical in COVID-19 preparations, response
  (Catholic Health World)
• March 30 – Hospitals asking community for personal protective gear is 'unprecedented' (Catholic Health World)
• March 30 – PeaceHealth workers in Washington volunteer for duty at hard-hit private rehab center (Catholic Health World)
• March 27 – Providence St. Joseph moves to shore up supplies ahead of surge of COVID-19 patients (Catholic Health World)
• March 27 – Spirituality for a time of scarcity (an op-ed by Rev. Charles Bouchard, OP, S.T.D.)
• March 27 – Catholic entities expect to receive aid under emergency relief bill
• March 24 – Mass General disaster medicine specialist shares Covid-19 preparations and concerns
  (Catholic Health World)

Ethics Resources

• Code Status and COVID-19 Patients
• Ethical Guidelines for Scarce Resources in a Pandemic
• Bishop Chairmen Issue Statement on Rationing Protocols by Health Care Professionals in Response to Covid-19
• Ethics Topics: Pandemics
• Pandemic Triage Training
• Avera Health - Pandemic Triage Training Video