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April 01, 2012
Resurrection gets a tight grip on readmission rates
At first blush, one might think Mary Schlitter's job title could be "professional nag." But her relentless pursuit of patients recently discharged from Our Lady of Resurrection Medical Center is designed to keep them healthy and out of the hospital.
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April 01, 2012
Mercy pipes specialty medicine to remote sites
David Richardson woke up early as usual, between 4 and 5 a.m. He didn't feel well. He nibbled at the breakfast his wife, Karin, made later that Sunday morning, then told her he was going to lie down.
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March 15, 2012
Keeping Up
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March 15, 2012
New CHI model helps patients follow care prescriptions
The trend line is clear: To be successful under reform, health care providers will need to coordinate patients' care in a way that improves the patients' outcomes while also reducing the chances that they'll relapse and need avoidable, expensive follow-up hospitalization.
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March 15, 2012
Staff-created book helps prepare kids for assault exams
It can be traumatizing for a victim of an assault to undergo a forensic sexual assault exam, particularly if that victim is a child.
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March 15, 2012
Mother Marianne Cope's canonization ceremony set for October
Pope Benedict XVI will canonize Mother Marianne Cope on Oct. 21.
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March 15, 2012
Community Mercy opens Springfield, Ohio, replacement hospital
Community Mercy Health Partners of Springfield, Ohio, has opened a $250 million, 254-bed hospital in downtown Springfield to replace two aging campuses.
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March 15, 2012
CHI grants tackle systemic poverty and violence in Reading, Pa.
Staffers in the emergency room at St. Joseph Medical Center find themselves treating a victim of violence almost daily, says Michele Jones, who for the past six years has directed emergency services at St. Joseph, which is located in Reading, Pa.
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March 15, 2012
Pediatric clinic's private practice model comforts kids and families
When his kindergarten class held a party for "special guests" last year, 7-year-old Jacob Critser had no trouble figuring out whom to invite.
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March 15, 2012
Ministry members join Partnership for Patients
At St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit, Dr. Mohamad G. Fakih developed standards that have greatly reduced the incidence of infections caused by central line and urinary catheters.