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January 15, 2012
CHA and USCCB support new mercury emission standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued new rules to limit the amount of mercury and toxic air pollution that power plants emit, and CHA and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have said they support the new standards and believe they will help to protect people's health.
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January 15, 2012
Holy Family nurses chronicle job's joys, sorrows and inspirations
It was after a nurses' banquet several years ago that Marcia Donlon struck upon the concept: Nurses have great stories, and they love to share them with each other.
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January 15, 2012
Saint Joseph delivers health services to rural Kentuckians
After undergoing gastric bypass surgery in August 2008 at Saint Joseph East in Lexington, Ky., Nelda Marshall was urged to attend monthly meetings with a hospital dietician to help her continue to lose weight and eat healthfully.
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January 15, 2012
Ascension Health creates a holding company structure to increase flexibility, accountability
Ascension Health has created a new holding company to organize and anchor its Catholic health care services and businesses in a health care economy undergoing seismic shifts.
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December 15, 2011
Keeping Up
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December 15, 2011
Structured approach helps St. John connect uninsured to specialists
When it comes to getting specialty care, uninsured people in Detroit have supply and demand working against them.
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December 15, 2011
Squirrel rallies for Cardinal Glennon
It's been a heady ride for "Rally Squirrel," the bushy-tailed rodent St. Louis Cardinals fans credit for bringing luck to a wild-card team that went on to National League Division and World Series victories.
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December 15, 2011
Papal honor goes to Sr. Patricia Eck, CBS
Sr. Patricia Eck, CBS, has received a top papal honor from the Vatican in recognition of her service to the Catholic Church.
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December 15, 2011
Hospitals should encourage clinicians to act on their values, expert says
When clinicians feel that they cannot act upon their convictions in providing patient care — and when this happens on a regular basis where they practice — they can experience distress and burnout.
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December 15, 2011
Experts prescribe an attitude of gratitude to lighten life's load