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March 15, 2011
Ascension Health Care Network opens for business
Ascension Health has teamed with a private equity firm to create a new type of enterprise: an acquisitive, equity-based, for-profit Catholic health care system.
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March 01, 2011
Keeping Up
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March 01, 2011
Clarification
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March 01, 2011
Mercy program gives boost to women in Tanzania
Through a two-pronged program focused on work and education, a Catholic hospital in southwestern Colorado is helping villages in Tanzania to benefit from the entrepreneurial savvy of what was once a largely untapped human resource there: women.
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March 01, 2011
Refuge from the storm
When an early February blizzard dumped about 20 inches of snow on Chicago and closed down parts of the city's famous Lake Shore Drive, hundreds of stranded motorists turned to Chicago's Saint Joseph Hospital as a safe haven from the elements.
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March 01, 2011
HCA, Mercy sign definitive agreement on sale
HCA's East Florida Division and Mercy Hospital of Miami have signed a definitive agreement for the privately owned, for-profit HCA to purchase the 473-bed Mercy hospital.
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March 01, 2011
Avera acquires community hospital in Creighton, Neb.
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital of Yankton, S.D., has purchased Creighton Area Health Services of Creighton, Neb., a rural health network that includes a 23-bed critical access hospital, a 47-bed long-term care facility, a wellness center and two clinics.
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March 01, 2011
For-profit system to buy Mercy campuses in Scranton
Community Health Systems of Franklin, Tenn., plans to purchase three Catholic hospitals and affiliated outpatient facilities in Scranton, Pa., through an agreement announced on Feb. 10.
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March 01, 2011
A blessing and a smile on World Day of the Sick
Bishop William Callahan of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wis., was at Sacred Heart to mark the Feb. 11 World Day of the Sick, and he celebrated Mass in the hospital's chapel to bless the sick and their caregivers.
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March 01, 2011
Teen chefs in St. Mary's program cater to Lewiston, Maine, foodies
Already a community leader in promoting healthy eating and food safety, the Nutrition Center of Maine has introduced Clever Cooks, a program in which students learn to cook fresh meals for themselves and cater meals to the community.