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February 25, 2025‘The power of presence’: Son’s rare disease rocked family’s world but not their faith
Hans Ostertag was showered with love even as disorder cut short his life
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February 24, 2025Proposals for drastic Medicaid cuts worry Catholic health care providers
Concerns include patients’ loss of coverage, potential closure of hospitals
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February 21, 2025Our Lady of the Lake Health's Community Impact Center provides space for nonprofits
The nonprofits sharing space at Our Lady of the Lake Health's Community Impact Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are celebrating the best kind of officemate situation: one that happened organically and over time.
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February 20, 2025Baylor St. Luke's in Houston arranges double lung transplant even as historic snowstorm approaches
Staff stayed overnight to tend to patient and surgeons navigated deteriorating roads
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February 20, 2025Trinity Health Ann Arbor gets $10 million gift to create neurosciences institute
An anonymous donor has given $10 million to Trinity Health Ann Arbor in Michigan to create a neurosciences institute on the hospital campus.
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February 19, 2025Catholic ministry gathering offers hope to the healers
How can those who serve in Catholic ministries offer hope to fellow travelers who are on a journey of healing? That was the central question posed to participants of a hybrid event entitled "Healing, Help and A Continuum of Hope: A Day of Renewal and Enrichment" that was held in St. Louis and virtually on Feb. 15. The gathering, attended by chaplains, mission and formation leaders and other professionals from Catholic health care and social services, provided an opportunity to gain deeper insights into spiritual life and strengthen collaboration and collegiality among Catholic ministries.
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February 18, 2025Conversations with peers are part of Mercy's approach to addressing problematic physician behavior
Mercy is using a standardized reporting system, prompt responses, and, sometimes, a conversational approach to try to put a quick end to disruptive physician behavior.
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February 18, 2025Mercy health sciences college in central Iowa raises funds for new nursing school
Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa, is undertaking the biggest fundraising campaign in its history — the $15 million Legacy of Faith Campaign — to generate capital to erect a new facility for its nursing school.
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February 14, 2025CommonSpirit-supported nonprofit guides people from 'helplessness into hopefulness'
Gina Monti speaks from experience when she describes the mission of Magnificat Houses in Houston: "We turn that helplessness into hopefulness."
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February 12, 2025Two Bon Secours Mercy Health markets pilot down payment assistance for employees
After Dr. Mutahher Mohammed completed his residency in July, he was thrilled to accept a position as a primary care physician at Mercy Health — Urbana Family Medicine and Pediatrics in Ohio.