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February 27, 2025Ethicist acknowledges challenges, urges mercy in providing health care to prisoners
CHA webinar explores the ethics of caring for the sick and vulnerable who are incarcerated
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February 26, 2025Catholic relief agencies grapple with how to respond to USAID cuts
Catholic agencies that provide relief services around the globe are grappling with how to respond to plans to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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February 25, 2025Providence makes changes to leadership team
Providence St. Joseph Health has made changes to its executive leadership structure.
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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.