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November 15, 2014
Holy Spirit Health System affiliates with Geisinger Health System
Holy Spirit Health System of Camp Hill, Pa., has become an affiliate of Geisinger Health System of Danville, Pa., in a deal that closed early last month. No money changed hands with the affiliation; nor did the organizations merge assets.
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November 15, 2014
Collaboration aims to lower costs, improve outcomes for knee and hip replacements
The Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford is one of three project leaders on a collaborative organized by Harvard Business School faculty and staff and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to improve the value of care by reducing costs and improving outcomes for knee and hip replacement procedures.
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November 15, 2014
Expansion under way at two Mercy Health hospitals
The marching band of Cincinnati's Anderson High School greets arrivals to the groundbreaking ceremony for Mercy Health – Anderson Hospital, one of two Mercy Health hospitals in Cincinnati that are expanding in order to address a gap in services in the community.
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November 15, 2014
Keeping Up
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November 01, 2014
KentuckyOne teams make home visits to transition vulnerable patients
The KentuckyOne program, called Health Connections Initiative, fields a multidisciplinary team for home visits with recently hospitalized patients who have high medical needs, disjointed health care and high medical costs.
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November 01, 2014
'100 Days of Prayer' launches run-up to CHA centennial
CHA celebrates its centennial in 2015, and the inaugural event to mark 100 years of CHA history will be "100 Days of Prayer" leading up to World Day of the Sick.
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November 01, 2014
Daughters of Charity to sell six California hospitals to Prime Healthcare
The Daughters of Charity Health System Board of Directors approved the sale of the system's six California hospitals and medical foundation to Prime Healthcare Services and Prime Healthcare Foundation, the systems announced on Oct. 10. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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November 01, 2014
Mercy Birthing Center caters to women wanting low-intervention birth
To satisfy the preferences of expectant mothers who want a natural, low-intervention birth — but who also want the safety net of a full-service hospital should any complications arise Mercy Hospital St. Louis has opened the $2 million, four-suite Mercy Birthing Center, one of the few birthing centers in the U.S. located within a hospital.
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November 01, 2014
Institute of Medicine calls for broad improvements in end-of-life care
Advocates working to improve end-of-life care are welcoming a recent report from the Institute of Medicine. The report, Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life, is focusing nationwide attention on fundamental changes that need to be made to address gaping deficiencies in end-of-life care in the U.S.
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November 01, 2014
Advocates link Mount Carmel patients with primary care providers
Patient advocates in two emergency departments in the Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, are learning what motivates patients to go to the emergency room for nonemergency conditions as they work to connect these patients to primary care medical homes.