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October 15, 2014
Ascension Health may transfer Mount St. Mary's to Catholic Health
If an affiliation agreement signed in mid-August is completed, St. Louis-based Ascension Health will transfer parenthood of Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center in Lewiston, N.Y., to Catholic Health System of Buffalo, N.Y.
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October 15, 2014
Mercy doctor advances potential for mining performance data on implanted devices
Millions of people worldwide live with an implanted medical device, whether a heart stent or an artificial hip. But currently there's no standard tracking system for implanted medical devices. If there's a problem with an implanted device, it's difficult to quickly identify and notify patients who have the devices in order to address or correct defects.
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October 15, 2014
Mercy's artists-in-residence engage chemo patients in creative distractions
It was love at first sight, says Jamie Dansicker, recalling two years ago when she first volunteered to help outpatient chemotherapy patients at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore work on art projects while they underwent treatment for cancer.
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October 15, 2014
Joyful aloha marks return of St. Marianne Cope's remains
In a day of celebration, the remains of St. Marianne Cope were enshrined at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu on July 31. St. Marianne is beloved on the Hawaiian Islands and far beyond, remembered for her 35 years of caring for those with Hansen's disease, or leprosy.
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October 15, 2014
Keeping Up
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October 01, 2014
Hospitals form a front line against prescription opiate abuse
My pain medication was stolen. I left my pill bottle in another city. My doctor is on vacation. Your honor, I have a valid prescription for oxycodone. Medical professionals who deal with patients pitching for pain-relieving narcotics hear the first three stories all the time.
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October 01, 2014
Medical residents and Guatemalan medical students trade places
When two U.S. medical residents traveled in the spring to Santo Tomas in Guatemala, as trailblazers for the new Providence Health & Services Educational Exchange, they learned just how difficult it can be to reach rural populations with health care services.
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October 01, 2014
Ministry Health Care provides pastoral education to fill pipeline for chaplaincy jobs
In a rural area where it had been difficult to recruit qualified chaplains, Ministry Health Care in central and northern Wisconsin created its own solution by starting a clinical pastoral education program based out of Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital in Weston.
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October 01, 2014
Dignity Health establishes system-wide foundation to expand programs' impact
It is common for even the largest health systems in the U.S. to concentrate fund-raising and fund-giving activities almost entirely at a local level. This approach has individual hospital foundations building relationships with local givers, securing donations and bequests and hosting fund-raising galas, charity golf games, celebrity appearances and the like.
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October 01, 2014
Café offers monthly respite for memory loss patients, caregivers
When caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease, it can be challenging to find a social activity that provides a relaxing opportunity to interact with others without the risk of embarrassment or stigma