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May 15, 2014
Price estimator tool starts financial conversations with patients to avoid surprises
St. Joseph Regional Health Network, a Catholic Health Initiatives system in Reading, Pa., is providing pricing transparency and countering sticker shock with careful and thorough financial counseling for its patients.
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May 15, 2014
Franciscan sister's hobby produces delicious results
Last fall, as Sr. Louise Hembrecht, OSF, was walking the grounds of the motherhouse and convent of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in Manitowoc, Wis., she took note of the many maple trees around her and wondered: What would it take to tap those trees and harvest the sap to make syrup?
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May 15, 2014
Signs of progress evident at St. Francis de Sales Hospital
Construction is in full swing at the St. Francis de Sales Hospital complex, and that's a welcome sign of progress here in Haiti's capital city.
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May 15, 2014
Researchers explore mindfulness as preventive medicine
Veteran Karen Breeze, 66, of Lisle, Ill., left military service 45 years ago, after serving as the first female computer programmer in the Marine Corps from 1966 to 1969, during the escalation of the Vietnam War.
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May 15, 2014
Training for a quick and adept medical crisis response
The West Hartford Police Department in Connecticut trains police officers, members of the military and firefighters in how to assist critically injured members of the public and other emergency responders, and in how to provide self-care if injured or wounded.
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May 15, 2014
Trauma surgeons want more people trained to assist in mass casualty incidents
More than 250 people have been killed in the United States during active shooter and mass casualty incidents since the Columbine High School shootings in 1999.
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May 15, 2014
Human touch is integral to the art of medicine
In Dr. Abraham Verghese's novel, Cutting for Stone, Dr. Thomas Stone, a renowned surgeon, poses this question to an audience of 200 medical students: "What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?"
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May 09, 2014
With Detroit economy improving, ministry facilities up capital spending
After years of steep economic decline, Detroit is seeing signs that the worst may be behind it. Although the city is still working through municipal bankruptcy, there are glimmers of economic activity in the city's private sector and some signs of economic hope in the region.
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May 01, 2014
Keeping Up
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May 01, 2014
Patient donates Hot Wheels collection