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June 15, 2014
Saint Anthony Hospital builds community by breaking down walls
Saint Anthony Hospital in southwest Chicago wants to be known as a "hospital without walls," reaching out to community leaders and area residents to build relationships and provide more access points for health care and for wellness education.
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June 01, 2014
Keeping Up
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June 01, 2014
Religion, theology and art abound in CHA formation program
CHA's annual Ecclesiology and Spiritual Renewal Program for Health Care Leaders in Rome offers ministry executives and trustees the opportunity to understand more fully the views and teachings of the Catholic Church, and the impact on its global health care ministry.
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June 01, 2014
Saint Joseph asks community: What are you doing to get moving?
Even everyday activities like doing a load of laundry or planting flowers burn calories; and, with minor modification, daily tasks can build strength and improve fitness, too.
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June 01, 2014
Mercy Medical Center turns patient care areas into concert halls
When Helen Raub worked as a critical care nurse, she had a patient on a ventilator who was visibly soothed by music. When the music played, the patient "was very calm and peaceful, but it had a positive effect on me, too," said Raub.
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June 01, 2014
Committee learns about organizations with for-profit status or secular identities
A committee that is looking into organizational structures in the ministry that currently fall outside of CHA's traditional membership criteria has been gaining insights into those structures by talking with leaders of those organizations.
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June 01, 2014
Saint Thomas launches spiritually themed marketing campaign
Spirituality and faith are the focus of virtually every component of Saint Thomas Health's new marketing campaign, "Nothing shall be impossible."
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June 01, 2014
Catholic Health Initiatives, Sylvania Franciscan Health in merger talks
Catholic Health Initiatives and SylvaniaFranciscan Health signed a nonbinding letter of intent on May 21 for Toledo, Ohio-based Sylvania Franciscan Health to join Englewood, Colo.-based CHI.
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June 01, 2014
CHI renames facilities and introduces fresh logo, tagline
Catholic Health Initiatives is implementing a system-wide rebranding strategy, through which it has renamed all of its facilities to include the "CHI" name, and introduced a new logo and tagline.
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June 01, 2014
Systems take population health approach to care for own employees
Kathy Scarnaty, a 53-year-old from Mechanicsville, Va., has dropped 17 pounds in the past year. She always tried to eat right before her weight loss, but now has honed in on how many proteins, vegetables, fruits and carbohydrates she should consume daily.