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February 15, 2014
Providence to affiliate with multispecialty clinic operator
Providence Health & Services and Pacific Medical Centers have announced plans to form an affiliation. The goal of the affiliation is to improve health outcomes for people in the northwestern U.S. while reducing the cost of care, according to the leaders of Providence and the secular nonprofit Pacific Medical Centers, known as PacMed. Providence and PacMed leaders expect to finalize their affiliation in late March.
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February 15, 2014
Auxiliary founder donates $1 million to Presence St. Mary's
The woman who founded the auxiliary of Presence St. Mary's Hospital in Kankakee, Ill., more than 60 years ago has given $1 million to the hospital.
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February 15, 2014
CHI reorganizes executive suite
Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives has reorganized the president and chief executive role — held by Kevin Lofton for 10-plus years — into three separate positions, each focused on different strategic priorities.
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February 15, 2014
Carmelite Sisters for the Aged acquires Providence Care Center from Sisters of Providence
The Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm have purchased a 69-bed Lenox, Mass.-based long-term care facility from the Sisters of Providence Health System.
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February 15, 2014
CHA and others to mark Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath Weekend
Places of worship and faith-based groups across the nation will take part in Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath Weekend to remember those who have lost their lives to gunfire, to pray for those whose lives have been changed because of the loss of a loved one, and to continue the discussion on how faith communities can work together to reduce gun violence.
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February 15, 2014
Saint Joseph's staff shelter snowbound Atlantans
As a rare snowstorm shut down much of Atlanta late last month, at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, "everyone pitched in, and everyone pulled together," to ensure patients, staff and community members were safe, sheltered and well-fed, said Sr. Rosemary Smith, SC, the hospital's chief mission officer.
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February 15, 2014
Alegent Creighton to build academic medical center on Bergan Mercy campus
Alegent Creighton Health plans to build a new academic medical center on the campus of Alegent Creighton Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center by late 2016.
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February 15, 2014
Providence partners with health center to expand access to specialty care
Providence Hospital of Washington, D.C., is expanding and improving upon a partnership it has with Unity Health Care, the district's largest federally qualified health center.
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February 15, 2014
Vatican emissary addresses Sponsorship Institute
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February 15, 2014
Providence builds immigrants' work skills, connections
Abdurahman Dawud, 30, was born in Somalia but spent most of his life — 22 years — eking out an existence in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. In 2011, his dream of emigrating to America finally came true through the auspices of Catholic Social Services in Anchorage, Alaska.