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March 01, 2014
Nurse practitioner takes on pivotal role at critical access hospital
The tucked-away northern Wisconsin town of Eagle River — population about 1,400 — draws visitors with its hundreds of miles of snowmobile trails and a towering ice castle that volunteers have constructed annually for decades by stacking blocks of ice cut from a nearby lake.
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March 01, 2014
CHRISTUS Muguerza clinics reach impoverished and medically underserved
When her toddler son was diagnosed with Kawasaki syndrome, a serious but treatable condition that causes inflammation in the arterial walls, Luz María Ruiz Aguilar sought help from a 24-hour medical clinic in a struggling neighborhood in Monterrey, Mexico.
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March 01, 2014
CHRISTUS moves forward with joint venture in Chile
The Irving, Texas-based system CHRISTUS Health, which already has a significant international presence in Mexico, has finalized its joint venture agreement with a Catholic university to manage and partially own a Chilean health system.
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February 15, 2014
Ascension Health's sale of Carondelet Health's Kansas City, Mo., hospitals is off
Ascension Health and HCA Midwest Health System have ended talks to sell Ascension Health's Carondelet Health Kansas City, Mo., area hospitals to HCA, saying in a Jan. 31 statement it had become clear the proposed deal was not going to get timely approval from the Federal Trade Commission.
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February 15, 2014
Keeping Up
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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.