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August 01, 2013
Alexian Brothers spreads message that childproof homes include furniture anchors
A family tragedy has turned into a new life's calling for Lisa Siefert. With help from the Alexian Brothers Health System in Arlington Heights, Ill., Siefert has taken on the task of educating parents and doctors on the importance of securing infant furniture and televisions to avoid accidents like the one that killed her 2-year-old son Shane in 2011.
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August 01, 2013
Saint Peter's promotes disease prevention and wellness to diocesan priests
It isn't easy to convince members of the clergy, whose focus is on helping others, to make their own health a priority.
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August 01, 2013
Senior peer counselors offer guidance in matters of love, loss and life
As a volunteer senior peer counselor for Providence Health & Services in Southern California, Joan Barrie helps older adults grapple with common problems that arrive with age — the loneliness that follows a spouse's death, the anger that accompanies the loss of independence, the depression that follows a life-changing diagnosis.
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August 01, 2013
Young and old make loving connections at intergenerational centers
For Judy Sweetland, Fridays are special. Sweetland, 74, is among about 400 older adults who live at the Providence Mount St. Vincent community in Seattle.
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August 01, 2013
Get Covered America campaign kicks off
A major public awareness and enrollment campaign is taking shape as the Enroll America coalition works to educate Americans on new health care coverage options.
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August 01, 2013
Employer mandate delay provides opportunity to 'get it right'
The Obama administration announced in July that it would delay for one year, until 2015, the mandate that large employers provide affordable health insurance to workers or pay a penalty.
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July 01, 2013
Keeping Up
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July 01, 2013
Bishop Sullivan's legacy includes commitment to health care, social services
Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan, retired auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Brooklyn, died on June 7 from injuries he sustained in a May 30 car accident.
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July 01, 2013
Health Partners Consulting guides physician practices in conversion to medical homes
When working with physician practices making the transition to patient-centered medical homes, Roni Christopher, executive director of health care transformation at Health Partners Consulting in Cincinnati, compares the process to trying to eat an elephant.
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July 01, 2013
CHRISTUS Health raises the quality, clinical value of its ethics consults
Several years ago, when senior leaders of ethics at CHRISTUS Health reviewed practices of the approximately 40 ethics committees in its hospitals, they found an uneven landscape.