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June 01, 2013
Carondelet Health to sell two hospitals
Carondelet Health in Kansas City, Mo., part of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, will sell St. Joseph and St. Mary's Medical Centers to the HCA Midwest Health System, which is the city's largest health care provider and private sector employer.
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June 01, 2013
Bon Secour has Richmond, Va., kids exercising bodies and brains simultaneously
"What's five times seven?" Rather than raise their hands, third graders at Montrose Elementary School in Richmond, Va. jump on mats — first to the number "3," then "5," to give the correct answer.
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June 01, 2013
Rehab patients master varied terrain in mobility courtyards
As 88-year-old Vernon Ohrt recovers after surgery to place a pacemaker, he's working on improving his endurance, strength and balance in a mobility courtyard at St. Mary's Care Center in Winsted, Minn.
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June 01, 2013
Social justice requires health care access for undocumented immigrants
Common stereotypes and negative attitudes about immigrants have U.S. health care policy implications where lawmakers restrict or prohibit benefits particularly to undocumented immigrants; however, a Catholic social justice response calls for care providers to recommit to serving immigrant populations who are often most in need, say two speakers who recently presented a CHA webinar.
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June 01, 2013
CHRISTUS builds academic, research partnerships along with Children's Hospital of San Antonio
New patients get toy hard hats as welcoming souvenirs. Life-sized posters of smiling children point the way to temporarily relocated services.
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June 01, 2013
Therapy program helps patients short circuit obsessive-compulsive behaviors
A pregnant Jennifer Noetzel knew she needed serious help managing her obsessive-compulsive disorder when she insisted her husband exchange all the gifts she had received at a baby shower for the exact same ones.
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June 01, 2013
Workshop teaches patients with chronic disease to maximize their abilities through self care
When Barbara Tucker enrolled in a chronic disease management workshop three years ago, she was confined to a wheelchair and frequently was unable to talk due to the effects of polymyositis, an inflammatory disease of the muscles, and scleroderma, which causes a hardening of connective tissue.
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May 15, 2013
Keeping Up
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May 15, 2013
LSU, Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge, La., complete transition
A public-private collaboration between Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and Louisiana State University went into effect in April, bringing the LSU Health Sciences Center's inpatient and outpatient services, graduate medical education and clinical training in Baton Rouge to Our Lady of the Lake.
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May 15, 2013
Providence Holy Cross receives $7 million bequest
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, Calif., received its largest gift ever in April, a more than $7 million trust bequest from the estate of Julian and Gladys Saunders.