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August 15, 2012
Keeping Up
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August 15, 2012
Outreach program in Kenya aims to reduce AIDS' impact, prevalence
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has had a more drastic impact on sub-Saharan Africa than on any other region of the world, with more than 22 million currently infected with the disease and more than 14 million children losing at least one parent to HIV/AIDS.
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August 15, 2012
Dignity Health acquires occupational medicine network, urgent care system
San Francisco-based Dignity Health is acquiring a Valencia, Calif.-based occupational medicine and urgent care system that had been looking for a partner to help it expand.
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August 15, 2012
Surplus recovery organizations gather to consider formal collaboration
During a mid-July meeting here, leaders of organizations that ship donated medical equipment to health care providers in the developing world took early steps toward creating a formal network aimed at increasing the efficiency, professionalism and supply chain systems expertise of the sector.
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August 15, 2012
St. Joseph's Highland to build replacement campus by mid-2013
St. Joseph's Hospital, a critical access hospital in Highland, Ill., has broken ground on a $60 million-plus replacement campus about 1 mile away from the existing hospital.
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August 15, 2012
Experts provide tips and guidance on community benefit assessments
The disciplined process required for tax-exempt hospitals to assess and address community health needs in line with evolving Internal Revenue Service reporting requirements can be turned into a springboard for launching effective community collaborations that focus resources where they're needed and achieve meaningful, measurable improvements in population health.
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August 15, 2012
Full 38 weeks in the womb makes for healthier babies
There are many legitimate reasons to induce a birth before term. A nonrefundable plane ticket is not one of them.
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August 15, 2012
Felician Village staff uses empathy to head off conflict
Prior to this year, when residents of Felician Village of Manitowoc, Wis., confronted staff members with concerns and complaints, staff didn't always have a good idea of just how to respond.
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August 15, 2012
REVAMPING NEIGHBORHOODS - Bon Secours primes the pump for redevelopment of struggling neighborhoods
When Peggy Baxter returned home to retire in 2003 after being away for 36 years, she hardly recognized her old neighborhood of Sterling in Greenville, S.C.
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August 15, 2012
Centura pilots Hospital at Home for geriatric patients
A chronically ill patient limps into the emergency room, clearly sick enough to be admitted. Prepare a hospital bed, right?