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August 01, 2012
SSM program cultivates leadership skills in frontline staff
Like a lot of people, Davina Dell-Steinbeck didn't relish having difficult conversations with colleagues, especially when it came to holding them accountable in their jobs.
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August 01, 2012
Ministry providers among environmental award winners
Practice Greenhealth has named the recipients of its annual Environmental Excellence Awards, and dozens of Catholic health care providers are among the honorees.
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August 01, 2012
Saint Francis tackles race-related disparity in prostate cancer outcomes
Gregory Perkins' bond with his church in Middletown, Conn., may have saved his life.
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August 01, 2012
Mercy teams with Wellmark in non-Medicare accountable care organization
A new agreement between Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines, Iowa, and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa could slow increases in health care costs, improve patient care and, just maybe, address a source of frustration that has troubled Dr. David Swieskowski throughout his medical career.
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August 01, 2012
Ministry leaders welcome Supreme Court's ruling
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mostly stands and, with it, the prospect that 30-some million more Americans will get health insurance.
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August 01, 2012
A busy time at CHA
The last couple of months have been especially busy at CHA, and I want to share some of it with you.
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July 01, 2012
Keeping Up
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July 01, 2012
Art program helps teens process feelings, avoid risky behavior
During her sophomore year at Westville High School, the normally outgoing Abbie Strebing began to withdraw from her family and friends, and from the activities she once loved to do.
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July 01, 2012
Boeing donates to Mercy charity care programs
The Boeing Company plans to donate $1 million over four years to Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy to improve health care access for low-income patients in the St. Louis area.
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July 01, 2012
Assembly ends with exhortation to care for the poor and powerless
Catholic health care leaders attending the Catholic Health Assembly here were sent off with a powerful closing session on the value of justice: justice as expressed in the Gospels, developed in the Catholic social tradition and lived out in Catholic health care today.