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June 01, 2012
USCCB provides a blessing for unborn babies
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has posted a resource online for dioceses, parishes and others to use to bless unborn children and their families.
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June 01, 2012
Eastern Iowa's Mercy Medical Center to form ACO with university system
Mercy Medical Center of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the University of Iowa Health Care system of Iowa City, Iowa, plan to form an accountable care organization.
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June 01, 2012
IRS allows hospitals to claim credit for environmentally responsible activities
Environmental sustainability and policy leaders from Catholic health care and other health care organizations meeting here at CleanMed 2012 had high praise for an IRS rule change that allows hospitals to report certain environmental investments and activities as community benefits on IRS Form 990, Schedule H.
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June 01, 2012
Philadelphia archdiocese repurposes churches, schools as senior housing
Mary Poiesz lived 84 years in the same row house in south Philadelphia. She and her brothers were born there. The parish church was on the same block.
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June 01, 2012
CRS head uses organizational savy to tackle challenges
To someone unfamiliar with her formation as a Catholic and her adventurous nature, it might seem that Carolyn Y. Woo made a big leap this year when she left a deanship at one of the top business schools in the U.S. for the presidency of Catholic Relief Services — an organization that does development work in some of the world's poorest economies.
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June 01, 2012
Sponsors deliberating how best to preserve ministry's identity
The rapidly changing health care environment is challenging sponsors with new questions about how best to ensure that the ministry maintains its identity.
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May 15, 2012
Keeping Up
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May 15, 2012
'Listening campaign' helps facilities tap into community needs
It can be difficult for a hospital's community benefit staff to ensure they are getting a complete picture of what community members want and need.
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May 15, 2012
St. John's in Oxnard, Calif., celebrates centennial
St. John's Regional Medical Center of Oxnard, Calif., held a Mass in September to mark the 100th anniversary of the Sisters of Mercy arriving in Oxnard to establish health care services.
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May 15, 2012
Community Mercy to shutter Springfield, Ohio, long-term care center
By June 1, Community Mercy Health Partners of Springfield, Ohio, will close an eldercare facility it operates in Springfield. It is assisting its 65 residents in transitioning to other long-term care campuses.