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April 15, 2012
Keeping Up
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April 15, 2012
Wheaton taps into employees' passion for environmentalism
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare and its facilities have identified many ways that they can reduce their impact on the environment. All require staff effort — and in many cases, behavior change — to implement.
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April 15, 2012
Ascension Health Alliance unit starts group purchasing organization
A subsidiary of St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance has launched a group purchasing organization that system leaders said will help cut supply costs and waste at health care facilities.
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April 15, 2012
Supreme Court takes up health reform; voters weigh in with public demonstrations
Advocates on both sides of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act brought their messages to the Supreme Court late last month, as justices heard lawyers articulate arguments that will help the court determine the future of the two-year-old law.
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April 15, 2012
Dispensary expands efforts to funnel surplus medications to underserved
A nonprofit dispensary that collects surplus pharmaceuticals and then distributes them to clinics for people in need is asking for the ministry's help to expand the scope of its work.
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April 15, 2012
Fr. O'Rourke was one of the nation's most accomplished ethicists
Fr. Kevin D. O'Rouke, OP, died March 28 at age 85. He served the ministry as a health care ethicist for four decades, emerging as one of the nation's foremost thinkers in bioethics.
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April 15, 2012
Holy Cross works to reduce health care risks for seniors
With increased longevity comes an increasing number of sensory-impaired seniors needing health care services.
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April 15, 2012
Changing seasons bring flurry of deal announcements in ministry
March brought news of several new or advancing affiliations involving Catholic health systems and facilities.
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April 01, 2012
Keeping Up
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April 01, 2012
CRS, CHA to bolster health care in emerging economies
In many developing countries, religious communities and other faith-based providers have been successful in establishing a basic level of health care services for the poor.