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April 01, 2012
Mercy pipes specialty medicine to remote sites
David Richardson woke up early as usual, between 4 and 5 a.m. He didn't feel well. He nibbled at the breakfast his wife, Karin, made later that Sunday morning, then told her he was going to lie down.
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March 15, 2012
Keeping Up
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March 15, 2012
New CHI model helps patients follow care prescriptions
The trend line is clear: To be successful under reform, health care providers will need to coordinate patients' care in a way that improves the patients' outcomes while also reducing the chances that they'll relapse and need avoidable, expensive follow-up hospitalization.
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March 15, 2012
Staff-created book helps prepare kids for assault exams
It can be traumatizing for a victim of an assault to undergo a forensic sexual assault exam, particularly if that victim is a child.
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March 15, 2012
Mother Marianne Cope's canonization ceremony set for October
Pope Benedict XVI will canonize Mother Marianne Cope on Oct. 21.
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March 15, 2012
Community Mercy opens Springfield, Ohio, replacement hospital
Community Mercy Health Partners of Springfield, Ohio, has opened a $250 million, 254-bed hospital in downtown Springfield to replace two aging campuses.
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March 15, 2012
CHI grants tackle systemic poverty and violence in Reading, Pa.
Staffers in the emergency room at St. Joseph Medical Center find themselves treating a victim of violence almost daily, says Michele Jones, who for the past six years has directed emergency services at St. Joseph, which is located in Reading, Pa.
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March 15, 2012
Pediatric clinic's private practice model comforts kids and families
When his kindergarten class held a party for "special guests" last year, 7-year-old Jacob Critser had no trouble figuring out whom to invite.
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March 15, 2012
Ministry members join Partnership for Patients
At St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit, Dr. Mohamad G. Fakih developed standards that have greatly reduced the incidence of infections caused by central line and urinary catheters.
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March 15, 2012
CHA joins in position briefs supporting Affordable Care Act
CHA has joined five other national hospital groups in a legal battle to support hard-won health reform legislation that it considers to be crucial to expanding health care to uninsured Americans.