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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.
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March 01, 2012
Keeping Up
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March 01, 2012
Stand-alone EDs help ministry extend care to fast-growing areas
For decades many U.S. cities and older ring suburbs have seen their population base shift ever outward into far suburbs and exurbs.
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March 01, 2012
Saint Thomas, Capella to partner on joint venture
Saint Thomas Health of Nashville, Tenn., plans to create a joint venture company with the private, Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare in a move that Saint Thomas' head said is needed to achieve the "fundamental, transformational change" necessary in health care today.
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March 01, 2012
Mercy sells Alabama campus
Mercy Medical of Daphne, Ala., sold its main campus to Florida's SE Healthcare Dec. 1 and has identified a buyer for its assisted living and independent living facilities.
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March 01, 2012
Seniors build bonds with tutors while learning to use computers
At 87 years old, Claire Hoepfl figures she still has time left to learn a new thing or two. That's why when the opportunity arose for her to learn how to use a personal computer, Hoepfl jumped at the chance.
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March 01, 2012
Ascension Health entities said to pursue partnerships
As Catholic Health World went to press, St. Louis-based Ascension Health Care Network and Ascension Health were pursuing partnerships in the northeastern U.S.