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February 01, 2012
Two CHI-affiliated systems in Kentucky complete merger
Two Kentucky systems connected with Catholic Health Initiatives have merged to form that state's largest health care provider.
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February 01, 2012
Columbia St. Mary's gets doctors talking to each other about healing, job stress
Dr. Jennifer Rench certainly felt called to a career in medicine. Her original plans to follow in her father's footsteps and become an engineer were transformed, while she was in college, through a deeply spiritual encounter she experienced while volunteering at a small hospital in the Dominican Republic.
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February 01, 2012
Avera tackles stigma of mental illness with style
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center is proving the merits of an inventive approach to reducing the fear and stigma that keep many people from seeking mental health care.
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February 01, 2012
Catholic Healthcare West reorganizes governance, changes name to Dignity Health
Catholic Healthcare West has reorganized its governance structure and changed its name to Dignity Health.
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January 15, 2012
Campaign helps communities house the chronically homeless
A national not-for-profit says it can help communities to house chronically homeless individuals by making the communities aware of approaches, programs, funding sources and resources that they may not have known about or tried before.
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January 15, 2012
Sr. Lentz headed Sisters of St. Joseph congregation
Sr. Helene Lentz, CSJ, died of cancer Dec. 22 at age 64. She had played a leadership role in the merger that formed Via Christi Health of Wichita, Kan., and she had headed the congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Wichita.
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January 15, 2012
CHA member describes U.S. health care safety net at Vatican conference
Bonnie Phipps, president and chief executive of Ascension Health's Saint Agnes HealthCare in Baltimore, told an international audience of ministry health leaders about patient experiences with the health care safety net in the U.S.
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January 15, 2012
Two CHA board seats to be held open temporarily
At its December meeting, the CHA Board of Trustees decided to defer the recruitment and selection process for new board members until June 2013.
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January 15, 2012
Music therapy eases anxiety for patients at approach of death
For a decade, certified music-thanatologist Laura Moya has played the harp for terminally ill patients at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore.
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January 15, 2012
CHA and USCCB support new mercury emission standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued new rules to limit the amount of mercury and toxic air pollution that power plants emit, and CHA and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have said they support the new standards and believe they will help to protect people's health.