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December 01, 2011
Trinity Health moves to acquire Chicago's Mercy Hospital by spring
Trinity Health of Novi, Mich., and Mercy Health System of Chicago have signed a letter of intent for the Chicago system's Mercy Hospital & Medical Center to join Trinity.
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December 01, 2011
CHA program looks at contributions of mission leaders in long-term care
As Catholic acute care providers continue to anticipate and prepare for the implementation of health reform and the aging of the U.S. population, they should turn to long-term care providers for insights, since long-term care providers have critical expertise to share when it comes to meeting the needs of older people.
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December 01, 2011
Mercy keeps its Joplin workforce engaged for long haul
Recent graduate Brittany McBee was scheduled to start a full-time nursing job in the emergency room at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., on Monday, May 23.
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December 01, 2011
Alexian Brothers program eases behavioral health patients back into school setting
Most teachers get it. A student who has missed class to receive mental health care needs extra time and help to catch up.
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December 01, 2011
Ascension Health grooms small business leaders as health reform advocates
Just as grassroots advocacy was important in the campaign to win passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it is proving equally crucial to educating the public about the merits of the law.
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December 01, 2011
Nation's debt threatens economy, health care security
Getting control of the mounting federal debt is critical to the economic well-being of Americans and the security of the nation, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., told the audience of ministry advocates and government relations specialists gathered at CHA's Catholic Legislative Advocacy Conference here.
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November 15, 2011
Keeping Up
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November 15, 2011
Starting with their staffs, hospitals promote healthy choices
Just because people work in the health care field does not mean they are healthy.
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November 15, 2011
Sisters of the Holy Family anticipate foundress' beatification
The Vatican is reviewing the sainthood cause of the foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family of New Orleans, and the congregation of black women religious anticipates that a beatification could happen as early as fall 2012.
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November 15, 2011
Climate change is an environmental justice issue, experts say
Experts believe climate change is contributing to the increasing severity and frequency of extreme weather events around the world, including heat waves, floods and droughts.