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November 01, 2011
Mercy to invest $4.6 billion in Missouri operations by 2019
Mercy health system of Chesterfield, Mo., has announced it will spend $4.6 billion over the next eight years to enhance its Missouri operations.
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November 01, 2011
Doctor says crowdsourcing tools can make people healthier
In his seminal book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, Clay Shirky explores how new technology and social media can foster democracy, stop crime, even build a better kite.
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November 01, 2011
Duquesne University conference explores immigrants' health and social challenges
As globalization makes the world more interconnected, widespread economic uncertainty and anti-immigration sentiment is creating more barriers to the movement of workers across borders and contributing to a divisive sense of "them and us."
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November 01, 2011
Wheaton clinic counts its successes two by two
In April, 2010, Chrissy Pircio — 21 weeks pregnant with twins — found herself lying flat on her back in a rented RV as her husband and brother sped down the highway on a 10-hour trip, from her home near Pittsburgh to Milwaukee in a desperate bid to save her babies' lives.
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November 01, 2011
Health care providers target obesity as threat in communities
Obesity rates have been rising rapidly in the U.S. and have reached epidemic levels.
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October 15, 2011
Keeping Up
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October 15, 2011
Detroit's St. John receives Kellogg grant
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded Detroit's St. John Hospital and Medical Center $1.2 million to promote breast-feeding, particularly among low-income and minority women.
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October 15, 2011
Mercy in Grayling, Mich., marks centennial
Northern Michigan's Mercy Hospital Grayling celebrated its 100-year anniversary this spring with a ceremony presided over in part by Bishop Bernard Hebda of the Diocese of Gaylord, Mich.
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October 15, 2011
Joint Commission names care quality leaders in five categories
"Top Performers on Key Quality Measures," a recently published list of 405 hospitals singled out by the Joint Commission for excellence in patient care, includes 30 CHA member hospitals.
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October 15, 2011
Saint Raphael program allows for earlier detection of breast cancer
Women at high risk for breast cancer because of family or personal medical history can now be genetically tested and undergo other diagnostic screening through a new program at the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Conn.