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November 01, 2011
Providence Health & Services and Swedish Health Services to affiliate
Providence Health & Services and Swedish Health Services plan to form an affiliation of their Western Washington facilities, potentially by early next year.
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November 01, 2011
Sisters of Charity health system adopts PJP sponsor model
The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth have transferred their health system sponsor role to a newly formed public juridic person.
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November 01, 2011
Carondelet receives $4.5 million bequest for hospice, palliative care
The Carondelet Foundation of Tucson, Ariz., has received a $4.5 million donation to bolster the support services it provides to people who need palliative care and hospice services.
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November 01, 2011
Palliative care growing, but many still lack access
Palliative care is one of the fastest-growing services in health care, according to a new report released by the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the National Palliative Care Research Center.
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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
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