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December 15, 2011
Vatican conference raises awareness of adult stem cell advances
Over 200 scientists, physicians, clergy, theologians, ethicists, educators and policy makers met at the Vatican Nov. 9-11 for the first international Vatican conference on the use and promise of adult stem cells in medical treatment.
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December 15, 2011
Should for-profits be members of CHA?
A special CHA task force is studying the question of whether for-profit health care organizations that also maintain Catholic identity should be allowed to continue membership in the association.
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December 01, 2011
Keeping Up
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December 01, 2011
Ministry hospitals point community members toward weight loss options
Many ministry facilities are identifying obesity as a top public health priority and developing programs that resonate in their communities to address it.
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December 01, 2011
New national initiatives launched to promote jobs for veterans
With the last American soldiers set to leave Iraq by year's end and a timetable in place for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan by 2014, the White House has announced a series of initiatives to increase employment prospects for returning soldiers.
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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.