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September 01, 2011
Denver's St. Anthony opens hospital
St. Anthony Central Hospital has completed construction of a $435 million replacement hospital six miles away from its Denver location.
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September 01, 2011
Mercy geriatric assessment program provides dementia care, family support
Roy Hopkins of Morristown, Tenn., began manifesting signs of vascular dementia at age 66, shortly after open heart surgery in 1995.
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September 01, 2011
Hospice caregivers tune into special needs of veterans
Phyllis Hill, a hospice social worker, was visiting a 90-year-old patient for the first time. They made polite small talk in his living room. Hill asked if he'd been in the military.
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September 01, 2011
AWARE builds self-esteem and coping skills in adolescents overcoming behavioral health challenges
More than 60 percent of the population of Passaic, N.J., is Latino. Many families hail from Chile, Peru, Ecuador and other South American countries as well as Mexico.
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September 01, 2011
Organizational ethics could put ministry ahead on health reform
Health care reform is expected to have an impact on virtually every aspect of the nation's health care delivery system.
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September 01, 2011
Mission leader ponders spirituality walking the Way of St. James
Assisted by little more than a good pair of athletic shoes and a wicking T-shirt, Catholic Health Initiatives' Vice President of Mission Integration Luke Larson, joined by his wife Evie, walked 500 miles in 48 days across the Camino de Santiago de Compostela to the burial place of St. James.
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August 15, 2011
Keeping Up
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August 15, 2011
Organizational ethics programs drive deep cultural change
It has been two decades since the Joint Commission called upon health care providers to determine how they could best anticipate the ethical concerns that can arise at an organizational level.
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August 15, 2011
CHA joins partners in calling for equal access to health care for all
CHA has partnered with four national organizations in a "call to action" aimed at eliminating health care disparities.
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August 15, 2011
CHA, Ascension Health combine to promote quality in ethics
Health care professionals are accustomed to measuring and refining their skills throughout their careers.