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October 15, 2011
Ministry leaders explore how best to equip people for sponsor roles
CHA recently convened 21 ministry leaders to discuss how Catholic health care sponsorship is changing and how the ministry is adjusting to the changes.
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October 01, 2011
Keeping Up
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October 01, 2011
Br. Longo helps PACE clients explore spiritual concerns
It's a busy Wednesday morning at the Alexian Brothers PACE Program here, as more than a hundred older adults arrive for their day at the center and make their way to their usual seats at dozens of large, round tables scattered around a ballroom-sized gathering area.
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October 01, 2011
Catholic Health Association's chief executive lauded for ministry leadership
CHA's President and Chief Executive Officer Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, was honored recently with leadership awards from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Sisters of Divine Providence — Marie de la Roche Province.
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October 01, 2011
Curriculum prepares community benefit staff to meet rigorous expectations
Hospitals' community benefit work has been coming under increased scrutiny in recent years, with the government and others asking tax-exempt health care providers to demonstrate that they understand and are responding to priority health needs in their communities.
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October 01, 2011
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center leaders nurture their spirituality
"Food for the soul." That is how Paul Rouleau describes the Spiritual Grounding sessions he attends regularly at St. Mary's Health System in Lewiston, Maine.
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October 01, 2011
Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola to add five-story tower
The 466-bed Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., plans to add a five-story tower to its campus by 2016. The hospital will begin the $57 million construction project in spring 2012.
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October 01, 2011
Affordable Care Act spurs expansion of school-based health centers
The government is allocating grant money to improve health centers serving schoolchildren, and ministry members that run such centers are among the recipients.
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October 01, 2011
Nurse-led clinic provides a medical home to Savannah's uninsured
Seven years ago, St. Mary's Community Health Center in Savannah, Ga., opened in a 10-by-10-foot, curtained corner of a computer lab at St. Mary's Community Center, an outreach of St. Joseph's/Candler Health System.
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October 01, 2011
Cancer patients assess, mine spiritual strengths
When Trudy Barber learned a year and a half ago that she had advanced-stage breast cancer, she felt she had two options: "I could either rise up or spiral down in despair," said the 50-year-old Elbing, Kan., resident.