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May 01, 2011
Outstanding high schoolers get a taste of medicine at Providence
High school students eager to learn whether a career in medical science suits them dive into medicine, ethics and ministry as part of the Medical Focus Program at Providence High School in Burbank, Calif.
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May 01, 2011
St. Elizabeth holds yearlong centennial
St. Elizabeth Health Center of Youngstown, Ohio, is marking its centennial with a year of celebration that will conclude in December.
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May 01, 2011
Catholic Healthcare West debuts website for assessing community needs
Community benefit experts now can be more precise and judicious in how they assess and address community needs, with a free online tool that San Francisco's Catholic Healthcare West launched recently.
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May 01, 2011
Want to know if an elderly person is suicidal? Experts say to ask
Diminished appetite, irregular sleep habits and poor personal hygiene are all clues that an elderly person may be depressed. But the caregivers at Marguerite's House in Lawrence, Mass., have learned one of the best ways to assess if a resident is suicidal is to ask.
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May 01, 2011
Mercy to build prototype health complex in Edmond, Okla.
Sisters of Mercy Health System of Chesterfield, Mo., has broken ground on an $88 million outpatient care facility that administrators said will be a prototype for similar projects throughout the four states in which the system operates.
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May 01, 2011
Kids with chronic disease benefit from involvement in care decisions
Every year, some 500,000 children turn 18 with serious chronic illnesses including congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, renal disease, spina bifida and sickle-cell anemia.
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May 01, 2011
President Obama hosts White House Easter prayer breakfast
At busy times and amid critical national debates, "nothing beats Scripture and the reminder of the eternal" for keeping things in perspective, President Barack Obama told about 130 religious leaders at the White House Easter prayer breakfast last month.
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May 01, 2011
Much work ahead on improving health care quality and safety
While safety and quality initiatives are evolving and becoming more sophisticated in the U.S., progress has been slow.
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May 01, 2011
Arizona nurses tackle cavity prevention in kids
Kathleen Dowler could see the trouble in their little smiles. Dowler, a nurse at Chandler Regional Medical Center near Phoenix, saw many children with serious dental needs as she visited schools, Women, Infants and Children (WIC) centers and other stops on the hospital's traveling health clinic's circuit.
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May 01, 2011
Provena schools new nursing grads in clinical, social skills
Chief Nurse Executive Jackie Medland of Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill., has learned something about the character of new nurses during her 30-year career.