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July 01, 2011
Seizing the opportunity for reform, ministry works to meet challenges
Health reform presents the opportunity for Catholic health care to advance its mission of healing, CHA President and Chief Executive Officer Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, told the audience at the 2011 Catholic Health Assembly.
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July 01, 2011
Develop pit crew skills for new era, Gawande advises
The nation's health care providers are battling over what it means to lower the costs of patient care without harming a soul, said Dr. Atul Gawande, keynote speaker at the Catholic Health Assembly.
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July 01, 2011
Berwick: U.S. ripe for health care delivery improvements
"It's a difficult time for health care," said Dr. Donald Berwick, in a keynote address to the Catholic Health Assembly.
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June 15, 2011
Keeping Up
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June 15, 2011
Doctor's mission is modernizing Vietnamese medical care
The taxi ride to Bach Mai Hospital is harrowing. Pedestrians rarely have the advantage of a stop sign or traffic light as they step off curbs and walk into an onrush of traffic, parting the motorbikes, pedicabs, bicycles, cars, buses and trucks.
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June 15, 2011
Alexian to build children's medical center on northwest Chicago campus
Alexian Brothers Health System has broken ground on a $117 million children's hospital on the campus of the system's St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Slated to open in 2013, the facility will be called Alexian Brothers Children's Hospital.
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June 15, 2011
Nominations open for palliative care award
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 Circle of Life Award: Celebrating Innovation in Palliative and End-of-Life Care.
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June 15, 2011
Exempla Saint Joseph to redevelop downtown Denver campus by 2014
By December 2014, Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in downtown Denver plans to complete a $623 million campus redevelopment project that will replace the current structure that was built in the 1960s with a facility designed for today's needs.
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June 15, 2011
As storm unleases chaos, ER staff, rescuers swing into action
It was a peaceful Sunday afternoon at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. Nancy Nichols, an emergency room secretary, heard tornado sirens.
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June 15, 2011
St. John's moves to recover from killer tornado in Joplin, Mo.
St. John's Regional Medical Center, battered by a killer super tornado that churned through Joplin, Mo., on May 22, is continuing to treat patients from a temporary facility.