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April 01, 2011
Hospice of the Valley outreach builds trust with African Americans community
The Underground Railroad may no longer operate, but the strategies slaves developed more than 150 years ago to reach freedom help today's African-American community distinguish between institutions that claim concern and those that deliver.
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April 01, 2011
Physician gives $1 million to birth center
The Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, Conn., has completed a $2.2 million renovation of its birth center, and has renamed the unit in honor of a philanthropic physician and his late wife.
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April 01, 2011
Emory and Saint Joseph's of Atlanta to form joint operating company
Emory Healthcare and Saint Joseph's Hospital, both of Atlanta, plan to form a partnership later this year that Saint Joseph's top administrator said will help the organizations to "tackle the changing landscape of health care and create an even better and more innovative clinical care delivery model."
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April 01, 2011
Health system shifts will bring ministry new ethical issues, says lecturer
Reform will have a profound impact on how health care is delivered, and ministry ethicists must be able to keep pace with the changes.
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April 01, 2011
Trinity Health plans to acquire Loyola University Health System
Trinity Health plans to acquire Loyola University Health System from Loyola University Chicago.
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April 01, 2011
Sober housing gives addicts a better chance to succeed
The letter starts out like this: "None of us, myself included, had any idea where we would go after our inpatient treatment. When Mercy (Recovery Center) asked me what my plan was after release from detox, I responded 'I have no idea, I have no place to go.'
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April 01, 2011
Lincoln, Neb., leaders want everyone to have a medical home
Jaci Augustin of Lincoln, Neb., a maintenance worker without medical insurance, is receiving charity treatment for breast cancer. What she had trouble finding was routine care for high blood pressure.
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April 01, 2011
Ascension Health developing best methods to reduce or eliminate birth complications
The vast majority of mothers in the U.S. give birth with no serious complications. But sometimes, things do go wrong in the delivery room.
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March 15, 2011
Keeping Up
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March 15, 2011
Ministry's collections demonstrate wit, grit and devotion
Catholic health care's roots run deep in communities across the U.S., in some cases all the way back to the 1700s and 1800s.