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May 15, 2011
Secret shopper technique sharpens patient focus at St. Rita's
The health care industry can learn many lessons from the shopping mall. That is the message from Walt Kinsey, vice president of patient experience at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, and a 44-year career veteran of Macy's department stores.
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May 15, 2011
Institute taps community resources to tackle Bellingham health concerns
An institute in Bellingham, Wash., is helping its backers to marshal local talent and to secure funding to delve into some of the area's most pressing health care concerns.
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May 15, 2011
Dr. Atul Gawande, MacArthur 'genius,' author and surgeon, to speak at assembly
In best-selling books and award-winning articles, surgeon and journalist Dr. Atul Gawande chronicles the daily failings of American medicine. The problems — spiraling costs, poor coordination of care, refusal to accept patient mortality or clinician fallibility — are unwieldy and entrenched.
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May 15, 2011
The challenge of change
The history of Catholic health care in the U.S. has been one of almost continuous change and risk. The constant has been our mission, and we have made adaptation after adaptation to remain available for the mission.
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May 01, 2011
Keeping Up
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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.