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February 01, 2011
Ministry systems find a NICHE in care of the elderly
It used to be common practice for hospitals in Mercy Health Services in Michigan to use a catheter whenever an elderly patient seemed to be having trouble urinating.
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February 01, 2011
CHRISTUS partnership aims to strengthen pediatric care
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System and San Antonio's public hospital have formed a partnership to build a new children's hospital and regional network of pediatric services, in part to attract a wider range of medical specialists.
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February 01, 2011
Responsibility of long-term care mission leaders evolves
A recent December morning found Sr. Kateri Theriault, OSF, hunting for a cheap but reliable car for an employee of St. Leonard, the Centerville, Ohio, nursing home where Sr. Theriault serves as mission integration director.
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February 01, 2011
Florida Catholics unite against human trafficking
Does human trafficking really happen here? That is the most common question Mary Alice Phelan, community health director at St. Vincent's HealthCare of Jacksonville, Fla., hears when she discusses sex and labor trafficking.
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January 15, 2011
Keeping Up
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January 15, 2011
Correction
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January 15, 2011
Ministry facilities ease the strain for working parents
It can be a real struggle for parents to juggle work and home demands. Performances on both fronts can suffer when stressed out workers fret about work when they are home and home when they are at work.
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January 15, 2011
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System upgrades hospitals, ambulatory care sites
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System of Ypsilanti, Mich., is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in its hospitals and ambulatory care facilities in Southeast Michigan to respond to the changing landscape of U.S. health care.
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January 15, 2011
Sr. Modde provided canonical expertise to ministry leaders
Sr. Margaret Mary Modde, OSF, died Dec. 9 in Rochester, Minn., at age 90.
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January 15, 2011
Street Medicine in Pittsburgh
Carrying a backpack stocked with medicine, bandages and pamphlets about free clinic care, Dr. Jim Withers walks the riverbanks and underpasses here searching for people who sleep under bridges and in hidden encampments.