• May 11, 2026
    Providence cardiologist's 5K fitness program leads to growing health and wellness initiative that reaches thousands

    Heart to Start is now part of a broader offering with health coaching, classes and resources.

    Dr. James Beckerman, a cardiologist with Providence St. Joseph Health, celebrates at the finish line with a participant at a Heart to Start 5K in Portland, Oregon.
  • May 11, 2026
    Ascension leader in Northwest Florida donates part of liver to brother, calls her career and experience 'God's timing'

    Coleen Rickey, now in charge of a mobile health outreach program, left her previous Ascension job to help her brother.

    Coleen Rickey, a mobile outreach leader for Ascension in Northwest Florida, donated part of her liver to her brother, Harry Tucker, in 2023.
  • May 04, 2026
    Bypass patient's survival 'nothing short of a miracle' after complications; clinicians credited at CommonSpirit hospital

    The surgeon at St. Luke’s Health-The Woodlands Hospital near Houston had braced the family for the worst.

    Alisna, center foreground, poses with members of her care team and other friends and family
  • May 04, 2026
    Providence, Catholic Charities partner to help Eastern Washington patients with complex needs for 'as long as it takes'

    The Stable Placements program helps long-term patients avoid readmission by assisting them with housing and consistent care.

    a person holding a small house display in their hand
  • April 27, 2026
    More hospitals are adding obstetrical emergency departments. Leaders at Catholic hospitals discuss benefits

    OB-EDs are staffed by hospitalists and help mothers and babies who need immediate care or reassurance.

    recently opened OB-ED at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, part of FMOL Health, has eight beds and is staffed around the clock with an obstetrician and support staff.
  • April 27, 2026
    Providence's Caring Reliably equips caregivers, leaders with tools to elevate reliability and safety

    System's chief quality officer says the strategy "helps to guide the ways that we show up and the ways that we interact and work together."

    Caring Reliably. Be Compassionate. Be Sage. Be Reliable.

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