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July 01, 2014
Alexian Brothers Health System, Adventist Midwest Health explore integration possibilities
Alexian Brothers Health System, which is part of Ascension Health, and Adventist Midwest Health, which is part of Adventist Health System, are pursuing a possible affiliation between their nine hospitals in suburban Chicago to create an integrated health care system.
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July 01, 2014
Dignity loan program provides credit terms unavailable elsewhere
In 2007, the nonprofit Children's Museum of Phoenix was, on paper, a terrible credit risk for lenders.
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July 01, 2014
St. Joseph's staff become cancer resource experts for patients
Ronda Buffington has seen how a cancer diagnosis first brings total fear to a patient, then dread, and eventually, a quagmire of worries.
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July 01, 2014
Trinity Senior Living incorporates Catholic ethics into decisions that impact residents
Executives managing senior housing regularly face weighty questions involving residents that defy easy answers.
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July 01, 2014
Emerging leaders honored for their service to ministry
Across the Catholic health ministry, young leaders with a passion for the mission are honing skills to help guide the ministry in the future. CHA celebrates up-and-comers who show strong leadership capabilities and a personal commitment to Catholic health care with its Tomorrow's Leaders recognition.
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July 01, 2014
Lanier supports St. Vincent's mission with high energy and soft sell
When Jane R. Lanier talks about her proudest accomplishments, she doesn't bring up the state-of-the-art centers for heart, cancer and family medicine at St. Vincent's HealthCare in Jacksonville, Fla., or the millions of dollars she has raised. She focuses instead on the connections she's made.
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July 01, 2014
Sr. Mary Jean Tague serves wherever the need is greatest
At age 76, Sr. Mary Jean Tague, DC, could savor the memories of an adventuresome clinical and administrative career dedicated to easing the plight of the medically underserved at home and abroad.
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July 01, 2014
Called to lead, Sr. Rocklage draws on faith, humor and business savvy
Take a quick survey of Sr. Mary Roch Rocklage's closest associates, and they'll characterize some of her outstanding leadership qualities. . .
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July 01, 2014
Dispensary of Hope collects unused medication, distributes it to needy
David Troutman, 64, is a former Presbyterian minister who had a 30-year career in religious book publishing and distribution. In 2006, he lost his job. In 2009, a tornado "danced on top" of the roof of his home. He'd kept up his home owners' insurance, which paid for that extensive repair, but he depleted his savings before finally landing a job at a supermarket earlier this year.
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July 01, 2014
Female execs say ministry could promote more women
Patricia Maryland had been in senior management at the Cleveland Clinic for about 15 years when, around 1997, Kevin Lofton — who was then the head of a university health network — told her, "With your experience and capabilities, you should really be running a health system."