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June 01, 2014
Catholic Health Initiatives, Sylvania Franciscan Health in merger talks
Catholic Health Initiatives and SylvaniaFranciscan Health signed a nonbinding letter of intent on May 21 for Toledo, Ohio-based Sylvania Franciscan Health to join Englewood, Colo.-based CHI.
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June 01, 2014
CHI renames facilities and introduces fresh logo, tagline
Catholic Health Initiatives is implementing a system-wide rebranding strategy, through which it has renamed all of its facilities to include the "CHI" name, and introduced a new logo and tagline.
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June 01, 2014
Systems take population health approach to care for own employees
Kathy Scarnaty, a 53-year-old from Mechanicsville, Va., has dropped 17 pounds in the past year. She always tried to eat right before her weight loss, but now has honed in on how many proteins, vegetables, fruits and carbohydrates she should consume daily.
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June 01, 2014
Mercy begins ‘new era in medicine' with construction of virtual care hub
Mercy launched what Lynn Britton, its president and chief executive, called "a new era in medicine" May 13 with an inventive virtual groundbreaking for the nation's first virtual care center in Chesterfield, Mo.
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June 01, 2014
Ascension Health, CHE Trinity Health form network in Michigan
Ascension Health and CHE Trinity Health have formed a clinically integrated network of health care providers in Michigan to support a population health management approach to health care and to service "value-based" health plan products, including insurance that will be sold through public and private health insurance marketplaces.
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June 01, 2014
Abolishing human trafficking requires individual, public actions
When Ima Matul learned, with the rest of the world, of the April 15 kidnapping of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls by the extremist group Boko Haram — and when she heard of the terrorists' threat to sell the young women — she was filled with concern for the victims.
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May 15, 2014
Keeping Up
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May 15, 2014
Mercy brings electronic health record services to market
Mercy Technology Services, a shared services organization that is part of Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy, is building on its experience with the Epic electronic health record to offer related services outside of the Mercy system, particularly to small and mid-sized hospitals.
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May 15, 2014
Price estimator tool starts financial conversations with patients to avoid surprises
St. Joseph Regional Health Network, a Catholic Health Initiatives system in Reading, Pa., is providing pricing transparency and countering sticker shock with careful and thorough financial counseling for its patients.
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May 15, 2014
Franciscan sister's hobby produces delicious results
Last fall, as Sr. Louise Hembrecht, OSF, was walking the grounds of the motherhouse and convent of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity in Manitowoc, Wis., she took note of the many maple trees around her and wondered: What would it take to tap those trees and harvest the sap to make syrup?