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February 01, 2015
Parishioners in Lincoln, Neb., labor to build their church
A resourceful Catholic parish in Lincoln, Neb., is building a church using materials and labor in a manner sure to cement the parishioners' attachment to the new church and to each other.
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February 01, 2015
Faith is integral to Mercy spine surgeon's practice
Dr. Charles Edwards II's Christian faith is central to his medical practice at the Maryland Spine Center at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.
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February 01, 2015
Burn center treats deep physical and psychic wounds
MILWAUKEE — On the night of June 3, 2012, Cedric Jones lit a cigarette, unaware of a natural gas leak in his northwest Milwaukee home. "It was," he says, "a done deal after that." His house exploded. Jones suffered burns to 50 percent of his body including his face. He lost the fingers on his right hand.
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February 01, 2015
IRS finalizes ACA requirements for tax-exempt hospitals
On Dec. 31 the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury published in the Federal Register final rules that address the Affordable Care Act's requirements for maintaining hospital tax exemption, including conducting community health needs assessments, developing implementation strategies to address identified community health needs and establishing hospital financial assistance and billing and collection policies.
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February 01, 2015
St. Francis de Sales nears opening as teaching hospital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti The new St. Francis de Sales Hospital here is one of the first public buildings to be completed since much of this Haitian capital city was destroyed by a massive earthquake five years ago, and the sense of gratitude and achievement against great odds was palpable at the hospital's official dedication Jan. 15.
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January 27, 2015
Hospital Sisters Health System joins clinically integrated network in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin divisions of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System have joined Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin, a clinically integrated network in Wisconsin that already includes four other Catholic health systems.
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January 16, 2015
Police learn to de-escalate crises involving the mentally ill
Yellowstone County Deputy Sherriff Matt McCave responded to a call in November on the outskirts of Billings, Mont., to assist a father in search of his adult daughter, who is severely bipolar and who was off her medication. In a situation that the father told McCave had played out repeatedly over the last dozen years, the daughter had vanished, and the father wanted to find her to get her some mental health help.
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January 16, 2015
Lightning, and then a life saved
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January 15, 2015
St. Leonard takes social approach to promote active engagement in life
At St. Leonard in Centerville, Ohio, residents, staff and community members can join clubs and classes for walking, reading, playing cards, creating art, biking, learning martial arts, discussing national issues, dancing, swimming or studying the Bible.
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January 15, 2015
Some employees have dual roles as medical interpreters at Bon Secours Richmond
Andres Velasco, 25, and his family immigrated to Richmond, Va., from El Salvador when he was 12 years old. Initially, no one in his family spoke English. As Velasco and his brothers began to learn the language in school, they found themselves interpreting all sorts of things for their parents — directions for opening bank accounts, questions on job applications, instructions from doctors and nurses working on Bon Secours Health System's Care-A-Van, a free clinic on wheels that traveled to the family's church parking lot to serve the uninsured or underinsured.