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March 15, 2014
Culinary program molds pureed foods to look, taste like the originals
Until a year or so ago, mealtime for 91-year-old Edna Wagner typically consisted of different colored globs on a plate.
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March 15, 2014
Faith leaders gather at White House on environment and climate
Faith leaders met with Obama administration officials during a White House event on environmental stewardship and climate change on Feb. 25.
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March 15, 2014
Pittsburgh Mercy teaches laypeople mental health first aid
With an estimated 1 in 4 in the U.S. suffering from mental disorders, chances are good that people who are active in their community — teachers, church workers, volunteers, first responders, camp counselors, social workers — will interact with someone with mental health needs.
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March 15, 2014
Typhoon Haiyan
I was privileged to spend the first week of February in the Philippines with a delegation from Catholic Relief Services and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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March 15, 2014
Catholic Health Partners transforms behavioral health services
Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners has reenvisioned how it provides behavioral health services. The system is a year and a half into work to standardize evidence-based treatment across continuums of care.
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March 15, 2014
Navigators show patients how to access care
When Medicaid-insured and uninsured patients seek primary care in the emergency department, the uncompensated costs of their care can be significant for hospitals.
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March 01, 2014
Keeping Up
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March 01, 2014
Sisters of the Holy Cross entered nursing in America's bloody Civil War
The Sisters of the Holy Cross of Notre Dame, Ind., had no nursing ministry nor any nursing training in 1861 when Fr. Edward Sorin asked them — at the Indiana governor's request — to care for wounded Civil War soldiers in Kentucky.
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March 01, 2014
Nine ministry members earn Magnet recognition in 2013
Nine ministry hospitals received recognition in 2013 from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association, for providing high-quality patient care and excelling in nursing practice.
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March 01, 2014
Lingering scents connect babies and parents during separations
Newborns, including the sick babies in neonatal intensive care units, are soothed by the voices of their parents and the smell of their mothers.