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March 01, 2012
Saint Thomas, Capella to partner on joint venture
Saint Thomas Health of Nashville, Tenn., plans to create a joint venture company with the private, Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare in a move that Saint Thomas' head said is needed to achieve the "fundamental, transformational change" necessary in health care today.
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March 01, 2012
Mercy sells Alabama campus
Mercy Medical of Daphne, Ala., sold its main campus to Florida's SE Healthcare Dec. 1 and has identified a buyer for its assisted living and independent living facilities.
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March 01, 2012
Seniors build bonds with tutors while learning to use computers
At 87 years old, Claire Hoepfl figures she still has time left to learn a new thing or two. That's why when the opportunity arose for her to learn how to use a personal computer, Hoepfl jumped at the chance.
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March 01, 2012
Ascension Health entities said to pursue partnerships
As Catholic Health World went to press, St. Louis-based Ascension Health Care Network and Ascension Health were pursuing partnerships in the northeastern U.S.
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March 01, 2012
St. Joseph's Paterson campus expansion nearly complete
By spring, St. Joseph's Healthcare System of Paterson, N.J., plans to complete a $250 million expansion and renovation project that administrators said would help meet growing demand for inpatient and outpatient care.
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March 01, 2012
New Mercy Des Moines structure pairs administrators with physicians
Mercy Medical Center of Des Moines, Iowa, has reorganized its leadership structure to better align physicians with administrators and to ensure physicians are integrally involved in planning and decision making.
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March 01, 2012
Magnet Recognition Program designees for 2011
Ministry providers were among the health care organizations that a nurse credentialing organization honored last year through its Magnet Recognition Program.
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March 01, 2012
Hospital Sisters' quilts show harmony of mission among diverse contributors
The Hospital Sisters Health System now has visual testaments to the diversity of its ministry, in the form of two newly created art quilts with each block representing one of its hospitals or affiliates.
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March 01, 2012
Doctors enthused about Providence partnership
In October, when a new partnership was first announced between doctors in the Los Angeles region and Providence Health & Services, Southern California, board members of the joint venture — an effort to contain costs and measure quality — had a relatively modest membership goal.
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March 01, 2012
Bon Secours' life coaches guide the uninsured to health services
After her brother's fourth epileptic seizure in one day, Shelly Dozier called an ambulance and headed for the hospital.