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October 01, 2011
Affordable Care Act spurs expansion of school-based health centers
The government is allocating grant money to improve health centers serving schoolchildren, and ministry members that run such centers are among the recipients.
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October 01, 2011
Nurse-led clinic provides a medical home to Savannah's uninsured
Seven years ago, St. Mary's Community Health Center in Savannah, Ga., opened in a 10-by-10-foot, curtained corner of a computer lab at St. Mary's Community Center, an outreach of St. Joseph's/Candler Health System.
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October 01, 2011
Cancer patients assess, mine spiritual strengths
When Trudy Barber learned a year and a half ago that she had advanced-stage breast cancer, she felt she had two options: "I could either rise up or spiral down in despair," said the 50-year-old Elbing, Kan., resident.
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October 01, 2011
St. Anthony North hosts floating shelter for homeless
Every three or four months, the chairs and projectors are removed from the conference center at St. Anthony North Hospital in suburban Denver.
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September 15, 2011
Keeping Up
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September 15, 2011
Caregivers find: When it comes to people's faith, no two deaths alike
With their mission to provide holistic care, ministry facilities want to ensure they are meeting patients' spiritual needs at the end of life, but this can be a challenge for caregivers working with an increasingly diverse patient mix.
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September 15, 2011
Sacred Heart applies lessons learned in grief services to other life transitions
In the past 25 years, it has become commonplace to support the grieving with bereavement services that typically include individual counseling, group therapy, classes and workshops.
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September 15, 2011
FMOL opens new hospital in Lafayette, starts expansion in Baton Rouge, marks centennial
One hospital within the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System has completed construction of a replacement hospital, and another FMOL campus has launched an expansion.
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September 15, 2011
Mercy announces capital investment plans for its communities, including Joplin
Mercy system is wrapping up a year of systemwide information-gathering and planning sessions and is announcing its resulting capital investment plans for the next decade. Among the communities slated for large-scale Mercy investment is tornado-ravaged Joplin, Mo.
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September 15, 2011
Providence Holy Cross opens patient wing addition
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center of Mission Hills, Calif., has completed a $180 million wing addition that will increase the hospital's capacity to 377 beds, from 254. The hospital opened the new wing July 13.