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August 15, 2011
Bioethical mediation promotes healing of patients, family and staff
What happens when hospital staffers disagree among themselves on the medical treatment of a patient?
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August 15, 2011
Via Christi uses new hospital as a laboratory for new ideas
For leaders of Via Christi Health of Wichita, Kan., the opening of a new hospital has provided a rare gift: a blank slate on which they can map out new ideas — and determine whether the ideas work and could benefit other facilities in the system.
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August 15, 2011
Appalachian kids learn healthy habits in Mercy program
Childhood obesity is a problem nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased more than threefold in three decades.
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August 15, 2011
System improves quality of life of employees with chronic disease
Three years ago, Jim Fisher was facing a variety of health challenges. He was overweight, had high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, and suffered from anxiety and depression.
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August 15, 2011
Ascension Health announces PJP
Ascension Health was formed in 1999, when four provinces of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent DePaul brought the Daughters of Charity National Health System together with the Sisters of St. Joseph Health System, sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth (now part of the Congregation of St. Joseph).
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August 01, 2011
Keeping Up
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August 01, 2011
Saint Joseph Ann Arbor sows produce seeds to grow nutrition awareness
Within the past decade, farmers' markets have sprouted inside the lobbies and in parking lots of hospitals around the U.S.
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August 01, 2011
Volunteers in Bon Secours program journey with rape victims
Since no two victims of sexual assault react in exactly the same manner, the emotional support they require both during and after a forensic examination can vary greatly.
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August 01, 2011
Tap into church networks to improve care for elders, presenters advise
In the post-reform health care environment, providers are going to face a heady challenge: They'll need to provide better care, to more people, for less money.
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August 01, 2011
Physician's order deemed appropriate for clarifying patient wishes
Increasingly, clinicians across the U.S. are using a specific type of physician's order to clarify, in advance of a medical event, people's preferences for receiving life-sustaining treatments including resuscitation and intubation. But some ethicists have wondered whether this tool is compatible with Catholic principles.