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September 09, 2026
A Workshop on Standard Process for Assessing the ROI of Clinical Ethics Consultation
The field of clinical ethics currently has no standard process for evaluating its return on investment (ROI). The most recent Catholic Healthcare Innovation in Ethics Forum (CHIEF) provided an opportunity to leverage the expertise of participants through a workshop format to develop a draft process to support ethicists in collecting and analyzing the data needed to show the ROI of clinical ethics and collaborate with operational partners to this same end.
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September 09, 2026
Book Review: Jordan Mason. Being Beheld: On the Liturgical Consummation of Clinical Ethics Consultation (New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2026).
Born from a conceptually clear and well-argued doctoral dissertation, Jordan Mason's first book speaks prophetically to the professionalizing discipline of clinical ethics at a critical juncture of debate about the heart of the practice itself.
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September 09, 2026
Recent Contraception Literature Review
Not only did the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision lead to the implementation of abortion restrictions in some states, but it also affected clinician and patient behavior in the realm of contraception due to access to these services being inextricably linked. In states which have enacted the most restrictive bans post-Dobbs, there are concerns that contraceptive restrictions will also be enacted, especially on emergency contraception (EC).