By JULIE MINDA
As a bedside nurse, Vernette Townsend has held the hands of transplant candidates as they learned that they had been matched to a donor organ and she's cared for patients who would die waiting for an organ. "I will never forget those moments," she says.
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By PATRICIA CORRIGAN
The "baby blues" — mild depression that occurs in about half of new mothers — is well known, and post-partum depression, a more serious condition, has gained more attention in recent years.
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Employer-funded clinic's easy access, low cost and on-point services include 'proactive wellness' programs
By LISA EISENHAUER
The Loyola Medicine Asylum Clinic that opened this spring is helping migrants who fear harm in their home country make their cases for legal, protective residency in the United States.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
When the neonatal intensive care unit team at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, decided about a decade ago to research how to advance their care of micro-preemies, Kati Knudsen says one finding that repeatedly popped up was how comforting maternal scent is.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
Michele Vollmer is a regular at the wellness clinic she has access to as an employee of the Sun Prairie Area School District in Wisconsin.
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By JULIE MINDA
Through its Health Equity & Advancement Fund, Centura Health aims to promote social justice, with a focus on health equity in its communities.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
Del Shankle is particularly proud that the award given to CHRISTUS Print Services this summer by a trade organization wasn't for a pretty brochure or for hitting a production milestone.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
When he became head sports physician at Missouri State University in his hometown of Springfield and where he had been a standout slugger and infielder in his college years, Dr. Brian Mahaffey says he met his career aspirations.
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By JULIE MINDA
"Saving Lives with Data."
It is a bold vision statement. Truveta, a health system-led company, says the integrated health data platform it is building will help save lives.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
During the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank set up distribution events that drew up to 2,000 people to claim a bag of groceries.
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Impact of scarcity is falling hard on Black, low-income and rural families
By JULIE MINDA
National baby formula shortages that began early this year have abated slightly but remain a concern for new parents across the U.S.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
Keeping Courtney Elliott alive during a COVID-19 nightmare that started just after New Year's Day and stretched into mid-March took an all-hands-on-deck effort at Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City.
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By JULIE MINDA
The May 14 racially motivated mass shooting that left 10 Black people dead traumatized the Buffalo, New York, community. Buffalo's Catholic Health system has been helping people process their shock and grief and overcome practical challenges that have arisen in the tragedy's wake.
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Leaders of the executive committee of the CHA Board of Trustees visited the Vatican in late June to share their perspectives on the issues impacting Catholic health care in the U.S. with officials from four dicasteries within the Roman Curia.
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CommonSpirit Health system's Centura Health has acquired hospitals in Colorado and Kansas and its CHI Memorial system announced plans to build a replacement hospital in northwest Georgia.
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SSM Health has taken over ownership of SLUCare Physician Group from Saint Louis University, bringing 1,200 new providers, including about 600 who are academic physicians, into its fold.
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