By LISA EISENHAUER
The federal government is allocating funding and drafting policy initiatives to address mental health and substance abuse at a rate that executives in the field within the Catholic health ministry extol as unprecedented, laudable and long overdue.
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From traumatic injuries in the Rockies to snakebites and overdoses in Appalachia, emergencies are as varied as the terrain
By JULIE MINDA
Throughout the year, emergency room clinicians at St. Anthony Summit Hospital in the heart of a Colorado Rockies recreation area stay busy tending to injuries of sportsmen and women whose adventures have turned into misadventures.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
Karen Green wasn't familiar with the concept of "period poverty" before the issue came up at a community event along with the idea for SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital — Midwest in Midwest City, Oklahoma, to fund dispensers to give away menstrual hygiene supplies in the local public schools.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
When the Sisters of Mercy equipped the forensic nursing team at the congregation-sponsored Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore with a top-of-the-line alternate light source unit about 18 years ago, Debra Holbrook says it put her and the hospital on track to become pioneers in the use of the technology.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
Dr. Arpan Waghray is leading a "strategic pivot" of the focus of Well Being Trust to address more meaningfully the needs of the communities within the seven states where Providence St. Joseph Health has hospitals and clinics.
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Trinity Health has acquired CommonSpirit Health's share of MercyOne to become sole owner of the regional system. A subsidiary, Trinity Health Michigan, has added its ninth hospital system.
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Mercy health system is beginning the second phase of a decade-long expansion of the services it offers in Northwest Arkansas.
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Brian Smith, 64, CHA's vice president of sponsorship and mission services, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Nov. 8, having fallen while on an afternoon walk near his apartment in suburban St. Louis. He was an influential thought leader in the Catholic health ministry and particularly dedicated to recruiting and mentoring the next generation of mission leaders for Catholic health care providers in the United States.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
The Work2BeWell posts on Instagram were what caught the attention of 17-year-old Melisa Shafiee. "They have a very colorful, vibrant social media account full of posts encouraging people to take care of themselves as well as do a bunch of other mental health practices," says Shafiee, a senior at Bellevue High School near Seattle.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
Even though the latest transformation within the Sisters of Charity Health System was driven by finances and evolving trends in health care delivery, executives involved said the shift aligns with how the system and its founding congregation have innovated to meet the changing needs of the Cleveland neighborhoods they have long served.
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By PATRICIA CORRIGAN
On a recent Tuesday, nurse practitioner Rachael Doll conducted a hospital follow-up exam on a 6-month-old, tested a 65-year-old for hypertension, performed a hearing evaluation and vaccinated several students. Doll works in a primary care clinic located inside
Sayler Park School, one of six school-based health centers in Cincinnati operated by Mercy Health, part of Bon Secours Mercy Health.
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By JULIE MINDA
Even for people born and raised in the U.S., the fragmented health care and social service systems can be very difficult to access and navigate. Refugees and immigrants of little means can have the added obstacles of limited English language proficiency and cultural, social and financial barriers when they are sick or struggling to meet their family's basic needs.
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By LISA EISENHAUER
As Catholic organizations continue to be deeply involved in the global effort to provide relief to people sheltering within Ukraine and refugees from that war-battered nation, some leaders of the effort are trying to help address specific needs that stand out amid the flow of humanitarian aid.
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Several hospitals across the ministry celebrated the Oct. 4 Feast of St. Francis of Assisi by hosting blessings for pets events in early October. St. Francis is considered the patron saint of animals because of his love of all creatures.
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