Workplace wellness matures beyond one-size-fits-all

By BETSY TAYLOR

As health care costs have risen in recent decades, workplace wellness programs have gained traction. Health care systems with lots of experience under their belts running workplace wellness programs succeed by tailoring their programs to meet employer and employee needs.

New ventures, like the creation of a spin-off from Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, seek to capitalize on robust demand for actionable data related to group health and wellness.
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Sound of safety: Gong strike concentrates attention of cath team

By JULIE MINDA

The pre-procedure practice of taking a "time-out" to ensure clinicians verify the patient's name, the procedure about to be performed, patient allergies and other vital information is critical to patient safety, medical experts agree.
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Grief over opioid deaths gets special attention at Lourdes Hospice

By DALE SINGER

When parents outlive an adult child, the natural order of things gets upended. When the death is caused by an opioid overdose, the loss can be complicated by feelings of guilt over not having had the power to prevent it and chagrin over society's harsh judgment of addicts. With overdose now the leading cause of death in the U.S. in people under age 50, the number of stunned survivors continues to rise.
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Bon Secours addresses poverty by teaching financial self-sufficiency

Services include financial counseling, tax preparation, benefit screening

By JULIE MINDA

Corrina Sabedra hit financial bottom in 2014. She'd had a part-time job as a phlebotomist — and had just finished orientation for a new full-time job also as a phlebotomist, making about $37,000 a year. But, pneumonia and a pulmonary embolism landed the single mother of a 5-year-old boy in the hospital for about two months.
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'Shop with Your Doc' puts nutrition experts in grocery aisles

By PATRICIA CORRIGAN

Many people who want to eat healthier don't know how. Some want to lose weight, but often choose low-fat foods that are high in sugar. Those who read food labels may find them confusing.

Concerned about these situations — plus the high incidence of obesity in Orange County, Calif. — St. Joseph Hoag Health in Irvine initiated "Shop with Your Doc," a program that stations doctors, nurses and registered dietitians in local grocery stores to help shoppers.
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Three Trinity hospitals plan to join Cooper University Health Care

Three New Jersey Trinity Health hospitals and their related care sites say they plan to become part of Cooper University Health Care. Lourdes Health System, which includes Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden and Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, along with St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, are expected to join Cooper University Health Care.

Cooper University Health Care operates Cooper University Hospital, an academic medical center that is affiliated with Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. That hospital is located about a mile from the 340-bed Our Lady of Lourdes in Camden.
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