LUCAS SWANEPOEL, JD
The Catholic health ministry has long used its healing presence in communities to help build peace in society. Today, that presence and ministry are as critical as ever. It requires Catholic health providers and all those who support or work within the ministry to understand the unique role and opportunities that exist to help heal the political divisions in society, just as the ministry heals the physical needs of our communities.
KELLY BILODEAU
"Everyone brings something with them when they come to work," said Odesa Stapleton, chief diversity and inclusion officer at Bon Secours Mercy Health in Cincinnati. People are a collection of different work styles, lifestyles, needs and preferences, and it's up to organizations to help them all get along.
MARY KATHRYN FALLON, MSA, CPA
Health care is multifaceted, but the overall goal is to help people live their healthiest lives, regardless of who they are or where they live. This takes many forms, from prevention and health education, to clinical care and connection, to social and community-based services. Understanding patients, their cultures and preferences, their barriers and levels of health literacy is part of the equation that must be considered when working toward this goal.
SUSAN K. BARNETT
When the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul first arrived in Ondo State in Nigeria in 1988, they found fertile agriculture as well as fertile ground for disease and severely limited health care. In 1995, they made a giant health care leap. They opened St. Catherine's Hospital and Maternity. The initial site and building, which were donated, grew to accommodate the remote community's needs. They do not charge patients.
EBOO PATEL, PhD AND AND SUZANNE WATTS HENDERSON, PhD
Anne Fadiman's book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, tells the true story of a three-month-old girl, Lia Lee, in Merced, California, who began to shake uncontrollably.1 Her parents, immigrants from Laos, took her to a hospital where a team of highly committed doctors did everything you would expect: They stabilized the patient, drew blood and ran tests. They diagnosed little Lia with epilepsy and prescribed a complex cocktail of drugs for the parents to administer at set intervals.
NANCY JORDAN, EdD and NAN ONEST, MA
Building community focused on the call and mission of Catholic health care requires thought and intention, and this feels particularly true when working with tens of thousands of care providers across seven states. How do you connect and inspire those often pressed for time, facing one another on a computer screen?
FR. MICHAEL ROZIER, SJ, PhD
NATHANIEL BLANTON HIBNER, PhD
DARREN M. HENSON, PhD, STL
MEGAN McANINCH-JONES, MSc, MBA, and ADRIENNE WEBB
KARLA KEPPEL, MA AND PAULO G. PONTEMAYOR, MPH
SR. MARY HADDAD, RSM
Last summer, the CHA Board of Trustees approved a new vision statement: We will empower bold change to elevate human flourishing.
ABIGAIL McCLEERY, MPH, RDN, DipACLM, LISA McDOWELL, MS, RDN, DipACLM, and KELLY WILSON, RDN, DipACLM
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan, creates groundbreaking programs that connect the medical facility with the community.
ROBIN ROENKER
Recognizing that whole-patient care hinges on the availability of services for both body and mind, many Catholic health care systems have directed renewed focus to their mental and behavioral health delivery — particularly since COVID-19.