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04/15/2025
Budget Reconciliation Package Should Provide Relief, Not Additional Burdens on Those Struggling
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04/09/2025
New AHA, CHA Report Shows How Hospitals Meet Their Communities' Unique Needs
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02/24/2025
CHA Urges Lawmakers to Reject Harmful Medicaid Cuts
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02/19/2025
Catholic Health Association Urges Congress to Prioritize Healthcare Access and Social Safety Net Programs in 2025 Budget Reconciliation
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AprilRoom is part of broader effort at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center — Bergan Mercy in Omaha to encourage donations. -
AprilCHA’s Theology and Ethics Colloquium explores technology, trauma and well-being in ‘chaotic’ times
Leaders gather in St. Louis for the three-day event, where nurturing spirituality and well-being was one area. -
AprilCHA and AHA jointly release analysis on ways nonprofit hospitals benefit their communities
Report illustrates importance of having a comprehensive understanding of community benefit. -
AprilAmid surge in deportations, ethicist makes case for protecting undocumented immigrants
Kuczewski of Loyola University Chicago says it’s necessary to flip the narrative about immigration. -
AprilNeed for heart surgery turns tables on longtime chaplain at Baylor St. Luke’s
Rev. Mang Tiak shares her story of faith and recovery. -
AprilMinistry leaders describe their personal spirituality in new CHA podcast series
In separate episodes, eight executives explain what animates their work. Darren Henson, CHA senior director of ministry formation, developed the podcast. -
AprilKeeping Up - April Edition
Executive appointments and facility news from across the Catholic health ministry. -
AprilHoly Cross Health program helps low-income and minority women to access care for breast health
Partners in Breast Health program provides free screening and diagnostic health services for eligible women. -
AprilCHRISTUS Children’s strategic expansion is improving pediatric care access in South Texas
Hospital’s CEO says goal is to ensure patients get quality care close to home. -
AprilPublic health expert urges care providers to limit use of plastics to necessities
Dr. Philip J. Landrigan says production, use and disposal of plastics are a global threat to the environment and health. -
AprilCatholic Health invites staff to document sacred encounters
At hospitals, seemingly routine happenings, viewed in a spiritual light, can be recognized as sacred encounters. -
AprilCHA’s sponsorship and mission services department revitalizes its programming
Goal is to better equip ministry for the future. -
AprilCHI Memorial Hospital gets to the heart of reducing readmission rates for cardiac patients
Program hinges on coordination within hospital and communication with patients. -
AprilSr. Barbara Schamber played key role in ushering in lay sponsorship for Providence St. Joseph
Sr. Barbara Schamber, SP, died March 23 at her home in Olympia, Washington. She had been a Sister of Providence for 62 years and had held multiple leadership positions in her congregation as well as governance and sponsorship roles with Providence St. Joseph Health. -
March 2025Grant helps staff at Massachusetts memory care facility learn how to better help patients
More than 50 staffers now certified through the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners -
March 2025SSM hospital learns about, joins community aid efforts at Functional Friday events
ST. CHARLES, MO. — After they packed boxes with goods, loaded the boxes onto carts, pushed the carts across the street and carried their cargo down to the basement food panty at St. Peter Catholic Church, the three dozen or so SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital — St. Charles and Wentzville, Missouri, staffers looked around as if to say: “What next?” -
March 2025CHRISTUS Health to close 174-bed hospital in San Antonio
CHRISTUS Health is set to close its 174-bed hospital in San Antonio by April 25. The Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word had opened CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital — Medical Center in 1869. -
March 2025St. Mary’s in Richmond, Virginia, to complete $370 million expansion
Later this year, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, is set to begin construction on a $370 million project that will add a tower and renovate existing facilities. -
March 2025Mission director discusses delicate balance of workplace safety, human dignity in mental health crises
In the gospel story of the Gerasene demoniac, Jesus encounters a man who could not be bound by shackles and chains or otherwise subdued. The man wandered among the tombs and the hillsides, crying out and cutting himself with stones. -
March 2025Fluid management programs at Mercy cardiovascular clinics keep heart patients out of hospitals
George Largent can’t praise the staff of the Mercy cardiovascular clinic in Joplin, Missouri, enough. “They’ll pray with you, cry with you, laugh with you, and hold your hand. And then tell you to stop eating salt,” he said, laughing. -
March 2025How to prevent violence in schools and communities? Be a green dot
Green Dot initiative in several Kentucky high schools is supported by CommonSpirit Mission and Ministry Fund -
March 2025HSHS plans $270 million investment to expand, remodel Wisconsin hospitals
Hospital Sisters Health System leaders plan to invest $270 million to expand and remodel its two hospitals in Green Bay, Wisconsin, over the next few years. -
March 2025‘Fight like heck’ to preserve Medicaid, protect U.S. health care, say speakers at AHA rural health care conference
In an opening plenary session, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and AHA Board Chair Tina Freese Decker explained that the health and well-being of millions of Americans are at risk. -
March 2025Recognize now that ‘black swan’ events can happen, and plan for them, leadership consultant advises
SAN ANTONIO – Hospitals and other health care facilities that prepare effectively could mitigate the impact of “black swan” events, a leadership consultant told attendees of a rural health care leadership conference here. -
March 2025Covenant Children’s stays focused on mission while in the thick of measles outbreak
Dr. Lara Johnson says preparation, collaboration has served west Texas hospital well -
March 2025With new strategic plan, CEO leads effort to ‘illuminate’ Avera’s care delivery system
Jim Dover says system holds fast to its Catholic mission as it moves ahead with new initiatives -
March 2025Sacramento’s Mercy General marks centennial
Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, California, is marking the centennial of its opening at its current location. -
March 2025Providence research shows genomic profiling can improve outcomes for patients with advanced cancer
Researchers advocate for better access to such testing for patients -
March 2025SSM Health works with other St. Louis anchor institutions to expand access to business loans
In St. Louis, healthy lives can flourish in all sorts of places: a growing trucking company, a family funeral home, a block of homes under construction in an underserved neighborhood, and a hot sauce company that got its start in a family kitchen. -
February 2025Catholic Health to merge five foundations into one fundraising arm
Catholic Health’s five independent foundations have begun the process to merge into one new fundraising entity called The Foundation of Catholic Health, the health system announced in February. -
March 2025Mercy College of Health Sciences professor crusades against human trafficking
Joseph Moravec has a vivid memory from when he added a discussion of human trafficking to the curriculum of one of his courses at Mercy College of Health Sciences in 2016. -
March 2025Trinity Health focuses on expanding footprint, services of PACE
Q&A: Two executives discuss why system’s program is one of largest and with broadest geographic scope -
March 2025Keeping Up - March Edition
Executive appointments and facility news from across the Catholic health ministry. -
February 2025Ethicist acknowledges challenges, urges mercy in providing health care to prisoners
CHA webinar explores the ethics of caring for the sick and vulnerable who are incarcerated -
February 2025Catholic relief agencies grapple with how to respond to USAID cuts
Catholic agencies that provide relief services around the globe are grappling with how to respond to plans to gut the U.S. Agency for International Development. -
February 2025Providence makes changes to leadership team
Providence St. Joseph Health has made changes to its executive leadership structure. -
February 2025‘The power of presence’: Son’s rare disease rocked family’s world but not their faith
Hans Ostertag was showered with love even as disorder cut short his life -
February 2025Proposals for drastic Medicaid cuts worry Catholic health care providers
Concerns include patients’ loss of coverage, potential closure of hospitals -
February 2025Our Lady of the Lake Health's Community Impact Center provides space for nonprofits
The nonprofits sharing space at Our Lady of the Lake Health's Community Impact Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are celebrating the best kind of officemate situation: one that happened organically and over time. -
February 2025Baylor St. Luke's in Houston arranges double lung transplant even as historic snowstorm approaches
Staff stayed overnight to tend to patient and surgeons navigated deteriorating roads -
February 2025Trinity Health Ann Arbor gets $10 million gift to create neurosciences institute
An anonymous donor has given $10 million to Trinity Health Ann Arbor in Michigan to create a neurosciences institute on the hospital campus. -
February 2025Catholic ministry gathering offers hope to the healers
How can those who serve in Catholic ministries offer hope to fellow travelers who are on a journey of healing? That was the central question posed to participants of a hybrid event entitled "Healing, Help and A Continuum of Hope: A Day of Renewal and Enrichment" that was held in St. Louis and virtually on Feb. 15. The gathering, attended by chaplains, mission and formation leaders and other professionals from Catholic health care and social services, provided an opportunity to gain deeper insights into spiritual life and strengthen collaboration and collegiality among Catholic ministries. -
February 2025Conversations with peers are part of Mercy's approach to addressing problematic physician behavior
Mercy is using a standardized reporting system, prompt responses, and, sometimes, a conversational approach to try to put a quick end to disruptive physician behavior. -
February 2025Mercy health sciences college in central Iowa raises funds for new nursing school
Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa, is undertaking the biggest fundraising campaign in its history — the $15 million Legacy of Faith Campaign — to generate capital to erect a new facility for its nursing school. -
February 2025CommonSpirit-supported nonprofit guides people from 'helplessness into hopefulness'
Gina Monti speaks from experience when she describes the mission of Magnificat Houses in Houston: "We turn that helplessness into hopefulness." -
February 2025Two Bon Secours Mercy Health markets pilot down payment assistance for employees
After Dr. Mutahher Mohammed completed his residency in July, he was thrilled to accept a position as a primary care physician at Mercy Health — Urbana Family Medicine and Pediatrics in Ohio. -
February 2025'Magical connection': Equine-assisted therapy program impacts young lives
The setting for physical, occupational or speech therapy is typically a clinical environment — not an outdoor, fenced-in area. But that's where children in Kodiak, Alaska, receive therapy every summer with the help of 1,000-pound assistants sporting glossy coats. It's called hippotherapy, a practice in which horses or ponies are part of the treatment. -
February 2025Professor of philosophy and disability studies on ableism and health disparities: 'Let's actually listen to what disabled people say'
CHA webinar explores how clinicians can communicate with and address the needs of people with disabilities -
February 2025Ministry executives say taking time for hobbies helps counter burnout
As the president and CEO of a 93-hospital, 26-state ministry system, Trinity Health's Mike Slubowski makes the tough decisions needed to sustain that vital ministry. -
February 2025Sponsors, ministry leaders gather to explore sponsorship for our time and the call to push for bold change
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — At CHA's Sponsorship Institute here 76 attendees, including seven CEOs and representatives from 21 ministries, explored the role of sponsors in influencing bold change in Catholic health.
Health Progress
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Spring 2025A Theological Response to the Isolation of Medical Displacement
Illness, impairment and pain are displacing experiences, separating a person from their sense of self and their community. This separation can occur in many forms. In my own life, my impairment, a permanent brachial plexus injury from birth, can come up in jarring ways. -
Spring 2025What Singing for Blood Taught Me
"I can't get 'the stick.' She won't let me near her." The third phlebotomist of the day walked out of Renee's room with an unused needle. Unless this patient's blood could be drawn to test it, I would have to discontinue clozapine, the only medication that reduced Renee's commanding voices to tolerable whispers. -
Spring 2025The Importance of Neurocritical Care: Saving Lives and Enhancing Recovery in Central Texas
"It happened so quickly. One moment she was perfectly fine, then the next, she stopped talking normally and slumped over," said Cindy's husband. "Will she ever be able to walk again? Will she be able to hold her children again?" -
Spring 2025Reclaiming the Spiritual Dimension of Health and Healing: A Seasoned Chaplain's Perspective
Holistic health care is a buzzword these days, written into the mission, vision and values of health care systems throughout the country. There's a good reason for this: more and more research points to the positive impact of treating the whole person on patient outcomes, patient and family satisfaction, and staff morale. -
Spring 2025Supporting Patients and Their Loved Ones Coping With Serious or Terminal Illness
Chaka Brittain's mother used to bring her along on her visits to terminally ill people in her community. "My mom was somewhat of a death doula, if you would," she said. "I remember even as a young girl going to people's houses, and they were dying. She'd come in and sit with them and stay with them until they had 'gone to glory.'" -
Spring 2025Timeless Approach, Latest Innovations Combine in Personalized Medicine
One in a million describes a young woman I cared for with a rare form of kidney cancer. Unfortunately, despite all efforts, including clinical trials, she passed away from her disease. Patients like her propel me and our Mercy ministry to find solutions to enable early and accurate detection of disease, to maximize treatment response and minimize side effects. -
Spring 2025The Unique Needs of Vowed Religious Elders in Long-Term Care
Growing old is not for the faint of heart, nor is caring for frail elders. This is particularly true when one is caring for retired sisters, priests and brothers who have lived lives vowed to God and service. Their unique perspectives on life, the sacrifices and adventures experienced during their ministries, and the challenges of living a vowed religious life deserve special efforts to ensure a high quality of life and enjoyment in their later years. -
Spring 2025
Religious Communities Seek Paths to Long-Term Care for Aging Members
In 2004, the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary decided that they could not offer on-premises skilled care to their aging members. "We made the decision with our heads, and we're living it now with our hearts," said Senior President Sr. Mary Catherine Redmond, PBVM. -
Spring 2025
Normothermic Regional Perfusion and the Determination of Death
Recently, some organ procurement organizations (OPOs), agencies responsible for organ retrieval and transplantation in the United States, have initiated a procedure that challenges Catholic ethics on organ donation. It is called normothermic regional perfusion (NRP). This procedure provides artificial circulation of blood to diminish the deterioration of organs for transplant. This is not a topic that occurs in ordinary conversation. However, it is a topic that should be understood by those who work in Catholic health care to make informed decisions about organ transplants that occur in its facilities. -
Spring 2025Editor's Note — Spring 2025
We certainly know spirituality is important to many patients. CHA has been paying close attention to research that shows spirituality can play a significant role in medical decisions, that unaddressed spiritual needs are associated with poorer patient quality of life, and that wellness includes a spiritual dimension. Both the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and Health Affairs have explored these issues in recent years, and CHA continues to educate about them. -
Spring 2025Mission — Moving Beyond 'No Margin, No Mission' in Catholic Health Care
I recently had the opportunity to present and participate in the CHA-hosted Sponsorship Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is a gathering that takes place every other year and is attended by CEOs, chief mission officers and sponsors from across the ministry. In one particularly engaging session, Sr. Tere Maya, CCVI, CHA's senior director for theology and sponsorship, used clips from the movie Cabrini to generate discussion about the future of Catholic health care. She also explored the vital role of sponsors in ensuring our Catholic identity as a ministry of the Church and the sustainability, growth and transformation of the ministry in reading the signs of the times. -
Spring 2025Formation — Why Good Is Better Than Best
As spring shoots out green stems and colorful blossoms, the Church's Easter Vigil syncs up with the reality around us, as heard in the opening reading from the first chapter of Genesis. God created one thing, then another and then more things, and at the end of each day, "God saw that it was good." (Genesis 1:10) The sacred story speaks of God gazing upon creation as good, and the sixth and final instance God looks upon all creation and finds it very good. (Genesis 1:4-31)
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