CHA Summary of Final PFS-QPP Rule Part III
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CHA Summary of Final PFS-QPP Rule Part III
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What Catholic Leaders are Saying About Congress' Proposed Medicaid Cuts
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Celebrating Pope Francis: A Legacy of Compassion and Unity
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CHA Summary of Final PFS-QPP Rule Part III
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Spring 2025Illness, 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)
CHA Summary of Final PFS-QPP Rule Part III
