When the county health department in South Bend and Mishawaka, IN, cut the school nurse budget, Catholic hospitals mobilized to fill the void.
Catholic providers have an opportunity to employ their experience with vulnerable populations.
Restructuring will accelerate regional and national collaborative strategies.
Leadership, resource commitment, and a rights and responsibilities statement can help providers offer appropriate care.
The SSM Health Care System, St. Louis, developed a tool for assessing values integration.
Multidisciplinary care teams increase chaplains' visibility and influence.
Although such affiliations may look good at first glance, they usually turn out to benefit neither the Catholic hospital nor society at large.
When negotiators are aware of the obstacles they face, their talks are more likely to conclude successfully.
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