CHRISTUS Health is a founder and lead participant in a collaborative of San Antonio organizations that are tackling health and social service needs. Their work has evolved to include a social service hub -- a one-stop-shop for people in need. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/5OzM1IB1B7
Mercy Cedar Rapids in Iowa is providing local nonprofits with nearly free office space. This is one way that the hospital is meeting the needs of its community. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/QgVK8RE2EO
Essentia's St. Mary's in Duluth, Minnesota, recently opened a replacement campus. Leadership and the design team prioritized art throughout the process of developing the campus. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/mDjTWEWjGN
Bon Secours St. Francis in South Carolina is engaging a group of Greenville-area pastors in identifying what top health concerns are in the Black community. The pastors' congregations help carry out campaigns to address those concerns. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/zdBbDjwjAJ
SSM Health is providing a new level of benefits to employees who serve as living organ donors. Improving incentives has earned SSM Health distinction from a U.S. transplantation association. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/Eq6SjNAf3G
A PeaceHealth hospital in Western Oregon and a standalone hospital in Southeast Missouri are among Catholic health facilities partnering with nonprofits to provide free books to pediatric patients. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/iKCpKAv37P
The number of homeless people has been increasing precipitously in Sacramento. A nonprofit started by a local sister is equipping volunteers to bring coffee and companionship to the homeless community. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/QMzLUeAIGG
Health care systems and facilities generate and use a huge amount of data. An SSM Health ethics leader says it is incumbent upon Catholic health care providers to ensure they are using this highly sensitive data in an ethical way. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/SN60EUfp72
The chief executive of Mercy Housing says the Catholic Church's health ministry and its housing ministry are very closely aligned in their mission, vision and values. By deepening their partnerships, they could increase their impact, he says. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/QnlN2IQxBw
Quality formation programming is needed to properly prepare the people of Catholic health care to carry on the ministry's legacy. CHA is offering a course to equip formation leaders to offer such programming in their systems and facilities. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/fpBhvLztPd
CommonSpirit Health’s Vulnerable Populations Council works to get members of medically marginalized populations into preventive care. @TheCHAUSA https://t.co/QW2b50ZcmW
Saint Joseph's Health System and partners are bringing affordable housing to a historic Black neighborhood in Atlanta. Two apartment complexes are planned for the expanded campus of a federally qualified health center in Sweet Auburn.
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Health systems are finding that when their philanthropy work is in consonance with their community benefit work, they can make more progress toward their goals.
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A Nebraska clinic enabled an expectant mom to "see" her baby despite visual impairments that meant she couldn't view her ultrasound. A CHI Health team created a three-dimensional print of the baby's ultrasound.
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Care navigation networks spurred by CommonSpirit Health are making measurable progress meeting the health and social service needs of vulnerable people. CommonSpirit plans to expand the use of the approach.
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Catholic systems are extending their PACE programming beyond their centers and into congregate living facilities run by partner organizations. This is allowing more elders to age in place.
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Community Supported Shelters has erected safe sleeping sites around the Eugene, Oregon, area for unhoused people. A PeaceHealth team is making weekly visits to clients at one such site, to provide basic medical and behavioral health care.
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Police and clinicians gain perspective when they meet residents of segregated and economically challenged Cleveland neighborhoods in ride alongs sponsored by Sisters of Charity Health System.
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Montana's St. James Healthcare is teaching new drivers the dangers of distracted driving. The drivers navigate a closed driving course while experiencing simulated distractions. The goal is to decrease car accidents.
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