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Jan 22, 2025 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda |Lisa Eisenhauer
Ethicists have critical role to play as artificial intelligence use increases, says webinar presenter
January 2025
The use of artificial intelligence is increasing exponentially in the health care sector, and ministry systems and facilities are among the countless providers that are deploying the technology.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda
When people who are homeless are admitted to the hospital, what happens when they are healthy enough to be discharged but still have post-acute care needs? How can they safely recover when they don't have a home? These are questions that had long vexed Denver-area hospitals amid rising homelessness. A 75-bed recuperative care and medical respite facility that the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless opened in Denver in early 2023 is providing an answer.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda
Saint Alphonsus embeds community health worker in school district to serve students, families
January 2025
Several years ago, a community health worker with Saint Alphonsus Medical Center–Baker City in Oregon was assisting a child with health and social service needs when it became necessary to coordinate with the child's school. Through conversations between the health worker and the school district, the school's director saw the true value of a community health worker's services.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda
Avera McKennan staff to bring pizzazz and joy to the NICU with 'ugly sweaters' for babies
December 2024
For the second year in a row, staff at Avera Health's flagship hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, are putting a twist on the popular "ugly sweater" concept — by bringing it to babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda
Age-Friendly Health Systems movement gains new momentum
November 2024
A group of organizations that created the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement and has seen the practices put in place across the nation is working to spread the initiative to additional U.S. sites.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda
PeaceHealth and three partners in northwest Washington have opened a health and hygiene facility for people who are homeless. Located in Bellingham and once fully open, The Way Station will offer medical respite beds as well as showers and laundry facilities, basic medical services, and social service support. PeaceHealth, Unity Care NW, the Opportunity Council and Whatcom County opened the hygiene facilities earlier this month, and the respite section is to open later this month.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda
ST. LOUIS — At CHA's first all-staff retreat since 2018, 68 employees gathered at the association's office to connect with one another, share ideas and foster bold thinking, and discuss how best to advance CHA's strategic priorities. A highlight of the 2 ½-day meeting in late October was the screening of Cabrini, a recently released movie on the life and legacy of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, also known colloquially as Mother Cabrini.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda
Residents of Catholic hospice in eastern New Jersey get holistic care in life-affirming environment
October 2024
In April 2023, Joe Sergeant was a seemingly healthy 63-year-old who had recently returned to his Montville, New Jersey, hometown after a hiking trip to Arizona. Experiencing excruciating pain at work, he was rushed to the hospital, underwent emergency surgery and was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda
Five African nuns bring spirit of joy, compassion to their work at southeast Missouri's Saint Francis
October 2024
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri — When Johnny Harris was hospitalized in January at Saint Francis Medical Center here after a stroke, he initially found himself very agitated and distressed as he lay in his hospital bed. But, then, Sr. Margaret Sergon came into his room to visit him and "a sense of calm came over me," he recalls. Sr. Sergon talked with him and prayed with him.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
chausa.org | Julie Minda
When E.J. Kuiper arrived from the Netherlands in 1991 for his one-year stint to practice physical therapy at a Florida hospital, he had no way of knowing that he would make the U.S. his permanent home and build a career in health care leadership spanning more than three decades and counting.
