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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Catholic and other church-owned health systems demonstrate greater quality and efficiency than not-for-profit or investor-owned systems, according to a new analysis by Thomson Reuters. Report: Quality of Catholic Health Systems Higher Than Others Wednesday, August 11, 2010

DENVER (CNS)—A program that provided hospice care, palliative care or caregiver support for more than 3,500 patients in fiscal 2009 is the winner of the Catholic Health Association's 2010 Achievement Citation. Catholic Health Association Honors Hospice Program, Four Women Saturday, June 19, 2010

DENVER (CNS)—Differences within the Catholic community during the health reform debate were not about the objectives to be accomplished but about the "degree of assurance" provided by the bill on those objectives, Father J. Bryan Hehir told the annual convention of the Catholic Health Association June 13. Time to Move Forward After Differences on Health Reform Wednesday, June 16, 2010

DENVER (CNS)—President Barack Obama thanked members of the Catholic Health Association June 14 for their "help and courage in passing health care reform." Obama Thanks CHA for Helping Achieve Health Reform Wednesday, June 16, 2010

NEW ORLEANS (CNS)—Dr. Wayne Riley, who is president, CEO and a professor at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., told Catholic media professionals June 4 he feels the new health care reform law was aimed mostly at reforming health insurance. Medical College CEO Talks Health Reform to Catholic Media Wednesday, June 09, 2010

WASHINGTON (CNS)—The new health reform law might have overcome its first hurdles, but it still faces a multitude of challenges—in the courts, in state legislatures and in the minds of many confused Americans. Next Health Reform Challenges: Court Cases, State Laws Monday, June 07, 2010

ROME (CNS)—The health care reform law passed in the United States marked "a needed and long awaited beginning" of bringing greater justice to all citizens, especially the most vulnerable, said an influential Jesuit journal. Jesuit Journal Praises Health Reform Law Friday, June 04, 2010

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The executive committee of the Catholic Health Association met with officials of several top Vatican agencies for talks that focused in part on the association's support for health reform legislation that the U.S. bishops opposed. CHA Executive Committee Meets With Vatican Officials Saturday, May 29, 2010

WASHINGTON (CNS)—A bipartisan bill before the House of Representatives would bring the new health reform law "into line with policies on abortion and conscience rights that have long prevailed in other federal health programs," said the head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities. Cardinal Backs Bill Fixing Health Reform Law Tuesday, May 25, 2010

LONG BEFORE health-care reform spawned a national debate, health and parish nurse ministries sponsored by Catholic organizations were quietly addressing health needs on the local level. At St. John Health System in Detroit, Michigan, the center's parish nursing program designed Walk to Jerusalem and Walk to Bethlehem to promote exercise with ... Catholic Parishes Minister to Soul and Body Sunday, May 23, 2010

When we hear the term Catholic health care, we may think of the last time we visited someone in the hospital. Perhaps we imagine a chaplain visiting patients or a parish minister bringing the Eucharist to a bedside. Or maybe we remember a crucifix in front of the hospital or hanging ... The Catholic Tradition of Health Care Sunday, May 23, 2010

PICK UP A NEWSPAPER or view the news on TV or the Internet, and mention of health care is bound to surface. Health-care issues are real: How do I stay healthy, find proper care, pay the bills? While pragmatic concerns must be addressed, another essential element for health and wholeness is ... Caregivers Need Care, Too Saturday, May 22, 2010

Leah Curtin, R.N., ScD(h), F.A.A.N., director of communications for the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor in Cincinnati, Ohio, and executive editor of American Nurse Today—the official journal of the American Nursing Association—greets me with a very warm hug on a very cold February day. Leah gives me a tour of the Centennial ... Holistic Care: Treating Mind, Body and Spirit Saturday, May 22, 2010

He's a medical doctor, a Ph.D. in ethics and a Franciscan brother. Bridging Medicine and Theology Saturday, May 22, 2010

COLUMBIA, S.C. (CNS)—A Columbia attorney has resigned from the board of directors of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina because he disagrees with the Cleveland-based Sisters of Charity Health System's stand on health care legislation. Attorney Resigns From Catholic Foundation Over Health Reform Saturday, May 01, 2010

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