Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) have come together as CommonSpirit Health, creating a new nonprofit Catholic health system focused on advancing health for all people and serving communities in 21 states.
Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East, Lexington, KY, each earned Platinum Recognition from the Workplace Partnership for Life (WPFL) Hospital Organ Donation Campaign for efforts to increase organ, eye and tissue donor registrations across Kentucky. WPFL is a national initiative that unites the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the organ donation community with workplaces across the nation to spread the word about the importance of donation.
From October 2018 to April 2019, Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East participated in the campaign to educate staff, patients, visitors and communities about the critical need for organ, eye and tissue donations and offered donor registration opportunities, prompting hundreds of new donor registrations.
Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) have come together as CommonSpirit Health, creating a new nonprofit Catholic health system focused on advancing health for all people and serving communities in 21 states.
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Thanks in part to $2 million anonymous donation, the trauma program at CHI Health Good Samaritan took a highly anticipated step forward on Aug. 27 with a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new emergency department.
The Mercy Foundation, Roseburg, OR, received a generous grant of $150,000 from The Ford Family Foundation for the Healthy Kids Outreach Program (HKOP). The funds will support continued dental hygiene and dental education for students in Douglas County. Grant objectives include reducing the number of youths who require additional treatment and provi
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