Catholic Health

Affinity Health System | September 20, 2016

Beginning September 20, the healthcare systems of Ascension Wisconsin– Ministry Health Care (including Affinity Health System), Columbia St. Mary’s and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - will be among the first in the country to formally adopt and transition to using the Ascension name. Ascension is the largest not-for-profit health system in the U.S. and the world's largest Catholic health system. The unified name is expected to be fully implemented in Wisconsin, including facility...

Mercy | September 15, 2016

Determining a woman's risk of developing breast cancer is complicated. Heredity, genetics and lifestyle all can factor in. So too can anatomy.Women who have dense breasts, meaning they have a higher percentage of non-fatty and glandular tissue in their breasts, are also considered to be at some increased risk of breast cancer, though many are unaware of this correlation.Dr. Alan B. Hollingsworth and the Coletta Building on the campus of Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City were recently featured in the ...

FierceHealthcare | October 18, 2018

The planned $28 billion megamerger between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health is on track to close by the end of the year after receiving one of the final OKs it needed to move ahead: a thumbs-up from the Vatican. Last January, Englewood, Colorado-based CHI and San Francisco-based Dignity first signed a definitive agreement to create a new nonprofit Catholic health system, which would make it one of the largest health systems in the U.S. with 700 care sites and 139 hospitals ac...

Mercy Health | June 20, 2016

Molly Crumley, RN, BSN, MBA, director of operations at two Mercy LIFE (Living Independently for Elders) programs in the Philadelphia area—Mercy LIFE Valley View and Mercy LIFE Sharon Hill—has received the 2016....