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Telehealth technology prompts improved patient med adherence

Caregivers often are an overlooked group when it comes to supporting telehealth programs, according to a telehealth pilot study at Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health recently profiled in

Largest Catholic health system to buy Alexian Brothers

St. Louis's massive, $15 billion Catholic health system, Ascension Health, announced yesterday its plan to merge with Chicago's Alexian Brothers Health System, the Chicago Tribune reports. Financial

Ascension Health will create 500 new jobs

Ascension Health, the country's largest Roman Catholic hospital system, will open a new service center in Indianapolis, creating 500 new jobs by 2013, according to a press release issued jointly by

Report asserts that Ascension Health hospitals engaged in anti-union activity

At Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Mich., managers want the contract changed to a "policy," which would allow it to make unilateral changes whenever it chooses. The hospital continues to insist

Hospital CPOE collaborative to market order sets via Zynx

Three major health systems that have jointly developed more than 1,000 clinical order sets are joining with Zynx Health to market the order sets to other providers implementing computerized physician

Catholic nonprofit Ascension starts $1.35B bond sale to clean up debt

Impelled by low interest rates and a favorable market for higher-rated credits, St. Louis-based Ascension Health has taken the first step in a $1.35 billion new-money and refunding deal designed to