May 2008
7 posts
WatchErnest Madu gives a talk at TED entitled: Bringing world-class health care to the poorest.
“Who are we to decide that poor people cannot get the best care?”
Also, check out the Heart Institute of the Caribbean.
I dare you to not be inspired after viewing this video.
“Catholic identity also allows people to be comfortable in expressing their fears...”
– The CEO of CHRISTUS has a blog. This is a peek at a post from December 2007: Wireside Chat with Dr. Tom: Growth and our Identity
Nuns Sell Unsellable Hospital →
This report from the Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog explains that the St. Francis Hospital in Blue Island, Illinois (an SSM Healthcare facility) is being sold to Transition Healthcare.
Upon the finalization of the deal, St. Francis Hospital will become MetroSouth Medical Center.
A change in name, leadership and mission is quite an undertaking. However, judging from the info available...
More School?
When I think of going back to school, I cringe.
Paper due dates quickly conger up images of me typing furiously at 3 a.m. and praying that my printer’s ink cartridge was not empty.
All of these bad memories go away, however, when I look at the webpage for the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy at Loyola University, Chicago.
They’ve got two online programs in...
The Institute of Catholic Bioethics: Medical... →
It’s too soon to tell, but this might be a good resource for discussions on Catholic Bioethics.
The first post promises “an opportunity for you to propose real medical ethical dilemmas for ethical analysis by one of our in house medical ethicists.”
I’m looking forward to more posts…
Jonathan F. Sullivan: "So, what is it you do?" →
Jonathan has been doing what I will do.
The bottom line: it’s hard to explain, but incredible work.