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• Shift report redesign: a midwest medical center uses server-based phone technology to streamline shift reporting

  - 2007-08-01

  Shift change patient reporting takes place several times a day at every hospital in the country. And for many, it can be an inefficient, noisy and potentially error-prone process. Things were no different for Provena St. Joseph Medical Center, who began their search for a solution that would standardize handoff...

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• Midwest.(Regional News)(Henry Ford Health System )(Memorial Hospital & Health System)(Provena Health)

  - 2007-07-16

  CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.-Henry Ford Health System is now the sole owner of St. Joseph's Healthcare and has renamed the system Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals. Since 1990, Henry Ford has been an equal partner in the system with Trinity Health, Novi, Mich. In April, Trinity announced an...

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• On the Move...(Newsmakers)(University of Texas Medical Branch names David Callender president)(Provena Health appoints Steven Hunter)(Sierra Health Services promotes Marc Briggs)

  - 2007-04-23

  ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, named David Callender, a head and neck surgeon, as its new president. Callender, 49, is currently associate vice chancellor and CEO of the University of California at Los Angeles Hospital System. He is also...

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• Briefly; Foley out at Provena.(Provena Health chief executive officer William Foley resigned)(University Hospital at New Orleans reopened)(Medicaid Commission's vote on plan to integrate Medicare and Medicaid benefits)

  - 2006-11-20

  Provena Health, Mokena, Ill., which has been fighting a property-tax case with implications for hospitals nationwide, said its president and CEO of five years, William Foley, resigned for "personal and professional reasons.'' Foley, 56, wasn't available for comment. A Provena spokeswoman said she didn't know...

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• Ramifications of the Provena ruling; Revocation of tax-exempt status is a warning shot for not-for-profit providers.(Provena Health )

  - 2006-11-13

  Byline: William Foley The recent decision by the Illinois Department of Revenue to revoke the tax-exempt status of Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana will not only harm the mission of our hospital but may also have far-reaching consequences for every not-for-profit hospital in...

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• Health board debate gets heated.(News)

  - 2006-10-05

  Byline: Marni Pyke Daily Herald Staff Writer It was a hostile crowd Wednesday in Plainfield during a state hearing on the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board held by Senate Republicans. Among the angry throng was state Sen. Ed Petka. ...

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• Provena Health Center for Diagnostic Imaging Introduces Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection; CDI Provides a Full Range of Breast Imaging Services to Area Physicians and Patients

  - 2005-11-07

  GENEVA, Ill. -- Provena Health Center for Diagnostic Imaging CDI today announced it has enhanced its diagnostic imaging services by adding breast MRI to its center in Geneva. In addition to breast MRI, CDI also offers screening and diagnostic mammography, computed tomography CT, bone density imaging DEXA, ultrasound, and x-ray...

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• Integrating Ministerial Leadership at Provena Health

  - 2005-09-01

  Formed at the end of 1997, Provena Health, Mokena, IL, is still a relatively young organization. Building leadership development programs from the ground up is enabling this Illinois-Indiana system to integrate a focus on ministerial leadership into all its efforts to support and strengthen leadership for the future."We are trying...

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• Provena Health Benefits From McKesson Solutions

  - 2005-08-11

  Provena Health, a six-hospital Catholic health system based in Mokena, Ill., recently selected solutions from McKesson to help lower costs and improve patient care. Provena Health will implement Horizon RadiologyTM, an integrated radiology information system and picture archiving and communication system (RIS/PACS), to reduce film expenses and make medical images...

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• A taxing departure; Exec leaves Ill. hospital that lost state exempt status.(Mark Wiener resigned from Provena Health)

  - 2005-07-25

  Byline: Mark Taylor The president and CEO of Mokena, Ill.-based Provena Health's troubled Central Illinois Region has resigned. Mark Wiener, who has held that position for two years, stepped down and will be replaced by David Ber- tauski, a hospital turnaround manager with St....

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