December 31, 2018
Healthy Learners provides thousands of vision, dental, medication and other health-related services to students across South Carolina on its mission for healthy children, better students and thriving communities. The latest issue of the Healthy Insights from Healthy Learners newsletter shares the stories of students who Healthy Learners has helped remove their health barriers to learning, as well as news, program updates and more.
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December 28, 2018
Hazel Remesch, one of the fellows in The Innovation Mission and a supervising attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, has spurred conversation across Cleveland about the right to legal counsel in eviction cases. Through The Innovation Mission fellowship, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland is empowering Remesch and four other experts to develop their own innovative approaches to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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December 27, 2018
The Marion Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the newest location of A Father’s Place in Marion, South Carolina. A Father's Place is a program of the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families that works to help more fathers engage with their kids.
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December 26, 2018
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina recently announced its 2019 board of trustees’ officers: Thomas Otis, chair; Lisa Bernardin, vice chair; Mitch Watson, secretary; and Andy Folsom, treasurer.
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December 21, 2018
On behalf of the Sisters of Charity Health System, thank you for sharing our mission to extend the healing ministry of Jesus to God’s people. Your support helps light the way to health and wellness for individuals, families and communities in Ohio and South Carolina. Let us extend that love by opening our hearts to all in the coming year.
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December 20, 2018
Ohio’s Medicaid expansion is working. It has transformed lives of more than 1.2 million people over the last four years, helping hundreds of thousands of Ohioans get back to work. The Ohio General Assembly is likely to come back after Christmas to override vetoes by Gov. John Kasich. There is talk that they may vote to override his 2017 veto of the freeze on Medicaid expansion. Please tell your legislators: Don’t support the Medicaid expansion freeze.
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December 18, 2018
Michael Maniche of Willoughby, Ohio, knew for almost a year he needed a total left hip replacement. But having gone through a recent left knee replacement, he dreaded what he believed would be months of painful rehabilitation. It wasn’t until he talked with Dr. Amar Mutnal, an affiliated surgeon of St. Vincent Charity Medical Center’s Spine and Orthopedic Institute, that he knew he was ready to take the leap to hip replacement. Michael chose Dr. Mutnal because of his specialized approach to total hip replacement surgery. Dr. Mutnal combines the latest in surgical techniques and technology – a minimally invasive anterior approach, digital templating technology and intra-operative x-ray.
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December 14, 2018
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland (SOCF) and its partners at A Place 4 Me and FrontLine Service are supporting a new pilot effort to track youth homelessness data across the United States. Launched December 1, the pilot includes a dozen communities nationwide that the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness identified as leaders in the work to prevent and end youth homelessness.
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December 12, 2018
Mercy Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes Mercy Medical Center’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States.
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December 10, 2018
The Women’s Choice Award® has named St. Vincent Charity Medical Center one of the top 22 hospitals in the country for orthopedics. The Women’s Choice Award recently published its full list of 357 of America’s best hospitals for orthopedics. Becker’s Spine Review drilled down into the list to identify the top 22 hospitals on the full list, which includes the top 11 percent of 3,230 U.S. hospitals offering orthopedics services.
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