Ascension Health news and information

Ascension Health, St. Louis, has completed its deal to acquire Marian Health System, the Tulsa, Okla.-based provider with three regional divisions.
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One of the last HIMSS speakers began by telling the audience he may be causing problems for them in the near future.
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LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif.—Ascension Health made a move into California with an affiliation agreement with six-hospital Daughters of Charity Health System, Los Altos Hills. The deal gives Ascension, St. Louis, its first presence in the Golden State. Terms of the agreement between the two...
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The encouraging results of a 14-hospital childbirth safety initiative are a reminder of the nation's notoriously high infant mortality rate and high rate of adverse events in the delivery room. They also shed light on how some simple interventions can be highly effective, but that institutions can...
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GRAND BLANC, Mich.—Ascension Health's Michigan division announced the formation of Reverence Home Health & Hospice, a statewide home-care provider. The plan includes 15 Ascension hospitals in Michigan and other facilities from Borgess Health, Genesys Health System, St. John Providence...
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St. John Providence Health System, Warren, Mich., has hired David Brooks as president of St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit and senior VP of St. John Providence.
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Ascension Health's Michigan division announced the formation of Reverence Home Health & Hospice, a statewide homecare provider.
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DENVILLE, N.J.—Ascension Health Care Network ended its negotiations to buy St. Clare's Health System in Denville from Catholic Health Initiatives. In March, the board of St. Clare's, which has four campuses in New Jersey, recommended the sale to the Ascension Health Care Network, a...
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Ascension Health Care Network's deal to acquire 427-bed St. Clare's Health System, Denville, N.J., from Catholic Health Initiatives has fallen apart.
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An environment where hospitals are under pressure to purchase medical and surgical supplies that promise the best clinical outcomes at the lowest price is here to stay, according to comments made by group purchasing executives at an industry conference this week.
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