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A cyberattack on a major American hospital system has caused dangerous medication mix ups including patients administered narcotics by mistake, leading to an admission to intensive care for life-threatening breathing difficulties. In another case, a female patient suffered a cardiac arrest and died after data mishaps delayed test results that would determine her life-saving treatment. Elsewhere, a nurse working for the Kansas branch of the major medical group recalled a 'near miss,' which involved him almost administering a potentially life-threatening dose of narcotic to a baby — because of false paperwork. Employees at Ascension, a Catholic healthcare system with more...

On the heels of the decision by Franciscan University to dump their health insurance due to the combined effects of the HHS mandate and escalating costs, Fox News reports that a second Catholic university may opt to cancel their insurance coverage. For Ave Maria University in Florida, the issue appears to mainly be about the costs: Like Franciscan University, the Steubenville, Ohio, school that just announced it is dropping student coverage. Ave Maria officials are opposed to the so-called contraceptive coverage mandate. But for both schools, premium costs associated with new coverage requirements appear to be fueling their anxiety.“We’re studying...

San Francisco, CA (AP) -- A major Catholic hospital chain has severed its official ties with the Roman Catholic Church as it seeks to maintain an unusual business model that includes both Catholic and non-Catholic hospitals. Catholic Healthcare West said Monday that it also was changing its name to Dignity Health . . .

The Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal Parallel to Abortion in Health Care - An extraordinary constellation of events has put the Catholic Church in the media's cross-hairs, and the distillation of their attacks reveals a perfidious double standard that has to be recognized and understood. The challenge will not go away, for it is based on the values at the very foundation of our post-modern society. How it resolves itself in its current iteration remains to be seen. In recent weeks, the dormant issue of sex abuse within the Catholic clergy has awakened with a fury. Contributing to its revival was...