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Catholic Health East is a multi-institutional Catholic
health system, which is co-sponsored by 15 religious congregations
and Hope Ministries, a Public Juridic Person within Catholic Health
East. Based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, the System provides the
means to ensure the continuation of the Catholic Identity and operational
strength of the sponsors’ health ministries, which are located
within 11 eastern states from Maine to Florida.
The system includes 13 acute care hospitals, 46 freestanding and
hospital-based long term care facilities, 12 assisted living facilities,
5 continuing care retirement communities, 18 home health/hospice agencies
and numerous ambulatory and community-based health services. Catholic
Health East facilities employ approximately 43,000 full-time employees
as partners in ministry. In the U.S. it is the ninth largest health
system ranked by net patient revenue; the fourth largest Catholic
health system ranked by acute care beds, and the third largest health
system operating assisted living facilities ranked by residents. CHE
is the largest not-for-profit home health system provider by visits.
Catholic Health East has four divisions, the Southeast Division
in Tampa, Florida; the Northeast Division in Springfield, Massachusetts,
and the Mid-Atlantic and Continuing Care divisions in Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania.
Catholic Health East was formed through the coming together of twelve
religious sponsors and their three health systems. In May 1997, the
Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, Franciscan Sister of St. Joseph, nine
regional communities of the institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the
Americas, and the Sisters of Providence announced their intent to
form a new co-sponsored system. In the fall of 1997, Allegany Health
System, Eastern Mercy Health System, and Sisters of Providence Health
System combined legally and operationally to create Catholic Health
East.
The formation of the System reflects the intention of the sponsors
to strengthen the role and identity of the Catholic health ministry
in the eastern United States. It is grounded in the sponsors’
historic commitment to the dignity of every individual, the sacredness
of life, and special dedication to caring for the poor, the elderly,
and disadvantaged. Catholic Health East is able to use its collective
strength and resources to pioneer new and creative ways of responding
to community health needs.
Catholic Health East enables its religious sponsors and participating
health care organizations to realize benefits in three primary areas:
Sponsorship
To create a stable vehicle for religious sponsors to maintain sponsorship
and Catholic identity of their health ministry into the future;
Stewardship
To enable more effective stewardship of collective resources to achieve
maximum benefit for the communities served and the common good of
the Catholic health ministry; and
Strategic Planning
To use enhanced size and critical mass to strengthen the positioning
of individual local health ministries and the Catholic Health East
System as a whole.
The mission statement of Catholic Health East states its purpose
and its ongoing commitment to the healthcare ministry.
Catholic Health East is a community of persons committed to being
a transforming, healing presence within the communities we serve.
To effect this Mission:
- We treat all persons whom we serve and with whom we work with
respect and compassion, calling forth their best human potential;
- We provide a full range of services that support healthy communities,
including quality medical care and wholistic approaches to healing
body, spirit and mind;
- We collaborate with others who share a common mission and vision;
- We continually seek ways to assure access to services to persons
most in need;
- We identify and develop leaders in Catholic health ministry’
- We advocate public policies and initiatives, particularly those
in the areas of health care, that ensure quality of life for all.
The core values articulated and affirmed by Catholic Health East’s
leadership and staff indicate the manner in which the System will
achieve its mission. As a faith-based healthcare ministry, it is vitally
important that we meet both our challenges and opportunities in the
context of—and in accordance with—our Core Values:
Reverence for each person
We believe that each person is a manifestation of sacredness of
human life.
Community
We demonstrate our connectedness to each other through inclusive
and compassionate relationships .
Justice
We advocate for a society in which all can realize their full
potential and achieve the common good.
Commitment to those who are poor
We give priority to those whom society ignores.
Stewardship
We care for and strengthen the ministry and all resources entrusted
to us.
Courage
We dare to take the risks our faith demands of us.
Integrity
We keep our word and are faithful to who we say we are.
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