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30-March-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican

My view: Get it in writing; merger lacks transparency

30-March-2008
Albuquerque Journal

People Deserve Tangible Pledge
Public reaction to St. Vincent Regional Medical Center's proposed merger with the Catholic Christus Health organization has been, at best, mixed. Recently, Santa Fe County officials, who pay out more than $9 million in public funding annually to.....Read Story

29-March-2008 Associated Press
Questions About Service Delay Hospital Partnership
28-March-2008 Santa Fe New Mexican
State poses questions about proposed hospital partnership
Posing questions about the proposed partnership between St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and Christus Health is a bit like raising rabbits....Read Story
23-March-2008
Albuquerque Journal
Hospital Asked to Delay Merger
28-March-2008
Albuquerque Journal
Directors Must Respect Choices
Opinion: By Dr. David Bennahum And Rob Schwartz
20-March-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
Letters to the Editor
20-March-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican

S.F. County Commission candidates face the crowds for the first time
Some say the first forum in a political race is the time when candidates sound most like themselves, before they start sounding too much like.....Read Story

12-March-2008
Albuquerque Journal
Guarantee Women's Health Services
Opinion: By Drs. Tony Ogburn, Eve Espey and Larry Leeman
12-March-2008
Albuquerque Journal
Groups Meet On Merger Concerns
12-March-2008
Albuquerque Journal
Groups Appeal to Board Over Merger
11-March-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
Letters to the Editor
8-March-2008
Albuquerque Journal
St. Vincent Gets County Funding
6-March-2008
Albuquerque Journal
Health Merger Protested
A small but hardy group braved the wind Wednesday afternoon to announce its opposition to the proposed partnership between St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and Christus Health.
6-March-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
News in brief: Groups won't back hospital deal
4-March-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
St. Vincent Center refuses to release contract with Christus
There's a short way and a long way to describe how the board of St. Vincent Regional Medical Center responded to a request to reveal contract language....Read Story
3-March-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
News in breif: Group to hospital: Provide answers
28-Feb-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
Regional medical center officials silent on audit
 Transparent isn’t as transparent as it used to be, said Gail Williams, acting president of the Nurses Union at St. Vincent Regional Medical....Read Story
27-Feb-2008
Read the letter submitted to the Board of Directors of St. Vincent Regional Medical Center
21-Feb-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
News in breif: Christus handles some hospital work
21-Feb-2008
KSFR, Santa Fe Public Radio
Following up on concerns in some sectors of the community about St. Vincent Hospital and its planned merger with a Catholic-based hospital chain.
Listen to the KSFR midday report (Podcast)
20-Feb-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
St. Vincent Regional Medical Center: Groups push for merger language
Words have different meanings to different people and different groups. But when it comes to health care at St. Vincent Regional Medical Center......Read Story
20-Feb-2008
Albuquerque Journal
Concerns Over Hospital Merger Persist
"I'm concerned about the health care of we Santa Feans; that we'll be subject to the whims of the archbishop of the Catholic church," local resident Mitch Mitchell said at Wednesday evening.....Read Story
19-Feb-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
Hospital merger: Groups want legal proof of services
It's not that we don't like you; it's just that we don't trust you. That's the message a coalition of community groups say they would like to con.....Read Story
17-Feb-2008
Coalition members place full-page ad in the Santa Fe New Mexican
10-Feb-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
Hospital merger not a good idea
The proposed merger of St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and Christus Health is a bad idea. If the Catholic church feels the need for a hospital......Read Story
01-Feb-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
AG's office unlikely to get involved in St. Vincent merger
There's no legal reason Attorney General Gary King could use to see the paperwork that will seal the controversial deal to merge St. Vincent Regional......Read Story
26-Jan-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
Uncertainties cloud hospital merger
At a meeting with members of Temple Beth Shalom Friday night, hospital officials continued to insist that care at St. Vincent Regional Medical Center......Read Story
16-Jan-2008
Santa Fe New Mexican
Residents fear religion’s role in care at St. Vincent
Nobody likes being told what to do — especially when it could override personal, private decisions about their health. So perhaps it's natural th......Read Story
23-Dec-2007
Albuquerque Journal

Christus Is the Wrong Choice For SF
Opinion: By Joan Lamunyon Sanford

 

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