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June 20, 2024

St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center Transitioning Psychiatric Emergency Services to MetroHealth Effective July 1

Psychiatric emergency services will transition from St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center to The MetroHealth System effective July 1, 2024. This is the result of the determination by the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County that psychiatric emergency services should be offered by a hospital with access to a full psychiatric emergency department. As St. Vincent Charity closes its psychiatric emergency services unit June 30, MetroHealth is preparing to open a new psychiatric emergency department on its Cleveland Heights campus later this fall.

St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center, Behavioral Health

June 17, 2024

Sisters of Charity Health System Announces Experienced Nonprofit Leader Michael Goar As Next President and CEO

After an extensive national search, the Sisters of Charity Health System has named Michael J. Goar as its new President and CEO, to lead the Cleveland-based Catholic nonprofit in its next era of service. Goar, an accomplished executive with over 25 years driving impact for mission-driven organizations, will assume the role on July 22, 2024, succeeding Jan Murphy, M.S.N., FACHE.

Sisters of Charity Health System, Janice Murphy, Sister Judith Ann Karam, Michael Goar

June 4, 2024

Dr. Ted Parran and Dr. Mykola Kolganov Named Co-Medical Directors at Rosary Hall Addiction Treatment Program

Northeast Ohio addiction medicine experts, Dr. Ted Parran and Dr. Mykola Kolganov, have been named co-medical directors of Rosary Hall, the historic alcohol and drug treatment center housed at St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center. Rosary Hall offers innovative treatments, personalized care plans, intensive outpatient rehabilitation and groundbreaking addiction treatment research.

St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center, rosary hall

February 16, 2024

Sisters of Charity Health System Announces Retirement of President and CEO, Launches National Search for its Next Leader

The Sisters of Charity Health System announced that president and CEO Janice G. Murphy, MSN, FACHE, has decided to retire in 2024 after six years of dedicated service. She will step down once her successor has been appointed. Murphy first joined the Health System in 2018 as senior vice president of mission and ministry. In 2019, she became president & CEO of St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, leading it through the COVID-19 pandemic. She then took on her current role overseeing the entire Health System in 2021.

Sisters of Charity Health System, Janice Murphy, Sister Judith Ann Karam

May 23, 2023

Environmental Health Watch and Partners Receive BUILD Health Challenge Award to Support Food Justice in Central and Kinsman Neighborhoods of Cleveland

The city of Cleveland has been selected as one of 13 communities across the United States to receive awards from The BUILD Health Challenge for its 2023-2026 term.

Food Justice

November 15, 2022

Sisters of Charity Health System Names Dr. Charles Garven Chief Medical Officer as New Era Begins at St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center

The Sisters of Charity Health System has named Charles Garven, M.D. as its new chief medical officer to provide clinical leadership for its ministries, including Regina Health Center, Light of Hearts Villa, St. Vincent Charity Health Campus and the newly named St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center on E. 22nd…

Dr. Charles Garven

September 14, 2022

St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and the Sisters of Charity Health System Transform East 22nd Street Campus to Build on their Devotion to Healing

St. Vincent Charity Medical Center transitions from acute care to ambulatory care as part of adaptive reuse of the campus that will also bring new partners to meet community-identified needs through

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St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and University Hospitals get close to $3 million in federal money to fight addiction

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and University Hospitals a $2.89 million grant to improve access to addiction care in Northeast Ohio.

The Plain Dealer / cleveland.com

Telehealth rises to meet health care need in pandemic

As we continue through the pandemic, regular checkups and health care visits are more important than ever. But when every trip out of the house poses the risk of infection, many individuals fear visiting the doctor.

Cleveland Jewish News

COVID-19 pandemic shows skeptics telehealth technology's benefits and opportunities

The payment models and regulations that have for years stymied the health care industry's efforts to grow virtual-care options have been rapidly adjusted during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing a wave of patients to access their providers through telehealth.

Crain's Cleveland Business

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November 19, 2024

Healthy Learners highlights how it helps build healthier futures for families in latest newsletter

Healthy Learners, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, provides holistic services to empower children and families to access necessary healthcare, addressing the logistical and financial hurdles they face. The latest newsletter highlights success stories of helping families go from overwhelmed to empowered.

Healthy Learners, Outreach

November 4, 2024

Joseph & Mary's Home newsletter showcases renovation of new, modernized space for men

The recent issue of The Journey, the biannual newsletter of Joseph & Mary’s Home, features a cover article about the renovation of a new space for Joseph’s Home that will be modernized and 100% handicapped accessible, and “A New Home for Healing” fundraising campaign that is helping make it possible. The newsletter also features a staff spotlight on the first full-time nurse at Joseph & Mary’s Home, news updates and more.

Joseph and Mary's Home, Joseph & Mary's Home, Outreach

October 22, 2024

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina announces nearly $1.2 million in grants

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has awarded 120 grants totaling $1,148,000 to nonprofit organizations across the state. The foundation supports the work of organizations that meet the immediate needs of people experiencing poverty, break the cycle of poverty and strive to change the systems that are considered driving forces of poverty.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, Foundations

October 17, 2024

St. Vincent Charity Rosary Hall featured on FOX-8 New Day Cleveland show

Dr. Ted Parran, Co-Medical Director of Rosary Hall, and Sister Judith Ann Karam, CSA, Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine Congregational Leader, recently appeared on FOX-8 New Day Cleveland to talk about Rosary Hall. They spoke about its founding in 1952 and how it has continued to serve people with drug and alcohol problems ever since then through cutting-edge and evidence based-treatment options, with a compassionate, human touch.

rosary hall, Behavioral Health

October 11, 2024

Newsweek Names Regina Health Center to “America’s Best Nursing Homes” List

Regina Health Center, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, has been recognized as one of “America’s Best Nursing Homes 2025” by Newsweek, ranking 10th in Ohio for facilities with 50-99 beds. This year’s list was compiled based on an analysis of more than 14,000 nursing homes across the 25 states with the highest concentration of facilities.

Regina Health Center, health care

September 26, 2024

Joseph & Mary's Home puts the spotlight on alum who stabilized her health and moved into her own housing

Joseph & Mary’s Home, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, is Northeast Ohio’s first and only medical respite, offering medically-fragile adults experiencing homelessness the help they need to get back to health and forward to housing. Dawn, a former resident of Mary's Home, is one of the hundreds of adults who have stabilized their health and moved into their own home.