CHRISTUS Calling

June is National Men's Health Month. This month is all about encouraging boys, men and their families to take care of their bodies and mind by exercising, eating healthy and seeking help when needed. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on average, men in the United States die 5 years earlier than women and die at higher rates. The three leading causes of these deaths are heart disease, cancer and unintentional injuries. 

In this episode, you'll hear from a physician with one of our CHRISTUS Trinity Clinics about the importance of annual check-ups. We'll also have a candid conversation with one of our community partners that is helping address men's health needs outside the walls of our CHRISTUS facilities. 

In this episode, we're discussing the importance of security and how it is integral to the daily operations of our hospitals and medical facilities. We'll spend the day with a CHRISTUS Health State Certified Level 3 Commissioned Security Officer named Joseph Newcost to learn more about the role the security team plays when it comes to extending the healing ministry of Jesus Christ to patients, physicians, clinicians and associates. 

We also sit down with the Vice President of Security at CHRISTUS Health, Roy Alston, to talk about how CHRISTUS is addressing the rise in assaults on clinicians nationwide and what makes our security force unique. 

In this episode, we discuss mental health and how a long-standing stigma surrounding the topic has prevented some people from seeking the help they need. We talk with mental health experts about the importance of reaching out for help and the various resources available.

You'll hear a very unique and informative perspective on the topic of mental health from Vern Rennier, the Program Director of the Behavioral Health Unit at CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana. 

We also discuss other available resources and mental health initiatives CHRISTUS Health supports through the CHRISTUS Community Impact Fund, which is the grant-making arm of our organization providing financial and technical support to various programs and organizations across our ministries that respond to the expressed needs of our communities. 

May is National Trauma Awareness Month. May 19 is National Stop the Bleed Day. The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding. Stop the Bleed is an initiative that was launched by the White House in 2015 as a national public awareness campaign to encourage bystanders to get trained, equipped and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before medical professionals arrive. 

In this episode, you'll hear the story of 13-year-old Brett Baxter who was injured while playing football at school. But thanks to a campus police officer trained on how to Stop the Bleed, Brett is alive and recovering well. 

Our CHRISTUS Health Trauma Teams are proud to offer Stop the Bleed training to local school districts. For more information on training, you can visit www.stopthebleed.org. 

Augmented Reality is no longer a thing of the future and Facebook is no longer the only one entering the Metaverse. The CHRISTUS Center of Excellence and Innovation is leading the way in what was once science fiction. Awarded Use Case of the Year from Microsoft at the Worldwide Annual Hololens Industry Summit, Bedside XR has revolutionized the health care industry. Using Microsoft’s augmented reality lenses, the technology allows the surgeon and surgical team to wear hands-free devices and receive a full field of vision to several important health care data visualization.

Javier Bacho, System Director at CHRISTUS LATAM HUB Center of Excellence and Innovation and Dr. Abraham del Real Galindo, a specialist in Sports Medicine and Trauma at CHRISTUS Muguerza Hospital Conchita who performed one of the earliest procedures in Latin America using Bedside XR technology, sits down for a candid conversation on our latest episode.

This latest podcast and the stories told within will give you much more hope for the future of health care and the world as a whole.

April is Minority Health Month. It’s a time to raise awareness and educate about the disparities in health that continue to affect people from racial and ethnic minority groups. But it’s about more than just education and the topic goes far beyond one calendar month. Marcos Pesquera, CHRISTUS Health’s Vice President for Community Benefit Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion sat down for a candid conversation on our latest episode. 

The team also brought in Nadine Nidal, CHRISTUS Health’s Program Director for Community Development. She helped through in-depth interviews to illustrate the CHRISTUS Health impact in the communities CHRISTUS serves. Nadine talked to different non-profits who shared their experiences. These conversations offered great insight into the help that continues to be offered to others through the CHRISTUS Community Impact Fund.

This latest podcast and the stories told within will give you much more hope for the future of the world.

Join Jillian Fertig as our new host and guide as we look at the incredible stories unfolding every day at CHRISTUS Health. Today's topic touches on how CHRISTUS is creatively recruiting the best and brightest nurses. 

If you are interested in learning about career opportunities visit: careers.christushealth.org

Join our Host Nikela Pradier and Dr. Sam Bagchi, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at CHRISTUS Health as we look back at this past year with the COVID-19 pandemic, what our communities have been through, the challenges we've overcome, and the lessons learned. 

Nikela Pradier is joined by Pukar Ratti our System Director of Research & Academics at CHRISTUS Health to talk about the cutting-edge COVID-19 research CHRISTUS Health is involved in to deliver the best possible treatment to patients during this pandemic.

Join us in this important discussion as we dive deeper into topics of racial and social injustice and how they affect the healthcare industry in our country. Our host Nikela Pradier had a chance to talk with Mike Talley our Vice President of Clinical Improvement & Virtual Care