Sister Maurita Sengelaub Named to Hall of Fame

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4/1/13--Sister Maurita Sengelaub was inducted into the Modern Healthcare Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago on March 10, 2013.  The first woman head of the Catholic Hospital Association, now Catholic Health Association (CHA), Sister Maurita was recognized for her 60 years of leadership in health care.   Sister Maurita, Don Wegmiller who pushed the hospital industry to integrated systems, and Dr. Denton Cooley who made the first U.S. heart transplant, were given the awards during the America College of Healthcare Executives 2013 Congress on Healthcare Leadership.

Sister Maurita began her career as a nurse in 1937 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI.  She then joined  the faculty at the Mercy Central School of Nursing at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, with units located at Mercy Hospital, Muskegon and Mercy Hospital, Bay City. She felt called to enter the Sisters of Mercy in 1945 and was sent to St. Louis University for her master’s in health care administration.

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Sister Clare Marie Dalton given Medical Community Service Award in Sacramento

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Sister Clare is shown with Dr. David Herbert, president of the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society

Sister Clare Marie Dalton, RSM, vice president of Mission Integration at Mercy General Hospital, was awarded the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society’s prestigious 2012 Medical Community Service Award at their annual awards and installation dinner on Jan. 17. This award was presented to Sister Clare as a nonphysician community member who has made a significant contribution to a medical or public health issue.

The society noted: Clare’s participation in regional activities benefiting the poor and underserved, her advocacy and her tireless work to ensure that the underserved have access to quality medical care.

Clare has worked to provide quality healthcare in multiple capacities with Dignity Health. She served as a registered nurse at Mercy General Hospital and Mercy Medical Center Redding through the mid-1980s, tending to intensive care and trauma patients. In 1991, she transitioned to director of mission integration at Mercy San Juan Medical Center and later served in a similar capacity at the Dignity Health corporate office in Rancho Cordova, providing spiritual care to employees and managing community outreach programs. Since 2006, Clare has been vice president of mission integration at Mercy General Hospital, managing the chaplain, health ministry, nurse school health and volunteer departments.

 

Sister M. Maurita Sengelaub Honored by Modern Healthcare

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Sister M. Maurita Sengelaub of Farmington Hills, MI, has been chosen as an inductee into Modern Healthcare's Hall of Fame. 
Maurita began her career in healthcare in 1940 as a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI.  From 1970 to 1977, she was president of the Catholic Hospital Association (now Catholic Health Association) and the first woman to hold that position. She and two others will be honored at a ceremony Sunday, March 10, at the Hilton Chicago during the America College of Healthcare Executives 2013 Congress on Healthcare Leadership. The three inductees will then be profiled in the March 11 issue of Modern Healthcare. To read more,

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130119/INFO/301199995/health-care-hall-of-fame-adds-three

 
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