Catholic Health Initiatives
Encyclopedia
Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) is a faith-based
, non-profit health system
. It is the second largest Catholic health system in the United States and the fifth largest US health system overall.
It operates hospital
s, long-term care facilities
, assisted- and residential-living facilities
, and community health-services organizations across the country.
Catholic Health Initiatives is headquartered in Denver, Colorado
.
Faith-based
The term faith-based is a neologism , mostly current in US English, to describe any organization or government idea or plan based on religious beliefs, specifically Christian beliefs....
, non-profit health system
Health system
A health system can be defined as the structured and interrelated set of all actors and institutions contributing to health improvement. The health system boundaries could then be referred to the concept of health action, which is "any set of activities whose primary intent is to improve or...
. It is the second largest Catholic health system in the United States and the fifth largest US health system overall.
It operates hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
s, long-term care facilities
Long-term care
Long-term care is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical need of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods of time....
, assisted- and residential-living facilities
Assisted living
Assisted living residences or assisted living facilities provide supervision or assistance with activities of daily living ; coordination of services by outside health care providers; and monitoring of resident activities to help to ensure their health, safety, and well-being.Assistance may...
, and community health-services organizations across the country.
Catholic Health Initiatives is headquartered in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
.