Health Calls

Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy in a Virtual Age

Episode Summary

Much of the health care process happens virtually these days. In the Catholic health ministry, how does spiritual care play into this equation?

Episode Notes

Much of the health care process happens virtually these days. In the Catholic health ministry, how does spiritual care play into this equation?

In the first episode of Health Calls season four, Jill Fisk, CHA's Director of Mission Services, and Justin Martin, a board-certified chaplain at Mercy St. Louis, join the show to discuss spiritual care in a virtual age. They discuss Mercy COVID Care @ Home, a program which recently won CHA’s Achievement Citation award, as well as the possibility of extending proactive chaplaincy services to different areas of care. 

Resources

 

Mercy COVID Care @ Home: CHA’s 2023 Achievement Citation Video

 

"Mercy chaplains tap technology to connect with COVID Care @ Home patients" (Catholic Health World article)