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CHA holds a number of webinars and virtual programs throughout the year on topics important to the ministry. We are in the process of moving them to this new platform. Please watch for upcoming announcements. In the meantime, you are able to watch on-demand recordings of previous programs and courses.

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CHA holds a number of webinars and virtual programs throughout the year on topics important to the ministry. Below you will find our archive of program recordings. You can scroll through or use the search at the top of this page to find a specific program. All recordings are available to CHA members and many are available to both members and nonmember. Please note that all recordings require you to log in (whether or not you are a CHA member).

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Laudato Si' Action Platform: Answering the Call to Care for Creation

About the Laudato Si' Action Platform Launched in 2021, the Vatican-sponsored grassroots effort is mobilizing the global Catholic Church to take action rooted in...

  • October 6th, 2022
  • 1

Signs of Our Times-Virtual Formation Resources

Formation is and has always been the heartbeat of our ministry. That truth remains as we live in a world where in-person access becomes increasingly complicated. Our...

  • September 15th, 2022
  • 1

Ecclesial Relationships in Catholic Health Care: A Course for Sponsors and Leaders

  • September 8th, 2022
  • 4

Emerging Topics in Catholic Health Care Ethics, Series 2

An Ethics Webinar Series Co-sponsored by the Catholic Health Association in cooperation with Georgetown University Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Loyola...

  • Jul 6th, 2022 – Jan 31st, 2023
  • 7

Emerging Topics in Catholic Health Care Ethics

In our ongoing commitment to provide timely, relevant information about emerging issues for Catholic health care, the Catholic Health Association is offering a monthly...

  • Jul 8th, 2021 – Mar 9th, 2022
  • 12

The Future of Mission Leadership: 2022 Mission Leader Survey

This webinar will delve deeper into relevant findings and allow for a robust, clear-eyed conversation about implications for the future of mission leadership....

  • September 1st, 2022
  • 1

Preparing for Medicaid Unwinding

The end of the COVID-19 federal Public Health Emergency declaration will trigger the reevaluation of over 80 million Medicaid beneficiaries continued eligibility for...

  • May 24th, 2022 – Dec 31st, 2023
  • 2

Spiritual / Pastoral Care Dialogues - Essentials in Continuing Care Settings

During this first dialogue, members of the Continuing Care Subcommittee of the CHA Spiritual Care Advisory Council, along with CHA staff, will present and seek input...

  • August 11th, 2022
  • 2

World AIDS Day – A Conversation About the Catholic Church's Role in Caring for HIV Patients During the Past 40 Years

In this CHA conversation, Michael J. O'Loughlin, an award-winning journalist and national correspondent for America Media will share his reporting on Catholic...

  • December 1st, 2021
  • 1

What Counts as Community Benefit (2022)

Does it count as community benefit? What are the guiding principles for reporting (and not reporting) community benefit programs? This webinar will review the basic...

  • May 3rd, 2022
  • 1

Mission Leaders as Strategists, Advocates & Executives: A Competency Building Webinar Series

  • Apr 21st – May 19th, 2022
  • 3

Minority Health Month Watch Webinar: Is Racism Making People Sick?

This webinar will include the short film and then a panel discussion about the issues it highlights.

  • April 28th, 2022
  • 1

Feast of St. Francis Webinar (2021)

Published in 2015, Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si’ called on “all men and women of good will” to acknowledge the urgency of our environmental challenges and work...

  • September 23rd, 2021
  • 1

Integral Ecology: The Bond Between Justice and Caring for Creation

  • April 14th, 2022
  • 1

We Are Called Webinar Series

The benefits of having a diverse board are clear — broader perspectives lead to deeper discussions, more comprehensive thinking and fewer missteps in implementing new...

  • Jan 19th – Jul 20th, 2022
  • 6

What Counts as Community Benefit?

Does it count as community benefit? What are the guiding principles for reporting (and not reporting) community benefit programs? This webinar will review the basic...

  • May 4th, 2021
  • 1

Pandemic Impacts on Preventing and Assisting Victims of Human Trafficking in Catholic Ministries

This 60-minute webinar will focus on the impact of the pandemic on identifying, assisting and overall efforts to eradicate human trafficking. Presenters from various...

  • February 2nd, 2022
  • 1

Feast of St. Francis Webinar: Caring for Creation: Making the Commitment to Reduce Carbon Emissions

In his recent message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Pope Francis laments the destruction of our common home and calls for "all of us to act...

  • September 21st, 2022
  • 1

Watch Webinar – View the Film “Toxic, A Black Woman’s Story”

During this webinar watch the 20-minute film, “Toxic, A Black Woman’s Story,” which shows a "day in the life" of a pregnant Black woman and the myriad stressors she...

  • April 30th, 2021
  • 1

Sustaining Catholic Senior Care

Senior care across the country is experiencing major challenges as COVID-19 magnified systemic weaknesses in funding, staffing, pandemic preparedness, disconnections...

  • April 29th, 2021
  • 1

Webinar Series: Sponsorship - Sustaining the Ministry

CHA is pleased to offer "Sponsorship: Sustaining the Ministry," a new webinar series to explore the theoretical and practical dimensions of these contemporary...

  • Aug 12th, 2020 – 11th, 2021
  • 12

We Are Called Conversation Series

CHA members share how their organizations are working to meet the goals of our ministry's new collective initiative to confront racism, Confronting Racism to Achieve...

  • Apr 28th – Jul 28th, 2021
  • 4

Webinar Series: The Elderly - Our Future

Revered by some cultures and pushed aside and forgotten by others, elders are more and more in our midst. This webinar series will open a conversation starting from...

  • Mar 9th – May 26th, 2021
  • 4

Environmental Justice – A Conversation with Activist Hilton Kelley

When Navy veteran and stunt man/actor Hilton Kelley returned to his predominantly black hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, for a vacation after a long absence, he was...

  • March 16th, 2021
  • 1

2021 - IRS 990, Schedule H: An Overview and Update on Current Tax-Exemption Issues

Tax-exempt hospitals report their community benefit activities and other information related to their tax exemption on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990,...

  • March 15th, 2021
  • 1

Webinar Series: Bridging Identity & Inclusivity to Create Health Equity

We are called to build true health equity. In the face of COVID-19 testing, treatment, and vaccine distribution, and as a part of our ongoing work to end systemic...

  • Feb 2nd – 23rd, 2021
  • 4

Dementia Care During a Time of COVID

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on most long-term care facilities. In the last eight months, most have had to adjust and improvise their policies and procedures to...

  • January 27th, 2021
  • 1

Webinar Series: COVID-19 Vaccines Are Coming - Are We Ready for Ethical, Equitable Distribution?

The arrival of promising COVID vaccines brings hope to millions of people who have longed for a safe and effective way to bring an end to the pandemic. As we move...

  • Dec 10th – 17th, 2020
  • 2

Investing in Community Health: A Toolkit for Hospitals

A CHA/Vizient Community Benefit Webinar ​ ​Decades of structural racism and disinvestment have resulted in places of concentrated poverty and significant health...

  • November 19th, 2020
  • 1

Eldercare Webinar: Delirium in LTC — COVID Implications

Delirium is an acute, fluctuating disturbance in awareness and cognition that can occur in older people. It can be reversible and often preventable. It is almost...

  • October 13th, 2020
  • 1

Feast of St. Francis Webinar: Today's Climate Call – Perspectives of Saint Francis & Pope Francis

This webinar will feature Fr. Tom Nairn, OFM, Ph.D., Provincial Minister of the Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart, who as a Franciscan, ethicist and theologian,...

  • September 23rd, 2020
  • 1

Webinar Series: Business Ethics and Catholic Health Care

As we navigate ongoing disruptions and uncertainties of COVID-19 in business, health and society, critical questions arise around just wages for essential workers and...

  • Aug 13th – 27th, 2020
  • 3

Ministry Formation Suite Webinar Series - Formation in a Virtual World

The coronavirus pandemic has underscored the power and potential of the virtual world to bring us together. As we navigate the new landscape of health care and explore...

  • July 23rd, 2020
  • 1

Webinar Series: Catholic Ethics and the Challenge of COVID-19

A complimentary webinar series co-sponsored by the Catholic Health Association and Georgetown University in cooperation with the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics.

  • Apr 16th – Jul 2nd, 2020
  • 11

Webinar Series: Ministry Formation Series

  • Jun 18th – 23rd, 2020
  • 2

Webinar Series: Our Well-Being - A Webinar Series Sharing Wellness Resources

As we cannot give what we do not have, associate health, spirituality and security are critical to providing compassionate care. During COVID-19 and the "new normal"...

  • May 13th – Jun 3rd, 2020
  • 4

2020: What Counts as Community Benefit? What are Implications of COVID-19?

Does it count as community benefit? What are the guiding principles for reporting (and not reporting) community benefit programs? What are some reporting...

  • May 19th, 2020
  • 1

Ethics Support in Responding to COVID-19: A Case Study of Providence St. Joseph Health

From the moment the first confirmed U.S. COVID-19 patient was admitted to Providence Regional Medical Center Everett near Seattle last January, Providence St. Joseph...

  • May 6th, 2020
  • 1

COVID-19 Recovery Funding for Health Care Webinar

In light of severe financial challenges threatening hospitals and health care providers across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, CHA is presenting a special...

  • May 1st, 2020
  • 1

How to Talk About Climate Change — CHA's 2020 Earth Day Webinar

​Most Americans understand that climate change is real and are concerned about it. But most still see climate change as a threat not concerning them personally, in...

  • April 13th, 2020
  • 1

Making Ethical Choices With Limited Resources: Lessons From Catholic Health Care

As the rate of COVID-19 escalates across the country and concerns multiply about the scarcity of resources to diagnose and treat the virus, important questions are...

  • April 1st, 2020
  • 1

CHA Pandemic Webinar: Lessons from Ground Zero

On Wednesday, March 25 CHA hosted a special presentation and discussion about the coronavirus pandemic and the work of Catholic health care to respond. Our...

  • March 25th, 2020
  • 1

2020 - IRS 990, Schedule H: An Overview

Tax-exempt hospitals report their community benefit activities and other information related to their tax exemption on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990,...

  • February 26th, 2020
  • 1

Navigating the New Wired World: An Exploration of the Ethical Considerations of Online Searching for Patient Information

  • November 19th, 2019
  • 1

A Discussion of Why Organized Medicine Must Maintain Its Opposition to Assisted Suicide

Physician-assisted suicide is now legal in 10 states and efforts are underway to legalize the practice across the country. State and national health professional...

  • October 24th, 2019
  • 1

The Urgent Need to Heal our Home: A Feast of St Francis Webinar

As we approach the fifth anniversary of Laudato Si', join us for a discussion about Pope Francis' encyclical with Jesuit Father Rick Malloy. During this one-hour...

  • September 26th, 2019
  • 1

Ministering to the Mission: Strategic Spiritual Care During Organizational Transition

Rabbi Dr. Nadia Siritsky, vice president of mission at KentuckyOne Health Jewish Hospital, will speak about the strategic partnership between the mission leader and...

  • September 18th, 2019
  • 1

Tax Exemption Issues

Compliance with community benefit regulations is a key part of maintaining your organization's tax-exempt status. It is important for everyone in the organization that...

  • September 4th, 2019
  • 1

Webinar Series: Pastoral care

CHA is pleased to offer two pastoral care related webinars, on Aug. 13 and 27. CHA and the staff of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) will unpack...

  • Aug 13th – 27th, 2019
  • 2

Achieving Health Equity Through Increased Understanding, Sustainable Solutions and Collective Action

This CHA webinar highlights how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health is working to eliminate health disparities and improve the...

  • August 7th, 2019
  • 1

Protecting Patients from Surprise Billing

In this CHA webinar, Jack Hoadley, research professor emeritus of the Health Policy Institute, McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, discussed...

  • July 9th, 2019
  • 1

2019: What Counts as Community Benefit?

Does it count as community benefit? What are the guiding principles for reporting (and not reporting) programs and activities as community benefit? Presenters Trina...

  • May 13th, 2019
  • 1

2019 - Earth Day Webinar

Join us for a spirited, online discussion with environmental expert, Gary Cohen, who is president and co-founder of Health Care Without Harm (HCWH). During this...

  • April 3rd, 2019
  • 1

Donations for Disaster Relief: Intentions and Impact

First do no harm — that's our mantra as a health care community striving to shepherd health and wellness in the communities we serve. The same passion and innovation...

  • March 28th, 2019
  • 1

Project Legacy: Succession Planning for Crucial Roles in the Ministry

This one-hour webinar highlights a CHA initiative to assist the Catholic health ministry in talent development and succession planning for mission, pastoral care and...

  • March 20th, 2019
  • 1

Eldercare Webinar: Trauma-Informed Care - Practical Implications

Traumatic experiences can affect the physiology as well as the behaviors and reactions of survivors. This session will explore the current understanding of trauma and...

  • February 21st, 2019
  • 1

Community Benefit Webinar - IRS Form 990, Schedule H

Tax-exempt hospitals report their community benefit activities and other information related to their tax exemption on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990,...

  • February 20th, 2019
  • 1

A Catholic Health System's Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. Force, fraud, or coercion are used to trap victims into commercial sex or forced labor. Victims are children,...

  • January 9th, 2019
  • 1

Community Benefit and Finance/Tax Staff: Cultivating Relationships for Accurate Reporting

Accurate community benefit reporting requires a close working relationship between community benefit and finance staff. This webinar, based on a new resource developed...

  • December 18th, 2018
  • 1

Community Benefit and Eldercare Webinar: The Family Caregivers Center

Across the country, more than 40 million family caregivers are caring for an adult living with a chronic health condition. Whether grappling with a new dementia...

  • October 16th, 2018
  • 1

Advancing Healthy Interiors in Health Care — Webinar for the Feast of St. Francis

The health care sector is a heavy user of chemicals. While some are useful, many have negative effects on the health of people and the environment. As health care...

  • September 13th, 2018
  • 1

Understanding the Revision to Part Six of the ERDs

After several years of dialogue and consultation, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently approved a revision to Part Six of the Ethical and...

  • September 6th, 2018
  • 1

Mission Leader Toolkit - A Webinar to Showcase this New Resource

CHA has developed an online toolkit to support the lived experiences of mission leaders and grow their unique skill set as they lead the integration of Catholic...

  • August 7th, 2018
  • 1

What Can We Learn from our Founders about the Opioid Epidemic?

Epidemics are not new to Catholic health care or to the Catholic Church. For centuries, members of religious congregations have provided care and treatment for...

  • July 26th, 2018
  • 1

Webinar Series: Community Benefit Webinar Series

The series is designed to help community benefit managers document the progress and impact of their programs while meeting Internal Revenue Service and/or funder...

  • Feb 28th – Jul 11th, 2018
  • 5

Hospital-Community Collaborations to Promote Healthy Food Access

With access to healthy food crucial to the health and well-being of our communities, many community benefit programs are working with partners to make fresh, healthy...

  • June 26th, 2018
  • 1

What Counts as Community Benefit? (2018)

Does it count as community benefit? What are the guiding principles for reporting (and not reporting) community benefit programs? This webinar will review the basic...

  • May 23rd, 2018
  • 1

Making the Case for Primary Care

Primary care is sometimes viewed as the neglected stepchild of medicine. This webinar will discuss ways in which a strong primary care base is necessary for an...

  • April 24th, 2018
  • 1

Climate Change, Catholics, and Health: CHA Environment Webinar for Earth Day 2018

Why, as Catholics, do we care about climate change? Why, as health care providers, do we care about climate change? And if we care, what do we do about it? These...

  • Apr 13th – 16th, 2018
  • 2

Good Intentions - Bad Results - Mitigating the Unintended Effects of Unconcious Bias

The unintended consequences of unconscious bias can be seen and experienced across all industries. Due to the evidenced-based impact of unconscious bias on safety,...

  • March 26th, 2018
  • 1

Community Benefit Webinar: IRS Form 990 Schedule H: An Overview

Tax-exempt hospitals report their community benefit activities and other information related to their tax exemption on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990,...

  • February 1st, 2018
  • 1

A Medical Safe Haven for Victims – A CHA Human Trafficking Webinar

A Dignity Health family medicine center in Sacramento has created a safe haven medicine residency clinic. It serves the dual purpose of providing medical care for...

  • January 17th, 2018
  • 1

Complying with IRS Regulations under Section 501®

Final regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act requirements for tax-exempt hospitals became effective the first day of a hospital’s 2016 tax year. The Internal...

  • December 14th, 2016
  • 1

Barriers to Palliative Care in the Long-Term Care Setting

This webinar makes the case that palliative care is a model for excellence in long-term health care. By creating a culture of palliative care and putting in place...

  • December 6th, 2016
  • 1

Preparing for the Ethics of Population Health: Our Moral Tradition Considered Anew

Population health is increasingly important in U.S. health care in light of the Affordable Care Act and widespread acceptance of the Triple Aim framework from the...

  • October 25th, 2016
  • 1

Climate Change and Health - Webinar for the Feast of St. Francis

This webinar was broadcast on September 30, 2016. It addresses climate change as both a moral and health concern to Catholic health care providers. Our faith and...

  • September 30th, 2016
  • 1

Physician, Heal Thyself? Living the Mission in Catholic Health Care by Addressing Physician Wellness

Catholic health care emphasizes care for the whole patient: body, mind and soul, but do we extend this focus to those who are responsible for providing that care? What...

  • May 24th, 2016
  • 1

Ethics Webinar: 21st Century Genomic Medicine: What Care and for Whom?

Almost daily one finds reports in the media touting new and exciting advances in genetic research and genomic medicine. Often implicit in these reports are multiple...

  • April 20th, 2016
  • 1

ERDs and Catholic Long-Term Care Providers

The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, often called the ERDs or the Directives, is the document that offers moral guidance, drawn from...

  • April 12th, 2016
  • 1

Quick Look at the Social Determinants of Health

In this 14-minute presentation, get the basics on social determinants of health from Julie Trocchio, CHA senior director of community benefit and continuing care.

  • March 30th, 2016
  • 1

Subsidiarity: A Leadership Principle for Good Work

The heart of good leadership is a respect in action that assists leaders to take another look (re-spect from the Latin respectare to re-look) at their employees. An...

  • March 8th, 2016
  • 1

IRS Form 990 Schedule H: A Review of 2014 - 2015 Form and Instructions (Community Benefit Webinar)

Tax-exempt hospitals report their community benefit activities and other information related to their tax exemption on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990,...

  • February 23rd, 2016
  • 1

Nursing Care and Laudato Si': Climate Change and the Nursing Response

In 2015, Pope Francis called for a new dialogue on the future of our planet. The Encyclical Letter, Laudato Si', Care for our Common Home, has particular significance...

  • January 27th, 2016
  • 1

Guiding Principles for Conducting International Health Activities

Compelled to continue Jesus' mission of love and healing today, U.S.-based Catholic health care organizations are reaching out to our brothers and sisters around the...

  • January 20th, 2016
  • 1

Mission Integration in long-Term Care

Mission integration continues to evolve into all aspects of health care delivery. While mission leaders were originally used in acute care settings, they now can be...

  • December 2nd, 2015
  • 1

Medically Administered Nutrition and Hydration: Is it Ethically Required with Dementia and Stroke Patients?

This webinar reviews the topic of the use of feeding tubes with particular attention to the care of individuals with dementing illnesses and strokes. The discussion...

  • November 3rd, 2015
  • 1

Match Made In Heaven: Health Care and School Systems as Partners

This community benefit webinar describes how one hospital joined forces with the local school system to deliver primary care and population health services to 43,000...

  • October 28th, 2015
  • 1

Short-Term Medical Mission Trips Recommendations for Practice

This CHA resource shares 20 Recommendations for Practice that Catholic health care leaders should use to review current and to consider future short-term medical...

  • November 18th, 2015
  • 1

Environmental Stewardship – Advocacy and Action

This CHA webinar, in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis, patron saint of the environment (October 4), highlighted Catholic health care’s mission imperative to...

  • September 29th, 2015
  • 1

Medically Inappropriate Treatment: Can We Do Better?

Requests for treatment deemed medically inappropriate, often referred to as requests for "futile treatment," constitute one of the most intractable ethical challenges...

  • April 29th, 2015
  • 1

ACA Requirements for Tax-Exempt Hospitals Final Rule (Community Benefit Webinar)

This webinar was broadcast on February 20, 2015. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department published final rules implementing the Affordable Care...

  • February 20th, 2015
  • 1

Climate Change: An Issue of Concern to the Church, Pope Francis and Catholic Health Care

This webinar was broadcast on February 18, 2015. It underscored how climate change is a moral and public health concern that is of great concern to Catholic health...

  • February 18th, 2015
  • 1

Canon Law 101 for Mission Leaders

This webinar was broadcast on January 29, 2015. The 2013 CHA Mission Leader Survey indicated most mission leaders see a need to grow in their competency of canon law...

  • January 29th, 2015
  • 1

Effective Spiritual Care Staffing in the Midst of Health Care Reform (Mission Webinar)

What does a "model" spiritual care staffing matrix look like in today's Catholic health care organization? This question was posed to the Catholic Health Association...

  • August 12th, 2014
  • 1

Connecting Catholic Social Teaching, Triple Bottom Line and Triple Aim (Environmental Responsibility Webinar)

As pressure continues for health care to deliver maximum value with minimal costs, environmental stewardship programs become part of the organization's operational...

  • August 19th, 2014
  • 1

Workplace Spirituality in the Midst of Transitions (Mission Webinar)

Catholic health care has extended its holistic vision of the human person to associates and physicians by creating opportunities for spiritual renewal within the...

  • September 4th, 2014
  • 1

Doing Good and Avoiding ‘Evil’ in Population Health Management (Ethics Webinar)

The shift to population health and new delivery models is generating a wave of partnerships among hospitals, physician networks, insurers and other health care...

  • September 23rd, 2014
  • 1

What Counts as Community Benefit? (2014)

To report or not report? That is the question that keeps coming to CHA staff related to community benefit planning and reporting! This one-hour webinar reviewed the...

  • October 28th, 2014
  • 1

Health and Wellness Promotion Programs in the Workplace

Many employers have initiated or are considering health and wellness programs for their employees. These programs seek to improve employee health, decrease workplace...

  • December 11th, 2014
  • 1

Developing Effective Implementation Strategies

Under the Affordable Care Act tax-exempt hospitals are required to conduct community health needs assessments and adopt implementation strategies that address needs...

  • January 15th, 2013
  • 1

Putting Excellence in Ethics into Practice: Two Real World Examples

In summer 2011, CHA and Ascension Health unveiled a new ethics resource and assessment tool to assist organizations in the Catholic health ministry in assessing the...

  • April 12th, 2012
  • 1

POLST: A Dangerous Development or a Useful Tool? (Ethics Webinar)

POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) continues to gain popularity across the country with more and more states passing legislation to give it legal...

  • June 28th, 2011
  • 1
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