What Place Does Faith Have In The Health Care Business?

Gordon Hospital in Calhoun is managed by the Adventist Health System and follows many principles of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. In 2016, more than 700 U.S. hospitals were owned by religious organizations.

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By Emily Webb

Denny DeSimone, who doesn’t consider herself to be a religious person, had to get used to faith in the workplace when she began working at Gordon Hospital in Calhoun.

The hospital is managed by the Adventist Health System and follows many principles of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. The church has always encouraged healthy lifestyles, including a generally vegetarian diet and abstinence from alcohol and tobacco.