The program was implemented in February, 2014 at St. Mary’s Healthcare, Amsterdam, New York, a member of Ascension Health, the largest not-for-profit Catholic healthcare network in the world. As stated in our Philosophy, ”the facility from is committed to the achievement of excellence in the field of healthcare.” Further, “because...

Working with volunteers who had completed Healing Touch Levels 1, 2 and 3 in a Mid-Atlantic hospital, Dr. Clara W. Boyle, RN, HTCP developed this reference tool. The hospital began offering Healing Touch sessions in April 2014 in response to nursing staff requests for additional non-pharmacological pain management modalities for...