Innovations in Health Learning Lab: The Role of Spirituality in Health

In this Learning Lab, Dr. Tracy Balboni and Dr. Michael Balboni discussed the most recent research showing how spirituality is important in patient care and holds the promise of reinvigorating how flourishing communities care for the sick.

At Vail Health, our dedicated chaplains offer compassionate spiritual care to patients, families, and staff across all facilities, including the patient care unit, intensive care unit, outpatients at Shaw Cancer Center, and through spiritual care integration into the Shaw at Home program. Our interfaith approach ensures support for individuals of all beliefs. Our chaplains provide emotional comfort during challenging times, serve as a calming presence, and act as liaisons to community clergy when needed.

Vail Health‘s Chapel and Spiritual Services were made possible through the generosity of the Frechette Family Foundation.

The Vail Health Behavioral Health Innovation Center—a collaboration between Vail Health and the University of Wisconsin-Madison—is a research-based entity focused on studying emerging and novel behavioral science led by Dr. Chuck Raison. The Innovations in Health Learning Lab series is generously sponsored by Pat and Tony McMunn.