Avera eCare Acquired by Aquiline Partners

Avera eCare Will Become Avel eCare. Read More »

New Specialty Hospital Will Fill a Care Gap Highlighted by COVID-19

After the initial acute phase of their recovery, patients who have suffered from things like stroke, heart attack, brain and spinal cord injuries, and neurological diseases often move on to intensive (at least three hours a day) acute medical rehabilitation. Read More »

Good Sam Elects New Board Members

Scott Petersen, former CEO of LodgeNet, to serve as chair Read More »

Essentia Health Welcomes Dr. Kobrossy

Dr. Bassim Kobrossy, who specializes in hematology and oncology, is now seeing patients at Essentia Health Cancer Center inside the South University Clinic in Fargo. Read More »

Sanford Health to require employee COVID-19 vaccination

Sanford Health is taking another important step to ensure the safest possible environment for patients, residents and staff during the pandemic by requiring all employees to get a COVID-19 vaccination by Nov. 1. This includes employees at all of its Good Samaritan Society locations. Read More »

USD Teaching Team Keeps Nursing Students on Track

With more than 103 years of nursing experience between them, Erica Larson, Traci Barnable, Jean Yockey and Tamara Keefner, proved a formidable force in working with University of South Dakota staff and clinical partners to adapt to the changes wrought by the pandemic’s daunting realities. Read More »

Reflection on the “Year of the Nurse” — USD Nursing program evolves curriculum in response to the pandemic

Caring for a patient medically is essential, but showing empathy to that patient throughout the process makes all the difference. Read More »