Amanda Miller, APRN, Great Plains Health Callahan Cancer Center, is the Great Plains Health Caring Kind Award recipient for 2026.

LifeCircle, South Dakota’s Hospice and Palliative Care Network is encouraging specialty palliative care programs across South Dakota to participate in the Center to Advance Palliative Care’s (CAPC) Palliative Care Program Inventory.

The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO), through its LifeCircle South Dakota initiative, is reminding long-term care facilities of updated state administrative rules requiring Advance Directive education as part of staff orientation and annual training.

Columbus Community Hospital is proud to recognize Benjamin Dush, a food service aide in nutrition services, as the second-quarter Sheaf of Wheat Award winner. Dush’s patience, kindness and commitment to exceptional service made a lasting impression on a patient during a recent hospitalization.

Sanford Health leaders are joining fellow healthcare experts, policymakers and innovators at Reuters Total Health Oct. 22-23 in Nashville to share how the organization is reimagining care delivery and how work gets done, with technology enabling improvements in access, quality and patient experience.

Proper disposal of prescription drugs plays an important role in keeping Nebraska families safe. Leftover medications, including prescription pain relievers, can lead to accidental poisoning, misuse, addiction, or overdose if not disposed correctly.

Three UnityPoint Health – Des Moines physicians have been recognized by the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) for exceptional achievement in enrolling cancer patients in NCI-sponsored treatment and cancer control clinical trials and cancer care delivery research (CCDR) trials during the past year.

MercyOne will host another ‘Walk-In Wednesday’ in-person hiring event on Wednesday, October 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. This walk-in hiring event is designed to make it even easier for both job seekers and MercyOne to find the right fit.

Monument Health Endocrinology and Diabetes Education have moved to a new location at 855 Omaha St. The clinic opened to patients on Wednesday, Oct. 21, giving both services a larger, more accessible space to keep pace with a growing community.

UnityPoint Clinic welcomes Joshua Hollingshead, MD, Peter Cmorej, MD, and Jennifer Johnson, ARNP, to its general surgery and gastroenterology teams in Sioux City. Their arrival expands access to specialized care for patients across Siouxland.

Hastings Family Care (HFC) recently received three gold awards from the American Heart Association (AHA) outpatient program achievement awards for its commitment to reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke. HFC received the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Gold Achievement Award, the Check. Change. Control. CholesterolTM Recognition Gold Achievement Award and the Gold Target: Blood Pressure Award.

Sanford Health Fargo is hosting a community breakfast on emergency medical services.

An anonymous benefactor has committed $150,000 to support the renovation of the WinnMed Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine gym and Cardiac Rehabilitation spaces. The gift was announced to the WinnMed Board of Trustees during its October meeting.

Sanford Health Grand Forks is hosting a Doc Talk discussion to educate the public on understanding joint pain.

Essentia Health-Fargo is proud to welcome hospitalist Dr. Shahad Al Noori.

The Essentia Health-Jamestown Clinic is proud to welcome family medicine specialist Dr. Annabel Jiran.

Danette Kramer, Chief Executive Officer of Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Manchester, has been named the recipient of the prestigious 2026 Excellence in Leadership Award by the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA). Presented at the IHA Annual Conference in Des Moines, the award honors an Iowa healthcare executive who demonstrates exceptional leadership, operational excellence and dedication to community health.

The Mary Lanning Healthcare Wound Center recently received RestorixHealth’s highest achievement, the Center of Excellence Award, for meeting or exceeding national wound care quality standards.

Essentia Health on Tuesday, Oct. 27, will host a seminar in Fargo highlighting available surgical options for joint replacement. If knee, hip or shoulder pain limits your mobility and quality of life, this event is designed to help you understand your options and take the next step toward relief.

Jesse Bell, director of the Water, Climate and Health Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is a co-author of the commentary “Research priorities for robust climate assessments in the United States,” recently published in Earth’s Future and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Looking for fun and safe trick-or-treating opportunities for your child? Join Essentia Health for its third annual trunk-or-treat community event on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Lexington Regional Health Center recently celebrated the completion of its newly renovated Labor & Delivery rooms with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, marking the culmination of a year-long project designed to enhance the birth experience for mothers, babies, and families across the region.

The Brookings community has been selected as a Frontier And Rural Medicine (FARM) program expansion site by the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine (SSOM).

Safe Haven Baby Boxes and the community of Davenport are pleased to announce the blessing and official unveiling of the newest Safe Haven Baby Box, located at MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center at 1227 East Rusholme Street, Davenport, IA 52803. The ceremony will take place on Monday, October 19, 2026, at 9:30 AM CDT. This blessing marks the 481st Safe Haven Baby Box in the nation and the 5th in Iowa, expanding access to safe, anonymous surrender options for mothers in crisis.

Boone County Health Center (BCHC) is pleased to announce that President and CEO Caleb Poore, MHA, has been elected to the Clarkson College Board of Directors. Poore, a Clarkson College alumnus, was officially welcomed to the Board at its September 21, 2026, meeting.

Lexington Regional Health Center is proud to announce that Austin Eldredge, Karen Rojas, and Magali Ruiz have successfully completed the Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) Leadership Institute, a prestigious 10-month program designed to develop current and emerging healthcare leaders across the state of Nebraska.

Essentia Health will offer Halloween-themed walk-in flu events from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the following clinic locations:

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) encourages North Dakotans to prepare for fall and winter respiratory viruses, including influenza (flu), RSV and COVID-19. Now is a good time to talk with a trusted healthcare provider about recommended respiratory immunizations and other ways to stay healthy.

Monument Health, in collaboration with the Sturgis Public Library and the American Heart Association, has opened its second Community Heart Hub, a free blood pressure monitoring station inside the library.

This fall, men and women who are interested in becoming a nurse will be able to apply for Columbus Community Hospital’s highly successful Student Nurse Internship Program.