UnityPoint Sioux City Hospitals Earn AHA Stroke Gold Plus Award
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UnityPoint Sioux City Hospitals Earn AHA Stroke Gold Plus Award

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s and UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s – Downtown have received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award. The award recognizes hospitals that consistently follow evidence-based guidelines to decrease disability and improve quality of life for patients following a stroke.

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CHI Health Good Samaritan ER Earns Global ENA Lantern Award
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CHI Health Good Samaritan ER Earns Global ENA Lantern Award

CHI Health Good Samaritan is proud to announce its Dr. Kenton L. Shaffer Emergency Care Center has been awarded the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Lantern Award. The distinguished honor recognizes emergency departments for exceptional quality, safety, work environment and innovations in both nursing practice and emergency care.

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Brookings Health Earns AHA Rural Stroke Bronze Award
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Brookings Health Earns AHA Rural Stroke Bronze Award

People who live in rural communities live an average of three years fewer than urban counterparts, have a 40% higher likelihood of developing heart disease and face a 30% increased risk for stroke mortality, according to an American Heart Association’s presidential advisory on rural health. Brookings Health System’s emergency team is committed to changing that.

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Sanford Fargo Hosts Summer Sports Physical Events for Student-Athletes
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Sanford Fargo Hosts Summer Sports Physical Events for Student-Athletes

Sanford Health Fargo is offering a sports physical events for student-athletes to complete their sports physicals for the 2026-2027 school season. Student-athletes are required to get an annual sports physical when participating in school-sanctioned sports and must have their physicals completed before the first day of practice for their sport.

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Sanford Pelican Rapids Hosts Summer Sports Physical Events for Student-Athletes
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Sanford Pelican Rapids Hosts Summer Sports Physical Events for Student-Athletes

Sanford Health Pelican Rapids is offering sports physical events for student-athletes to complete their sports physicals for the 2026-2027 school season. Student-athletes are required to get an annual sports physical when participating in school-sanctioned sports and must have their physicals completed before the first day of practice for their sport.

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Sanford Williston Hosts Summer Sports Physical Events for Student-Athletes
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Sanford Williston Hosts Summer Sports Physical Events for Student-Athletes

Sanford Health is offering sports physical events for student-athletes to complete their sports physicals for the 2026-27 school season. Student-athletes are required to get an annual sports physical when participating in school-sanctioned sports and must have their physicals completed before the first day of practice for their sport.

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Sanford Minot Hosts Summer Sports Physical Events for Student-Athletes
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Sanford Minot Hosts Summer Sports Physical Events for Student-Athletes

Sanford Minot is offering sports physical events for student-athletes to complete their sports physicals for the 2026-27 school season. Student-athletes are required to get an annual sports physical when participating in school-sanctioned sports and must have their physicals completed before the first day of practice for their sport.

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MercyOne Earns 17 AHA Awards for Cardiovascular and Stroke Care
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MercyOne Earns 17 AHA Awards for Cardiovascular and Stroke Care

MercyOne Medical Centers across Iowa have received a total of 17 American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® and Mission: Lifeline® achievement awards for demonstrating a commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital.

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Six Avera Hospitals Earn AHA Awards for Stroke Care Excellence
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Six Avera Hospitals Earn AHA Awards for Stroke Care Excellence

Several Avera hospitals have received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® ― Stroke quality achievement awards for their commitment to ensuring people experiencing stroke receive timely, appropriate treatment based on nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately helping to save lives and reduce disability.

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UnityPoint Sioux City Hospitals Earn National Heart Attack Care Awards
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UnityPoint Sioux City Hospitals Earn National Heart Attack Care Awards

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s and UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s – Downtown have both received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry in Gold and Platinum Performance Achievement Awards for 2026. Both Sioux City hospitals are among 1,319 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.

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Buffett Cancer Center Offers New Pancreatic Cancer Therapy Daraxonrasib
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Buffett Cancer Center Offers New Pancreatic Cancer Therapy Daraxonrasib

Patients at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center now have access to a promising new therapy that has generated national attention for its potential to improve outcomes for people with advanced pancreatic cancer. Patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer can receive daraxonrasib through an Expanded Access Program (EAP), providing an opportunity to receive the investigational therapy while it awaits review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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