Monument Health Earns 15th Straight Platinum Heart Attack Care Award
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Monument Health Earns 15th Straight Platinum Heart Attack Care Award

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology's NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2026 making 15 consecutive years receiving the honor. Rapid City Hospital is one of only 350 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor, with fewer maintaining Platinum-level performance for 15 consecutive years.

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Monument Health Earns U.S. News High Performing Rating in Five Conditions
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Monument Health Earns U.S. News High Performing Rating in Five Conditions

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital has been named among U.S. News & World Report's 2026-2027 Best Hospitals edition as a High Performing hospital for Heart Arrhythmia, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Kidney Failure and Stroke. This is the highest distinction a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News' Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings.

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CHI Health St. Francis Hosts Free Low-Carb Living Talk in Grand Island
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CHI Health St. Francis Hosts Free Low-Carb Living Talk in Grand Island

CHI Health St. Francis, in collaboration with CHI Health Clinic Heart Institute, is providing a free community education event focused on cardiovascular wellness. “Low-Carb Living: Your Questions Answered” will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, in Conference Room 2/3 at the hospital.

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Nebraska Medicine Expands Network With Addition of Clarkson Heart Center
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Nebraska Medicine Expands Network With Addition of Clarkson Heart Center

For the last 17 years, Haysam Akkad, MD, and the team at Clarkson Heart Center have provided personalized and compassionate care to patients in our community who need the clinical expertise of interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. We are proud to announce that Clarkson Heart Center became part of the Nebraska Medicine health network on Dec. 15.

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