Avera McKennan Names Board Appointments
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center announces appointments to its Board of Trustees for its new fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
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[Interview] Coping with COVID-19, Clarissa Barnes, MD
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, healthcare workers are on the front lines of the battle against it. Clarissa Barnes, MD, is an Internist and hospitalist at Avera McKennan and medical director of Avera’s Light Program, which addresses things like physician stress and burnout. We spoke with her in mid-March on how the crisis is impacting people working in medicine in our area.
Accolades for Avera's Lab and Perinatal Care
The laboratory at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center has once again earned 15189 accreditation from the College of American Pathologists’ International Organization for Standardization, making it the longest-standing, continuously accredited hospital lab in the country. The lab was the first in the US to earn this accreditation in 2009.