Sanford Health Marks Virtual Care Milestone, Supporting Access and Future Workforce Growth
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Sanford Health Marks Virtual Care Milestone, Supporting Access and Future Workforce Growth

Sanford Health has reached a virtual care milestone, expanding access and improving affordability for rural patients, while equipping the health care workforce for a technology-driven future. Accelerated by a transformative $350 million virtual care investment in 2021, the program has saved patients hundreds of millions of dollars in travel costs, reduced more than 60.5 million miles of travel to date and expanded virtual graduate medical education rotations across specialties – advancing a scalable model for rural care delivery.

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Gary’s Ride Contributions and Sponsorships Provide $15,000 to Advance Rural Iowa Cancer Research in Honor of Beloved Husband
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Gary’s Ride Contributions and Sponsorships Provide $15,000 to Advance Rural Iowa Cancer Research in Honor of Beloved Husband

In a heartfelt tribute to a husband, father, and cyclist lost to brain cancer, Gary’s Ride Donations and Sponsorships donated $15,000 to support community-based cancer research in Iowa. The gift, made through Gary’s Ride—a nonprofit established in memory of Gary Wiedenfeld—will directly benefit the Iowa Oncology Research Association (IORA), a unique rural cancer research program that serves communities across the state.

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Scalp Cooling Treatment Now Available at Sanford Health Bismarck
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Scalp Cooling Treatment Now Available at Sanford Health Bismarck

Chemotherapy-induced hair loss is widely recognized as the most feared side effect associated with some cancer treatments. Paxman Scalp Cooling empowers patients to feel a greater sense of control. Sanford Cancer Center has started offering this treatment – also known as ‘cold cap’ – to help reduce hair loss for patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment….

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Julie Reiland, MD, and Avera’s Breast Care Innovators
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Julie Reiland, MD, and Avera’s Breast Care Innovators

Since 2011, Julie Reiland, MD, and her partners at Avera Medical Group Comprehensive Breast Care have treated nearly 200 patients with electron-based intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT), making them one of the highest-volume centers for this technique in the country. In appropriate patients with small, non-aggressive tumors, IORT may allow for a single “one-and-done” dose of radiation. In other cases, post-surgery radiation can be dropped to just three weeks instead of the usual six with a “boost of IORT.

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