Monument Health Awarded Grants to Expand Rural Care Access
Monument Health has been awarded two grants through South Dakota's Rural Health Transformation Project, state funding aimed at strengthening access, quality, and long-term sustainability of rural health care. The grants will support Care Connect and the Telemed Transfer Center, two initiatives designed to bring more timely, specialized care to patients across Monument Health's rural and frontier service area.
Howard County Medical Center Upgrades CT Imaging Technology
Howard County Medical Center (HCMC) has upgraded its CT technology, bringing enhanced diagnostic capabilities to patients in the St. Paul community and surrounding areas.
MercyOne Genesis Brings Robotic Spine Surgery to Davenport
MercyOne Genesis is bringing the latest robotic spine surgery technology to the Quad Cities region, giving patients advanced surgical capabilities from experienced spine specialists without having to travel outside the area.
Mary Lanning Healthcare Wins $1.5 Million in Rural Health Grants
Mary Lanning Healthcare has received four grants totalling $1.5 million so far from the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).
Write Once, Reach Everyone: Accessible Writing and GEO Want the Same Solution
Accessible writing and GEO-readiness reward the same practices — and understanding why gives you a much stronger argument for both. This article explains where they overlap, what the shared patterns look like, and how to use that overlap to get writing quality taken seriously in rooms where it hasn't been yet.
What We Find Most Often in GEO Audits
We've been offering generative engine optimization (GEO) audits for a while now — for our financial services and B2B clients, as free check-ups for conference attendees, and even on our own web properties — in order to provide some insights on how well content is structured to appear in answer engine results.
Google Weighs In on GEO. Here's What Changed, and What Didn't.
For the past 18 months, the conversation around GEO — generative engine optimization, or the practice of structuring content so AI-powered search tools can find and cite it — has focused on independent research and assumptions about structured content. It's happened largely without input from any of the major AI-assisted chatbot tools.
Altru Health System Earns National Recognition for Telehealth Innovation
Altru Health System is celebrating the successful completion of its three year partnership with the American Heart Association's Center for Telehealth Learning Collaborative and the continuation of that work through a new one-year sustainability and expansion agreement.
Air Quality Appeared Normal—Until Particle Counter Detected Hidden Risks
It was supposed to be a routine check.
The hospital had just completed a ventilation upgrade in one of its patient care corridors. The engineering team had spent weeks balancing airflow and installing new filters.
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Launches Virtual Nursing Care in Lincoln
With the nursing shortage projected to continue for the next decade, CHI Health St. Elizabeth is launching another layer of care that will help attract and retain nurses while also caring for patients in a groundbreaking manner.
UnityPoint Norma Schmoker Imaging Center Earns ACR Accreditations
UnityPoint Clinic Norma Schmoker Imaging Center has been awarded three-year terms of accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy and breast ultrasound following a recent review by the American College of Radiology® (ACR®).
Columbus Otolaryngology Clinic Offers Expert ENT Care Close to Home
Your everyday life deserves high-quality care, and Columbus Otolaryngology Clinic specializes in everything from the neck up.
Essentia Health-Fosston Expands Specialty Care With Hybrid Telehealth
As rural health systems experience mounting challenges, Essentia Health-Fosston is embracing innovation to ensure patients can receive care from expert specialists close to home.
Sanford Health's Brad Reimer Wins 2026 Minnesota ORBIE Award
Brad Reimer, chief technology and digital officer at Sanford Health, has been named the winner of a 2026 Minnesota ORBIE Award in the large enterprise category. He was among five other finalists considered in this category, including chief information officers from Land O’ Lakes, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and the state of Minnesota.
Spencer Hospital Adds Breast MRI and MRI-Guided Biopsies
Spencer Hospital has expanded its breast imaging services with the addition of Breast MRI and MRI guided breast biopsies, providing women throughout Northwest Iowa with access to advanced breast cancer diagnostic services close to home.
North Dakota Expands Behavioral Health Program Directory Statewide
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that residents can now search for mental health and substance use disorder programs in one place through the newly broadened Behavioral Health Program Directory.
Sanford Detroit Lakes Brings MRI Services to Lakes Country
Sanford Detroit Lakes is bringing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to Detroit Lakes.
UnityPoint Trinity Offers Quad Cities' First Robotic Prostate Treatment
UnityPoint Health® – Trinity is proud to introduce the Quad Cities’ first HYDROS Robotic System for Aquablation, offering a new option for men dealing with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or an enlarged prostate.
Yankton Medical Clinic Earns ACR Accreditation for CT Imaging
Yankton Medical Clinic, an Avera partner, has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in computed tomography (CT) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology® (ACR®). CT scanning — sometimes called CAT scanning — is a noninvasive medical test that helps physicians diagnose and tailor treatments for various medical conditions.
Beyond the Technology Purchase: Creating Connected Healthcare Environments
Walk through almost any hospital or clinic today and you'll find no shortage of digital infrastructure already in place. What's often missing isn't more technology. It's connection between the technology that's already there. That distinction is becoming one of the defining challenges for healthcare leaders in the Plains states and beyond.