Black Hills Surgical Hospital Achieves Milestone With First Symplicity™ Renal Denervation Case
Black Hills Surgical Hospital has successfully completed its first case using the Symplicity™ renal denervation system, marking an important milestone in expanding advanced treatment options for patients with uncontrolled hypertension in South Dakota.
A Century Strong: Highlights From the SDAHO Vault
As our A Century Strong: From the SDAHO Vault series continues, we turn the page to the Association’s second year — a period marked by rapid change, unexpected challenges, and the first true test of South Dakota’s hospitals.
Jacie Emineth Joins Essentia Health-Mid Dakota Bismarck Gateway Clinic as Pediatric Practitioner
The Essentia Health-Mid Dakota Bismarck Gateway Clinic is excited to welcome Jacie Emineth, an advanced practice registered nurse and certified nurse practitioner who will practice pediatrics.
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.
Kalon Medical Spa Announces New Location and Brand Refresh
Kalon Medical Spa announces its relocation to a new facility at 7000 S Lyncrest Pl in southern Sioux Falls. The new building is located just a few miles southeast of its previous location and is designed to support the business’ continued growth and expanded services.
Measles Case Confirmed in Walsh County; Three More Reported in Pembina County
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) is reporting one confirmed measles case in Walsh County. This is the first case reported in Walsh County. The individual reported recent travel to Pembina County.
Sanford Health Leaders to Discuss Future of Care at National Health Care Conference
Sanford Health leaders are joining top industry experts next week at one of the most prestigious health care events of the year to discuss how the business of health care is meeting the future of technology.
Avera to Advance Cancer Technology With Support From Federal Funds
Avera has received federal appropriation through the Labor Health and Human Services (LHHS) 2026 bill to enhance cancer care technology.
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System Named Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital by Chartis Center
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System (PLHS), a division of Sanford Health, announced it has been recognized as a 2026 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. The Top 100 awards program celebrates outstanding performance annually among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX?. PLHS has received this award 11 consecutive years.
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.
Advanced Skull Base Surgery Offers Solutions for Complex Neurological Conditions
Skull base surgery is one of the most technically demanding subspecialties in neurosurgery, requiring precision and expertise to address pathologies in an anatomically complex region where critical neural and vascular structures converge.
Mayor John Ewing Jr. to Celebrate Community Engagement Efforts at University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. will join University of Nebraska Medical Center leaders to recognize UNMC for being awarded the 2026 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, one of the highest national honors recognizing an institution’s commitment to community engagement. UNMC, which first received the classification in 2015, is one of only 279 institutions across the county that currently hold it. Mayor Ewing will pronounce Feb. 23 “UNMC Community Engagement Day,” recognizing UNMC’s efforts to raise the health of all individuals and communities across Nebraska.
Brookings Health Continues Ranking on Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital List
For the eleventh consecutive year, Brookings Health System has been included by The Chartis Center for Rural Health on the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals list. The annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.
Jamie Scott Named DAISY Award Recipient at Columbus Community Hospital
Columbus Community Hospital proudly recognizes Jamie Scott, LPN (licensed practical nurse), as the winner of the DAISY Award. Scott works at Columbus Psychiatry Clinic.
UnityPoint Health – Sioux City Takes Initial Step Toward Open-Heart Surgery Program
UnityPoint Health – Sioux City has taken the first important step toward building an open-heart surgery program by submitting the required paperwork for Certificate of Need (CON) to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), expanding access to advanced cardiovascular care in Siouxland. Building the program is a complex process that will require regulatory approvals and the recruitment of a highly qualified cardiothoracic surgeon before services begin.
Planning Advances for New $12 Million Emergency Department at Essentia Health-Fosston
Work will start on a new emergency department at Essentia Health-Fosston this spring following the selection of Kraus-Anderson as the general contractor.
UNMC College of Dentistry Hosts Children’s Dental Day in York, Nebraska
On the morning of Feb. 17 at Countryside Pediatric Dentistry, the opening notes of KPop Demon Hunter’s hit song “Golden” floated through the exam room as a young patient climbed into the dental chair, sneakers swinging.
Dr. Santarpia Joins Team Using ‘Smart Building’ Tech to Clean Indoor Air
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Josh Santarpia, PhD, a leading expert in aerosol transmission of disease and detection of bioaerosols, has been chosen as part of a multidisciplinary team of experts from industry, academia and public health who will take part in a national research program that uses smart building technology to reduce disease through cleaner indoor air.
UnityPoint Health® Marks Milestone After Treating 850 Patients With New AFib Treatment
UnityPoint Health® – Trinity is proud to celebrate its 850th successful pulsed field ablation (PFA) procedure, marking a significant step forward in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AFib) in the Quad Cities.
Avera St. Benedict Leads Global Pilot of New Rural Trauma Team Development
Avera St. Benedict Hospital has made history as the first site in the world to receive and pilot the newly updated Rural Trauma Team Development Course (RTTDC), an internationally recognized program to strengthen trauma response in rural areas.