Great Plains Health’s Amanda Miller Earns 2026 Caring Kind Award
Amanda Miller, APRN, Great Plains Health Callahan Cancer Center, is the Great Plains Health Caring Kind Award recipient for 2026.
USD School of Health Sciences Success Spotlight: Katie Haverly, PA-C
Certified Physician Assistant Katie Haverly is unequivocal when she talks about her experience in the University of South Dakota Physician Assistant Studies Program. "The best decision I ever made was to further my education at USD," says the 2020 graduate. As a PA at Avera Comprehensive Weight Management in Sioux Falls…
LifeCircle Urges S.D. Palliative Care Programs to Join CAPC Inventory
LifeCircle, South Dakota’s Hospice and Palliative Care Network is encouraging specialty palliative care programs across South Dakota to participate in the Center to Advance Palliative Care’s (CAPC) Palliative Care Program Inventory.
SDAHO Offers Free Advance Directive Training for Long-Term Care Staff
The South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO), through its LifeCircle South Dakota initiative, is reminding long-term care facilities of updated state administrative rules requiring Advance Directive education as part of staff orientation and annual training.
Meet a Make-A-Wish Champion of Hope: Kellie Lee, Licensed Social Worker
Meet this month’s Make-A-Wish Champion of Hope, Kellie Lee, Licensed Social Worker, Fisher Coon Unit (Specialty Hospital) at LifeScape, Sioux Falls, SD
Benjamin Dush Named Columbus Community Hospital Sheaf of Wheat Winner
Columbus Community Hospital is proud to recognize Benjamin Dush, a food service aide in nutrition services, as the second-quarter Sheaf of Wheat Award winner. Dush’s patience, kindness and commitment to exceptional service made a lasting impression on a patient during a recent hospitalization.
Sanford Health Leaders Share AI Strategy at Reuters Total Health 2026
Sanford Health leaders are joining fellow healthcare experts, policymakers and innovators at Reuters Total Health Oct. 22-23 in Nashville to share how the organization is reimagining care delivery and how work gets done, with technology enabling improvements in access, quality and patient experience.
Nebraska DHHS Urges Safe Medication Disposal to Protect Families
Proper disposal of prescription drugs plays an important role in keeping Nebraska families safe. Leftover medications, including prescription pain relievers, can lead to accidental poisoning, misuse, addiction, or overdose if not disposed correctly.
Ready for Anything
Long before the general public even knew words like “PPE” and “N95”, North Dakota and its healthcare partners were quietly amassing a huge stockpile of emergency medical supplies. Largely invisible, even to North Dakota healthcare professionals, the state's impressive medical cache means…
UnityPoint Health – Des Moines Physicians Honored for Oncology Research
Three UnityPoint Health – Des Moines physicians have been recognized by the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) for exceptional achievement in enrolling cancer patients in NCI-sponsored treatment and cancer control clinical trials and cancer care delivery research (CCDR) trials during the past year.
MercyOne Hosts Walk-In Wednesday Hiring Event for Clinical Jobs
MercyOne will host another ‘Walk-In Wednesday’ in-person hiring event on Wednesday, October 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. This walk-in hiring event is designed to make it even easier for both job seekers and MercyOne to find the right fit.
UNL’s Eileen Hebets Explores the Wild World of Spiders at Science Café
Join Eileen Hebets, PhD, George Holmes Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for the Oct. 27 Omaha Science Café as she presents “Sex, Silk, and Eight Legs: The Wild World of Spiders” at 7 p.m. at the Rathskeller Bier Haus, 4524 Farnam St.
Monument Health Moves Endocrinology, Diabetes Education to New Clinic
Monument Health Endocrinology and Diabetes Education have moved to a new location at 855 Omaha St. The clinic opened to patients on Wednesday, Oct. 21, giving both services a larger, more accessible space to keep pace with a growing community.
UnityPoint Clinic Adds Three Surgery, GI Providers in Sioux City
UnityPoint Clinic welcomes Joshua Hollingshead, MD, Peter Cmorej, MD, and Jennifer Johnson, ARNP, to its general surgery and gastroenterology teams in Sioux City. Their arrival expands access to specialized care for patients across Siouxland.
Hastings Family Care Earns Three Top American Heart Association Awards
Hastings Family Care (HFC) recently received three gold awards from the American Heart Association (AHA) outpatient program achievement awards for its commitment to reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke. HFC received the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Gold Achievement Award, the Check. Change. Control. CholesterolTM Recognition Gold Achievement Award and the Gold Target: Blood Pressure Award.
Sanford Fargo to Host Invite-Only Forum on Emergency Medical Services
Sanford Health Fargo is hosting a community breakfast on emergency medical services.
WinnMed Rehab Gym Renovation Gets $150,000 Boost From Anonymous Donor
An anonymous benefactor has committed $150,000 to support the renovation of the WinnMed Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine gym and Cardiac Rehabilitation spaces. The gift was announced to the WinnMed Board of Trustees during its October meeting.
Sanford Grand Forks Hosts Doc Talk on Joint Pain Nov. 10
Sanford Health Grand Forks is hosting a Doc Talk discussion to educate the public on understanding joint pain.
Hospitalist Dr. Shahad Al Noori Joins Essentia Health Fargo
Essentia Health-Fargo is proud to welcome hospitalist Dr. Shahad Al Noori.
Dr. Annabel Jiran Joins Essentia Health Jamestown Clinic
The Essentia Health-Jamestown Clinic is proud to welcome family medicine specialist Dr. Annabel Jiran.