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Avera Website Wins National Gold Award

Dec 04, 2017 ● By MED Editor

Avera Health and its web vendor, Geonetric of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have received the Gold Award in the Website Campaign of the Year category as part of the fourth annual Healthcare Marketing IMPACT Awards competition.

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Smartphone Ergonomics: Here's how to protect your neck, back, and hands

Oct 27, 2017 ● By Digital Media Director

With more people now owning a smartphone, along with increased use of the devices for both work and leisure activities, it is not surprising to see ergonomic issues develop.

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Mercy Now Using New Stent for Coronary Artery Disease

Aug 29, 2017 ● By Digital Media Director

Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, used its first commercial implant of the newly FDA-approved Medtronic Resolute Onyx Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) in June. Mercy is the only hospital in the area to use the new drug–eluting stent for patients with coronary artery disease.

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New Breast Cancer Blood Test Now Available at Avera

Aug 29, 2017 ● By Digital Media Director

More than half of women who have annual mammograms with have at least one false positive results over a ten year period.

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Protecting Your Office From a Cyber Attack

Jun 26, 2017 ● By Digital Media Director

Cyber attackers can sell that data to criminals who may falsify insurance claims or create bogus prescriptions before anyone even notices. Sensitive data could even be released publicly, creating a means of extortion and a privacy nightmare. It is not surprise, then, that healthcare records can be worth 5 to 10 times as much as financial records like credit card or bank account numbers.

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How to Deal with Negative Comments Online

Jun 26, 2017 ● By Digital Media Director

Patient complaints often share one common denominator—a breakdown in the physician-patient relationship. The best options, therefore, for protecting your online reputation should be directed at repairing and preserving relationships with your patients.

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Viviphi and Avera Health Confirm Clinical Validation and System-Wide Implementation of the PrecisionPlan Cognitive Computing Platform

Jun 26, 2017 ● By Digital Media Director

Avera Health has announced its plans to implement a new cognitive computing platform system wide.

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First-of-its-Kind Automated Laboratory Speeds Results for Regional Health

May 24, 2017 ● By Digital Media Director

The core laboratory at Rapid City Regional Hospital has begun using a new state-of-the-art automated laboratory, the first of its kind in South Dakota.

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Sanford Health Collaborates with Florida Hospital on Gene Sequencing Project

Mar 26, 2017 ● By Digital Media Director

Sanford Health and Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami have plans to sequence the genes of nearly 1000 Latino and Hispanic people.

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Technology for Infection Control and Prevention

Feb 22, 2017 ● By MED Magazine

With microbial resistance on the rise nationwide, it’s more important than ever to control the spread of infectious diseases in the healthcare setting.

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