North Dakota Healthcare News

Experts from Sanford Bismarck will host a Doc Talk Nov. 10 focused on cholesterol management and emerging treatment options to reduce cardiovascular risk.

Choosing a provider for your baby is an important decision, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

Recovery from a stroke does not end when a patient leaves the hospital. To help stroke survivors continue making progress and address challenges that can arise long after treatment, Sanford Bismarck offers its Stroke Comprehensive Treatment Clinic. The next clinic will be held Nov. 12, 2026.

Essentia Health-Fargo is the first hospital in the Dakotas to use CathWorks, a revolutionary diagnostic technology that provides clinicians physiology results in just a few minutes while improving the patient experience.

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) is raising awareness about lead exposure and ways North Dakotans can protect children from lead poisoning during National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, Oct. 25-31.

Today, Essentia Health broke ground on a new family medicine clinic in Horace, North Dakota. Located at 7735 Jacks Way, the new clinic will provide convenient access to care for the Horace community.

Sanford Health Fargo is hosting a community breakfast on emergency medical services.

Sanford Health Grand Forks is hosting a Doc Talk discussion to educate the public on understanding joint pain.

Essentia Health-Fargo is proud to welcome hospitalist Dr. Shahad Al Noori.

The Essentia Health-Jamestown Clinic is proud to welcome family medicine specialist Dr. Annabel Jiran.

Essentia Health on Tuesday, Oct. 27, will host a seminar in Fargo highlighting available surgical options for joint replacement. If knee, hip or shoulder pain limits your mobility and quality of life, this event is designed to help you understand your options and take the next step toward relief.

Looking for fun and safe trick-or-treating opportunities for your child? Join Essentia Health for its third annual trunk-or-treat community event on Tuesday, Oct. 27.

Essentia Health will offer Halloween-themed walk-in flu events from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the following clinic locations:

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) encourages North Dakotans to prepare for fall and winter respiratory viruses, including influenza (flu), RSV and COVID-19. Now is a good time to talk with a trusted healthcare provider about recommended respiratory immunizations and other ways to stay healthy.

At Essentia, avoidable visits account for about 25% of all emergency room encounters

As respiratory virus season approaches, Essentia Health is reminding patients to know their options for receiving care and avoiding unnecessary — and often more expensive — trips to the emergency room.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and Parents Lead, a North Dakota initiative administered by North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS), encourages parents and caregivers to make bullying prevention part of everyday life. Simple conversations and everyday interactions can help children build confidence, resilience and empathy while developing the skills they need to form positive relationships and stand up for themselves and others.

Sanford Health is inviting high school students to the Future in Focus health careers conference on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Bismarck Event Center. Students experience a hands-on day of healthcare career exploration and discover over 20 healthcare career pathways and education options.

The Essentia Health-Casselton Clinic, located at 5 9th Ave. N., will host Halloween-themed walk-in flu events from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, and Thursday, Oct. 22.

The Essentia Health-Mid Dakota Bismarck Gateway Clinic, located at 2700 State St., will host a Halloween-themed walk-in flu event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Keep your children protected this season by saying, “Boo the Flu.” Sanford Children’s invites parents and their children to attend Boo to the Flu at Sanford Amber Valley Campus, 4837 23rd Ave. S., on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Use door 4837 on the west side of campus.

On September 26, 2026, JLG Architects’ Marissa Arroyo, Interior Designer III, earned her CHID Certified Healthcare Interior Designers certification from the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers (AAHID). Arroyo is already an NCIDQ-certified Interior Designer and now one of only two CHID Interior Designers in the state of North Dakota.

Sanford Bismarck has received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award, recognizing its commitment to providing timely, appropriate stroke treatment based on nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.

Adokole Otanwa, M.D., an internal medicine physician, specializing in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting adults, has joined Sanford Dickinson.

A passenger with measles traveled on Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder, which departed Chicago on Sept. 23 and arrived in Minot the morning of Sept. 24. This created a potential exposure risk for passengers and anyone at the station while the train was scheduled to be in Minot from approximately 9:06 to 9:51 a.m. CT. The passenger reported getting off the train to use the restroom at the Minot station at approximately 9:30 a.m.

Sanford Health Fargo has been designated as a Level IV Neonatal Facility by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The Essentia Health-32nd Avenue Clinic is proud to welcome April Qualley, an advanced practice registered nurse and certified nurse practitioner in general surgery.

Did you know that 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives, and that about one-third of all newly diagnosed cancers in women are breast cancer?

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) has named health policy expert Stephanie Bates to lead its Medical Services Division, which administers Medicaid services, the Children's Health Insurance Program, autism services and other health-related services that benefit North Dakotans.

HealthPartners and Essentia Health today announced that their boards of directors have approved an affiliation agreement to combine their organizations. Together, the two Minnesota-based nonprofit health systems will expand access to high-quality care and coverage, strengthen specialty services, leverage technology to better serve patients and support clinicians, and help make healthcare more affordable.

Sanford Fargo and the 119th North Dakota Air National Guard have reached an agreement that allows the 119th Air Guard Medical Group to complete their annual training requirements at Sanford Fargo.