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Jan Tello will never forget her trip to Ghana. During the week-long trip to visit Sanford World Clinic facilities throughout the country, Jan and her husband, Tony Tello, M.D., came to know the Ghanaian people as vibrant and generous. “We had heard about the Sanford World Clinic initiative over the years,” Jan said, “but actually […]

FARGO, N.D. – Sanford Health received four electric vehicle chargers that are now available for use at its new Fargo hospital. Cass County Electric Cooperative (CCEC) and Lignite Energy Council are part of an ongoing initiative to collaborate with local leaders in the community to keep Fargo at the forefront of energy and technology trends. […]

April is Donate Life Month, a time to raise the profile of organ, eye and tissue donation, and the role they can have in improving and saving lives. Numerous events are scheduled as part of the effort, including a very visible display at the namesake of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, home to Sanford Health headquarters. […]

FARGO, N.D. – Kids at Sanford Children’s Hospital in Fargo recently had a couple of special visitors. Olympic gold medalists Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando spent time greeting children in the pediatric unit, letting them wear their gold medals and pausing to let gleeful parents snap a few photos. The sisters from the USA Women’s […]

Two longtime and dedicated supporters of Sanford Children’s Miracle Network were honored recently at the national Children’s Hospitals Week conference in Florida. Among the dozen awards presented, DeLon Mork, owner of the Dairy Queen in Madison, South Dakota, earned the Local Corporate Person of the Year award, and Chris Carter, DJ at KTWB radio in […]

Training programs for physician assistants began in the 1960s to fill demand for health care in rural, urban and Native American areas and also help Army medics and Naval corpsmen find meaningful careers when their military service in the Vietnam War ended. Here are some key historic dates related to both: 1953 – Report predicts […]

FARGO, N.D. – The Neuropsychiatric Research Institute (NRI) in Fargo, North Dakota, and Sanford Health announced they have agreed to a letter of intent (LOI). This is a non-binding first step in a potential partnership. A proposed partnership would give NRI access to Sanford clinical resources in North and South Dakota – allowing NRI to […]

The prestigious Harvard Business Review published an article this week on Sanford Health’s efforts in how it gathers and uses health care data to improve our communities’ health. The story by Benson Hsu, M.D., and Emily Griese, Ph.D., entitled “Making Better Use of Health Care Data,” describes the Sanford Data Collaborative and three sample projects: […]

FARGO, N.D. – For kids at Sanford Children’s Hospital in Fargo, an injury or illness can mean days, weeks or months in the hospital. Everything changes for not only that child, but also their family. Normalcy falls to the wayside as parents and siblings adjust to accommodate the child in need. Finding normalcy with dinnertime […]

WEST FARGO, N.D. – Plans for the Sanford West Fargo Clinic have been updated to include more space and a shorter construction timeline. The new plan calls for completion of the project in one phase, instead of two, and the clinic will now feature two stories, instead of one. It will still be built at […]