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A rural-urban residency rotation model
Podcast: Doctor training gets redesigned for all of America, not just big cities
Homing in on your breast health
Podcast: Family medicine provider promotes regular screenings and family history
Support the physical needs of your ‘mental load’
Podcast: Understanding the brain, how it functions and ways to keep it healthy
Sanford Sports helps guide future college football player
Podcast: Student athlete shares how his training, recruitment path led to Iowa
Colon cancer in millennials: What you need to know
Podcast: Surgeon guides younger adults through signs, symptoms and screening awareness
Clinician well-being is a strategy to keep good doctors
Podcast: Leadership, culture, and the power of listening in rural health care
Thriving in a dynamic health insurance landscape
Podcast: How provider-aligned plans keep patients centered
The business of caring for America’s seniors
Podcast: Two senior care CEOs discuss how policy, tech and workforce can advance quality care
Busting myths about the HPV vaccine
Podcast: Doses starting at age 9 provide lifetime protection against cancer, providers say
Your surgical options after a breast cancer diagnosis
Podcast: Surgeon talks through mastectomy, lumpectomy, preventive surgery and breast awareness
Recent Stories
Denny Sanford Completes Transformational Gift to Sanford Health
Sanford Health today announced South Dakota philanthropist Denny Sanford fulfilled his commitment to the organization by completing his $400 million pledge. As part of the largest philanthropic gift to a hospital or health system in the nation’s history, Denny Sanford agreed to make donation installments of $50 million over an eight year period, totaling $400 […]
Sanford Health purchases Canton-Inwood Memorial Hospital
The communities of Canton, SD and Inwood, IA begin 2009 with a new healthcare relationship with Sanford Health. Sanford Health’s purchase of Canton-Inwood Memorial Hospital (CIMH) and its attached assisted living facility became final today. The hospital is now named Sanford Hospital Canton-Inwood, and the assisted living facility is now named Sanford Hiawatha Heights. In […]
Great Plains Zoo, Sanford Children’s announce partnership
The Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History announced today a partnership with Sanford Children’s to enhance facilities, visitor amenities, education programming, animal care and staffing as well as make the zoo experience available to thousands more children and families in the region. The Great Plains Zoo will use a portion of a […]
MeritCare named one of nation’s top 100 heart hospitals
For the ninth time in ten years, MeritCare has been named one of the nation’s 100 top heart hospitals by Thomson Reuters. Each year, a study, called the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success compares success rates at high performing heart centers nationwide. The study evaluated nearly 1,000 U.S. hospitals by analyzing […]
Sanford Health Network hospitals receive $90,000 in grants
Fourteen rural hospitals, including six Sanford Health Network facilities, will receive grants for technology projects from electronic health records training to a medication dispensing system., Gov. Mike Rounds announced today. “Keeping pace with the rapid changes in health care technology is essential for all providers but it can be a challenge for rural facilities with […]
Sanford Health announces additional services in Aberdeen
Sanford Health announced today additional services and a new hospital for the people in the Aberdeen area. Acting in the best interest of their patients, the 18 providers with United Clinic in Aberdeen asked to join Sanford to become Sanford Clinic Aberdeen. Additionally, Sanford Health proudly announces plans to build a 36-bed, community hospital adjoining […]
Sanford Research/USD awarded $10 million grant for research
Sanford Research/USD announced today it received a $10 million grant to explore new ways to prevent and treat heart disease. The five-year grant comes from the National Center for Research Resources, a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant is a renewal of a $10 million NIH grant Sanford Research/USD received in […]
Sanford Health purchases Canton-Inwood Memorial Hospital
Sanford Health announced today community approval of the sale of Canton-Inwood Memorial Hospital (CIMH) to Sanford Health. Tuesday evening, members of the CIMH membership, which is made up of the Canton Chamber of Commerce and Inwood Horizons, voted to approve the sale to Sioux Falls-based Sanford Health. In a separate vote, the Canton City Commission […]
Sanford Worthington announces surgical improvements
Sanford Regional Hospital Worthington (SRHW) announced today plans to improve and remodel its surgical services area. Through funding provided by Sanford Health, this new project will focus on providing the highest possible level of patient privacy, clinical quality and overall patient experience. While still in the design phase, SRHW expects to begin the design process […]
Sanford Regional Hospital Worthington fully integrated
Sanford Health announced today the full integration of Sanford Regional Hospital Worthington, formerly named Worthington Regional Hospital. The Worthington City Council approved the sale of the hospital to Sanford Health in January. The sale became final on July 1. “We are so excited to officially welcome Sanford Regional Hospital Worthington to the family,” said Becky […]
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