Rural Health Archives - Sanford Health News

Individuals standing in line

Population health: Get healthy now to prevent illness later

Movement could help people overcome social barriers to health

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 18 min read

Mom holds a digital device from Tyto Care on her daughter's chest to measure her vital signs at home.

Home kit, app bring patients convenient medical care

Paul Heinert ⋅ 4 min read

A nurse consults a doctor on a computer screen.

Opinion: Telehealth is calling — will Congress pick up?

Allison Suttle, MD ⋅ 10 min read

A young man sits on a cough between his parents. Family photos and a sign that says "Olson" are displayed on the wall behind them.

Sanford AirMed: A crucial health service in rural Midwest

Jon Berg ⋅ 5 min read

Two young women smiling for professional portraits in floral shirts.

Chamberlain hosts medical students for rural health training

SHN Staff ⋅ 4 min read

American Indian health: Podcast

1 min ⋅ March 21st

The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health (CRCAIH) is a collaboration focused on the health of rural and Native American populations. The 2018 summit marks the event’s sixth year. In this program, DenYelle Kenyon, Pd.D. and Melissa Buffallo, senior clinical research specialist, discuss the presenters and topics for this event, titled “Finding Your Narrative”. […]

A nurse pricking a women's finger

Free senior program helps patient overcome prediabetes

Bridging Health and Home program available in Webster, S.D., and Mayville, N.D.

SHN Staff ⋅ 7 min read

Emily Griese

Research: Community support can ease rural bullying effects

Findings published in SD Medicine, plus other Sanford Health research notes.

SHN Staff ⋅ 18 min read

Luis Garcia of Sanford Clinics

Luis Garcia: ‘It was a privilege to provide healing’

Roots in Mexico City medicine lead to ND surgery and now Sanford Clinic leader.

Jared Leighton ⋅ 11 min read

Network expands access to Minnesota cancer clinical trials

Nearly half of all Minnesotans receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.

Jonathan Bleeker ⋅ 4 min read

Elderly women playing a game

Long-term care innovation: Sanford Health-Good Samaritan

"We need some disruptors to figure out how we can take care of people."

David Shulkin, M.D. ⋅ 16 min read

Kristin Roers in the North Dakota Legislature

2 Sanford Health employees elected to Legislature

"Fifteen to 20 percent of bills have a direct or indirect connection to health care."

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 17 min read

Janna Wiele, Sanford Bemidji professional on the crisis intervention team.

Mental health crisis: Therapist earns sheriff’s gratitude

"Each call is different, making the work we do both challenging and rewarding."

Pat Miller ⋅ 8 min read

Andre Johnson, who bought male breast cancer, and his daughter

Male breast cancer: Pink stands for men, too — even farmers

“I was speechless. How can a male have breast cancer? How could this happen to me?"

SHN Staff ⋅ 9 min read

Gladys Buss died in December 2017 at the age of 95 at The Cottage in Luverne, Minn., one of Sanford Health's hospice care sites.

Hospice: Visiting Grandma in different home for the holidays

Last year, we, like many families each year, entered the door of a hospice home to spend a final Christmas with a loved one.

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 12 min read

Researcher pipetting liquid

IGNITE II network brings genomics into everyday care

"The goal is timeliness: getting the right information to the physician before a patient needs it. IGNITE II is helping to create the pathway."

Ashley Schwab ⋅ 10 min read

Free senior program helps patient overcome prediabetes

SHN Staff ⋅ 7 min read

2 Sanford Health employees elected to Legislature

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 17 min read

Luis Garcia: ‘It was a privilege to provide healing’

Jared Leighton ⋅ 11 min read

Opinion: Telehealth is calling — will Congress pick up?

Allison Suttle, MD ⋅ 10 min read

Mental health crisis: Therapist earns sheriff’s gratitude

Pat Miller ⋅ 8 min read