Veterans Archives - Sanford Health News

A portrait of Charles Cathlin and Tshaka Cunningham in a TruGenomix lab

TruGenomix co-founders hope to prevent severe PTSD

Sanford Health invests money and lab services in promising partnership

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 6 min read

scholarship to veterans: army officer in uniform holding books

$5,000 scholarship available to veterans

Tim Gerszewski ⋅ 3 min read

A young man monitors his blood sugar levels at home. His female partner is offering him love and support.

Telehealth improves blood sugar for rural diabetes patients

Courtney Collen ⋅ 10 min read

Darlene Colwill sits in a hospice house chair with a striped, knitted prayer shawl over her shoulders.

Prayer shawls and blankets bond Sanford volunteers

Mick Garry ⋅ 12 min read

Two men speak in a hospital room as part of the Sanford Health Veterans Ambassador program.

Volunteers honor veterans with personal hospital visits

Katie Foutz ⋅ 5 min read

veterans health care: David Shulkin speaking into microphone in podcast studio

Podcast: ‘We have to do better for our veterans’

19 min ⋅ October 22nd

Dr. David Shulkin on veterans' benefits, mental health care and his new book

Physician assistants and rural health care. Hay bales in field after harvest and dramatic sky during sunset.

Vietnam War created PA training for rural, native care

Rural Americans rely heavily on those trained through this innovative program

Jared Leighton ⋅ 17 min read

Dave Rowe sitting at a table facing Dale Drew on the opposite end

Vietnam DJ serves up music and memories at Sanford Vets Club

Dave Rowe, now a hospital volunteer, relives radio show with fellow veterans

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

veterans affairs: Group of men and women smile while standing in front of sign for Sanford Veterans Club.

Veterans Affairs officials visit Sanford Veterans Club

Special recognition, private lounge help veterans feel at home

SHN Staff ⋅ 3 min read

Adaptive sports program provides fitness, fellowship

Archery, kayaking, sled hockey allow veterans of all abilities to participate

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

Tracy Kaeslin smiles while talking to an off-camera interviewer

Sanford nursing leader draws on 20 years in Air Force

Tracy Kaeslin's supervised doctors, techs — and transformed a chapel into an ICU

Mick Garry ⋅ 7 min read

Jose Vasquez smiles while sitting at a conference table.

Veteran brings goal-oriented mindset to role at World Clinic

From Green Berets to blue Sanford badge, Jose Vasquez leads by serving

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 18 min read

Jeff Pratt smiles and sits at a conference table with a garden view behind him.

‘Military members put the task at hand first’

Jeff Pratt combines life as an Army Reservist with a career at Sanford Health

Mick Garry ⋅ 11 min read

Veterans health innovators learn from Sanford Imagenetics

Free genetic testing program touted at VHA Innovation Experience (iEx) meeting

Katie Foutz ⋅ 3 min read

David Shulkin sitting at his desk and smiling with a window in the background.

David Shulkin: ‘Innovation is central to our mission’

Former VA Secretary leads in-house innovation at Sanford Health

Jared Leighton ⋅ 14 min read

VA Secretary Robert Wilkie stands at a podium in a full ballroom during a press conference for the Sanford Health/Veterans Affairs PHASeR program announcement.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs praises Sanford partnership

Sanford Health's free genetic test is one way companies are helping veterans

SHN Staff ⋅ 4 min read

David Shulkin: ‘Innovation is central to our mission’

Jared Leighton ⋅ 14 min read

Veterans health innovators learn from Sanford Imagenetics

Katie Foutz ⋅ 3 min read

Prayer shawls and blankets bond Sanford volunteers

Mick Garry ⋅ 12 min read

Veteran turns 109 at Good Samaritan Society

Mick Garry ⋅ 5 min read

Vietnam DJ serves up music and memories at Sanford Vets Club

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read