Recent News
July 18, 2008
Avera Bulletin - July 2008
Ten at Ten: Avera Earns 10th “100 Most Wired” Fifth “Most Wireless”; Avera Health Plans to Provide Student Health Insurance for South Dakota University System; Avera McKennan Top 100 Community Value Provider; School-Based Health Care to Debut at Sioux Falls High School; Cardinal Health Awards Avera McKennan $35,000 to Fund Patient Safety Initiative
July 15, 2008
Avera De Smet Memorial Hospital Joins Avera The Family
Thomas P. Rasmusson, President and CEO, Avera Queen of Peace Health Services, announces that effective July 1, 2008, De Smet Memorial Hospital has joined the Avera family network of hospitals, clinics, and other facilities, and to reflect the new relationship, the hospital’s name will become Avera De Smet Memorial Hospital.
July 15, 2008
Avera Health Named 2008 Most Wired and Most Wireless
For the tenth consecutive year, Avera Health has been named to the nation’s MOST WIRED and for the fifth year MOST WIRELESS, according to the results of the 2008 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released today in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine. Avera Health is the only organization in the nation to be named to both lists since their inception.
July 11, 2008
Open House Slated For New Traumatic Brain Injury Unit In Irene
Sunrise Villa, South Dakota’s first long-term care facility specifically designed for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients, will host an open house from 1-3 p.m. and 4:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, July 14. The facility, located adjacent to Sunrise Manor/Avera in Irene, will begin serving patients in the middle of August.
June 24, 2008
Avera Bulletin - June 2008
June 16, 2008
Avera Funding for Community Health Passes $4.5 Million
These are just some of the 32 projects that will receive 2008 grants from the Avera Community Service Fund. Sr. Mildred Busch, chair of the Avera Health Board of Directors and System Member, announced the grants today. Awards total $295,900 this year.
May 15, 2008
Avera Bulletin - May 2008
Haitian Health Foundation Director Recognized; Avera St. Luke’s Home Health and Avera Sacred Heart Home Care Win Awards for Excellence; Avera St. Luke’s Cancer Program Honored; Avera McKennan Recognized for Art Advocacy; South Dakota Department of Social Services Receives Funding for Three Avera Projects; Avera McKennan Plans New Cancer Institute; Avera Health Plans Hosts Open House; Avera System-Wide Marketing Initiatives Receive Prestigious National Healthcare Advertising Awards; Avera McKennan Looking for Big Losers
April 22, 2008
Avera Bulletin - April 2008
March 20, 2008
Director of Materials Management Named at Avera Queen of Peace
Thomas P. Rasmusson, President and CEO, Avera Queen of Peace Health Services, is pleased to announce that Jeff Larson has accepted the position of Director of Materials Management.
March 17, 2008
Avera Bulletin - March 2008
Call for Entries forAvera Quality Recognition Program; Around the Avera World Invites Physicians and Families to Learn and Celebrate; National Health Care Decisions Day Planned; Avera McKennan Hospital Again Named One of the Nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Healthcare; Get Ready for Cover the Uninsured Week 2008, April 27-May 3; Avera Spring Conferences Around the Corner; Avera McKennan in Local Challengeof Oprah’s Big Give; Avera Living Well Center
