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September 30, 2008 Byron Petersen honored for distinguished service Byron Petersen of Avera St. Luke’s has been honored with the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization’s “Distinguished Service Award,” receiving the honor at the annual SDAHO convention held in Rapid City.

September 2, 2008 Balance Master assessment can help athletes A little early planning can prove to a lifesaver later. Health care professionals with Avera St. Luke’s Sports Medicine analyzed high school football players at Aberdeen Central and Roncalli at the start of this season, offering a free Balance Master assessment that can help determine later if an athlete who suffers a head injury is ready to play again.

August 27, 2008 Mental Health Unit gets glowing survey results Avera St. Luke’s Mental Health Unit ranked in the top 1 percent nationwide for patient satisfaction, according to the latest survey by Press Ganey Associates Inc., the leader in health care satisfaction measurement and improvement.

July 30, 2008 Massage therapy still popular at Avera St. Luke’s, 20 years after start “Twenty years, and we’re just getting started…” is the theme for massage therapists at Avera St. Luke’s this week. They have been kneading and massaging away the stress and tensions of everyday life for people in the Aberdeen region and surrounding area for 20 years now, relaxing both the body and the mind. To celebrate their 20th anniversary, an open house will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, in the C Wing of the Midland campus, the home of Avera St. Luke’s Massage Therapy for the past two decades. Coffee and treats will be available, along with the chance to win prizes and a free chair massage.

July 22, 2008 Hospital consolidation stimulated health care progress When it was announced 20 years ago that the two hospitals in Aberdeen would become one, health care changed direction in the Hub City. The consolidation of Dakota Midland and St. Luke’s hospitals meant the loss of two separate entities, but allowed the resurrection of a new and stronger organization now known as Avera St. Luke’s.

July 16, 2008 Nine Avera St. Luke’s nurses honored Nine registered nurses at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital have earned recognition as Level III clinicians in the hospital’s Nursing Professional Practice Program (PPP). Innovation through teamwork, dedication to caring, excellence in customer service, values of personal responsibility, and respect for self and others are supported through this program.

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 8, 2008 Students get hands-on experience at Health Academy As health care providers face a nationwide shortage of nurses, doctors and other professionals, Avera St. Luke’s is looking for tomorrow's caregivers in today's high school classrooms. For area students attending the sixth annual Health Academy in Aberdeen, it proved to be an eye-opening encounter to see what goes on in a hospital and to find out about job opportunities in health care

July 3, 2008 Ice cream for treats, then swing tunes beat Come enjoy cool treats at a summer ice cream social hosted by Avera St. Luke’s PrestigePLUS, then listen to guest soloist Mary Hollan at the Aberdeen Municipal Band concert “Swing Night” on Thursday, July 17, at Melgaard Park.

June 18, 2008 Hospital construction leads to parking changes Due to construction work on Avera St. Luke’s Same Day Surgery Center, on the first floor of the hospital’s new southeast addition, changes are being made to accommodate parking needs around the hospital. Starting Wednesday, June 25, Visitor Parking Lot H, on the southwest side of Avera St. Luke’s across State Street, will temporarily change from visitor parking to physician parking. This will last for about the next two months, since the current physician parking lots south of the hospital will be closed because of construction. Visitors are encouraged to park on the east side of the hospital.