Recent News
July 29, 2010
Cancer Care - July 29, 2010
Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Treatment, Brachytherapy Cuts Down Treatment Time
July 19, 2010
Avera Bulletin - July 2010
Avera Queen of Peace Receives Mammography Grant, Avera Heart Hospital Receives Community-Focused
Chest Pain Accreditation, Avera Marshall Purchases PBR Optometrists, Ltd., Balance Centers Established at Avera Facilities, Avera St. Luke’s Begins Remodel
July 13, 2010
Avera Health Named 2010 Most Wired and Most Wireless
Avera has been recognized as one of the nation's Most Wired, and Most Wireless health systems according to the results of the 2010 Most Wired Survey released today in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
July 12, 2010
Avera Heart Hospital Receives Reaccreditation as Accredited Chest Pain Center
The Avera Heart Hospital has once again received Chest Pain Center Accreditation with PCI from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC). The SCPC is an international organization dedicated to eliminating heart disease as the number one cause of death worldwide. Avera Heart Hospital was the first hospital in South Dakota to receive accreditation in 2004, and is recognized for a continued commitment to innovation and improvement.
June 21, 2010
Avera Bulletin - June 2010
Advance Practice Nurses Complete DNP, Balance Center Established at Avera Queen of Peace, New Insurance Cards, Avera Health Plans Extends Dependent Coverage, St. Michael’s Hospital Avera Recognized, Avera Creative Wins National Awards, 2011 Avera Haiti Project Dates Slated, Avera McKennan Announces Plans for Avera Cancer Institute Opening
June 10, 2010
New Vascular Screening
The Avera Heart Hospital is offering a new vascular screening through their Planet Heart Program. Vascular disease often does not have any symptons so screenings provide a way of determining vascular health.
June 3, 2010
Cancer Care - June 30, 2010
Exercise May Reduce Prostate Cancer Risks, Why Does Chemotherapy Cause Hair Loss?
May 14, 2010
Avera Bulletin - May 2010
Six Avera Nursing Homes Recognized, Pierre, Others to Add Avera eICU® CARE Soon, Avera McKennan Presented Organ Donation Award, Avera St. Luke's Opens New Sleep Lab, Avera McKennan Volunteers Honored in Spirit of Volunteerism Awards
April 22, 2010
Cancer Care - April 22, 2010
Talking With Children About a Cancer Diagnosis, What If a Child Is Diagnosed With Cancer?
April 17, 2010
Avera Bulletin - April 2010
April Is Donate Life Month; YWCA Tribute to Women Honorees Named; Avera St. Luke’s Receives Continuing Education Renewal; Avera McKennan Laboratory Recognized; Avera Cancer Institute Wins Award; New Flight Helps Sick Children; Avera Sacred Heart Echo Lab Re-Accredited; Avera Marshall Named Level-III Trauma Center; Avera McKennan Named Among Top 100; Roses … Just Because! a Great Success
