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Subscribe to our RSS feed Subscribe to our RSS feedBrookings Health System Acquires Volga Clinic
Brookings Health System announces acquisition of Volga Medical Clinic from Avera Medical Group. The clinic opened under new ownership today and will maintain the same hours and services.
Understanding Grief Classes Begin April 9
Brookings Health System will once again hold its free six-week educational series, Understanding Grief, led by Social Worker Mavis Gehant.
Brookings Health System Named 2015 HEALTHSTRONG Hospital
Brookings Health System announced today it has been named as one of the nation’s HEALTHSTRONG Hospitals by iVantage Health Analytics.
Malone Becomes Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse
Registered nurse Lisa Malone recently earned certification from the Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Certification Board as a Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON).
Vision Therapy Helps Patients with Concussions
Brookings Health System’s occupational therapy team now offers vision therapy to help patients who experience a concussion, severe head injury or stroke recover and get back to normal activities of daily living.
Brookings Health System Ranks in 97th Percentile of Medicare’s Quality Care Program
Information recently issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ranks Brookings Health System in the 97th percentile for the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program, an initiative that recognizes acute-care hospitals for the quality of care they provide Medicare patients.
Hillestad Earns Top Health Care Management Credential
Brookings Health System Chief Nursing Officer Tamera J. Hillestad recently became a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the nation’s leading professional society for health care leaders.
Volunteer Doula Program Featured by American Hospital Association
The American Hospital Association (AHA) chose Brookings Health System’s volunteer doula program for inclusion in its 2015 edition of “Community Connections: Ideas and Innovations for Hospital Leaders.”
Nephrology Outreach Now Available at Brookings Health System
Nephrologist Arvin Santos, MD, FASN, FACP of Avera Nephrology has begun seeing patients at Brookings Health System’s specialty outreach clinic. Starting this week, he will see patients the second Friday and fourth Wednesday of each month at the clinic.
The Neighborhoods at Brookview First in South Dakota to Use Computerized HUR Strength and Power Equipment for Resident Rehab
The Neighborhoods at Brookview is the first skilled nursing facility in South Dakota to deploy computerized HUR strength and power equipment to its rehabilitation services for short- and long-term residents.