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NEWS REEL ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL EARNS AWARDS
EVENING AT THE CAPITAL For more Evening at the Capital photos see Network Central on page 22.
Truven Health Analytics named St. Cloud Hospital a 100 Top Hospital for the 10th time. Of the 146 hospitals in Minnesota, only four were named to the 100 Top Hospitals for 2016. Mayo Clinic – Rochester Methodist Hospital is the only other hospital in Minnesota to achieve Top 100 as many times as St. Cloud Hospital. The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at St. Cloud Hospital received the Silver Level Beacon Award for Excellence for the fourth time. Silver status highlights the sustained performance and patient outcomes of the ICU. The award is presented by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota re-designated St. Cloud Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center for Specialty Care in the areas of spine surgery and knee and hip replacement. St. Cloud Hospital has the only Blue Distinction Center for spine surgery north of the Twin Cities. Facilities with this distinction meet or exceed overall measures for patient safety and affordable healthcare.
Anita Rasmussen, (L) City of Sartell; Sartell Mayor Sarah Jane Nicholl; Jane DeAustin, Central Minn. Builders Assoc.
Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen and Kim Pettman, Kim Pettman/Linking Resources
Bernie Perryman, Viking Coca-Cola; Ryan Daniel, Metro Bus; Rep. Tim O’Driscoll, Rep. Jeff Howe
Sen. John Pederson (L), Michael Williams, City of St. Cloud; and Patty Gartland, Greater St. Cloud Development Corp.
BerganKDV NAMED 2016 TOP GROWTH FIRM Accounting Today ranked BerganKDV as the firm with the most growth in the Top 100 firms thanks to the merger of Bergan Paulsen, Networking Solutions and KDV. This growth allowed BerganKDV to make the Top 100 list for the first time. Accounting Today has been compiling the list of leading U.S. public accounting companies by revenue for more than 20 years and the annual rankings are considered an industry benchmark by which CPA firms compare their businesses.
Sen. Chuck Wiger (L) and Rep. Jim Knoblach
Njeri Clement, Tri-CAP
Monica Devers, (L) and Corie Beckermann, St. Cloud State University; Rep. Tama Theis 16
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Sen. Torry Westrom (L) and Sen. Dave Senjem
Wendy Hendricks, Hendricks Marketing and Sen. Dan Hall