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Since 1997, SEH has built a reputation across North Dakota as knowledgeable providers of reliable engineering solutions and innovative approaches to planning for North Dakota’s future.

Our North Dakota team is located in Bismarck and our employee-owners understand how the decisions we make in the field will impact your community. We will continue to provide feasible, right-sized, technical solutions for all of your planning and engineering needs including:

Transportation/Tra c/Rail

Civil/Municipal

Water/Wastewater

Flood Control/Stormwater

Industrial Development

Residential/Commercial Development

Solid Waste/Transfer Stations

Environmental

Architecture/Buildings

Community Planning

Economic Development/Project

Funding

Surveying

Aviation Construction Services

701.354.7121 sehinc.com appreciate having a close connection to the community. LRHC has grown its number of doctors from 46 to 80 over the past few years “Those who come here love it and tell their former colleagues and classmates,” he says DeBoer says he believes independents must be proactive in making their presen ce k n ow n i n order to su cce s s f u l ly re c r u i t , p a r t i c u l a r ly t h ro u g h m o der n media channels “You have to get with the times and use the tools that out there things that I don’t use on a regular basis, but that my kids do,” he says.

He also stresses culture as a recruitment and retention tool “One of the nice things about being an independent is that our culture is our own and it has grown over time,” he says “People are proud to work here because this is their hospital and their community.”

The health care reform environment will no doubt change the way success is measured at facilities, giving more weight to the cost at which care is delivered and the quality with which it is delivered Fuller believes Prairie Lakes will continue to meet the criteria necessary to succeed, noting that the organization’s costs have already traditionally been lower than larger providers and that she believes the quality is as good or better than others. Schulz and DeBoer also believe their organizations can remain independent, so long as they continue to make sound financial decisions and embrace partnerships and collaborations with providers large and small

“Our vision is to be Minnesota’s preeminent regional health care partner,” Schulz says “‘Partner’ is a key word in that We want to partner with our medical staffers, partner with our community, partner with our education organization, and partner with other providers where it makes sense ” PB

Kris Bevill Editor, Prairie Business 701-306-8561, kbevill@prairiebizmag com

Since opening the architecturally-award winning Beef Research Center, enrollment in the academic area of Animal Sciences at North Dakota State University has increased by more than 65%