Happenings around the region
SANFORD Paullette Davidson Regional Health’s Board of Directors have named Paulette Davidson Acting President and CEO of Regional Health, replacing Brent Phillips. Davidson has been with Regional Health since 2015, serving as COO as well as President of the Rapid City Hospital and the Rapid City market. Davidson is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and holds an MBA from Notre Dame. Among other achievements, she helped initiate Regional’s $350 million construction project to expand and enhance primary care, emergency services, and hospital bed capacity.
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The journey to bring The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Sanford together as a combined enterprise has cleared a major milestone this summer. The Society Membership voted to approve the Restated Articles of Incorporation resulting in both organizations being able to sign the new Affiliation Agreement combining the two organizations as one, pending completion of the regulatory review process. Each organization’s governing board has previously approved the affiliation. The Membership vote clears the way to begin the regulatory review process. The goal is to bring the organizations together by Jan. 1, 2019.
SIOUXLAND Patricia Collins Long-time Mercy Medical Center Volunteer Patricia Collins is the recipient of the 16th annual Dr. George G. Spellman Service Award. Collins has served the community and Mercy for more than 50 years. She has served in the gift shop, the physician’s lounge, reception and surgery and has been a member of the Auxiliary Board, Mercy Women’s Night Out committee, and the Mercy Fall Gala committee.
Mercy Medical CenterSioux City announced that it is one of the first hospitals in Iowa to offer the world’s smallest pacemaker for patients with bradycardia. Medtronic’s Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) does not require cardiac wires (leads) or a surgical “pocket” under the skin to deliver a pacing therapy. Instead, the device is small enough to be delivered through a catheter and implanted directly into the heart with small tines, providing a safe alternative to conventional pacemakers without the complications associated with leads – all while being cosmetically invisible.
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