LISA BROWN Dr. Lisa Brown, a family medicine doctor at Regional Health Custer Hospital and Clinic, was elected president of the SD Academy of Family Physicians at the group’s December meeting in Deadwood. The statewide organization is a chapter of the AAFP and has more than 500 members. It is focused on education for physician, medical resident and medical student members. The chapter is also involved in advocacy at both the state and national levels.
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JESSICAL ALUISE Several Regional Health nurses won DAISY awards in the last few months. RN Todd Anderson in the Orthopedic-Neurology-Surgery Department at Rapid City Hospital was nominated by a grieving patient who said he helped facilitate her quick discharge. Jessica Aluise, RN, in the medical/ surgical unit at Sturgis Hospital, was nominated by a patient’s family who cited
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her concern and compassion when their mother was in hospice. And Rapid CIty Hospital Labor and Delivery RN Jenny Wills was nominated for her support of a patient during an emergency C-section.
SANFORD Early results from a clinical trial of adiposederived regenerative cells to treat rotator cuff injuries indicate that the treatment is safe and well-tolerated. Top line results were reported earlier this year by the study sponsor, InGeneron Inc. The FDA-approved trial, which enrolled participants at Sanford Health, was the first of its kind in the United States, launching in 2016. Sanford Health has broken ground for a new clinic on Sanford Sports Complex grounds in northwest Sioux Falls. The 8,000 square foot facility will house a Sanford Acute Care and Orthopedic Fast Track Clinic and the headquarters for The Summit League. The clinic will offer onsite laboratory and imaging services plus immediate access for athletes utilizing the Sanford Sports Complex. It will also offer more convenient care for residents in that expanding part of Sioux Falls.
Sanford Health has pledged $300,000 per year in scholarship funds for medical students at The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. That amount will be matched annually by USD’s foundation. Starting in 2019-2020, ten medical students from each class will be selected to receive a $7,500 scholarship annually. The scholarship program will be the largest single source of scholarship money for USD med school students.
TINA GEARY Two Sanford nurses have been recognized with DAISY awards recently. RN Sarah Stoebner of Aberdeen Oncology Clinic was nominated by patients who appreciated that she recognized and spoke to them outside of the clinic. RN Tina Geary of The Birth Place in Sioux Falls was described as encouraging, calming and compassionate.
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Sanford Health have officially combined. As a combined organization, Sanford Health now employs nearly 50,000 people, offering health services spanning the continuum of life, including clinics, hospitals, health insurance and senior care services, in 26 states. David Horazdovsky remains CEO of The Society and Randy Bury is its president.
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