Recent News
September 17, 2008
Avera Transplant Institute Performs 500th Solid Organ Transplant
The Avera Transplant Institute is proud to announce that its medical team has performed its 500th solid organ transplant at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls.
September 16, 2008
Avera Bulletin - September 2008
Many Recognized at Annual Quality Event; Avera Marshall Kicks Off Avera HealtheCARE™; Avera McKennan Opens Women’s Center Addition; Avera St. Luke’s Hospital Selected for Award; Avera Weskota Memorial Medical Center Renovation Open House; Avera Transplant Institute Reaches Milestone, Receives Honor; State Honors Yankton and Parkston Communities; Avera McKennan Weight Loss Challenge a Success; Avera McKennan Employes Recognized
as Heroes in the Fight; Avera Heart Hospital Announces Planet Heart; Grand Opening at Avera Brady Health and Rehab
September 11, 2008
Avera McKennan To Open New Luxury Women's Unit
Because having a baby is one of the most important times in life, the Avera McKennan Women's Center has designed a new addition to make that experience the best it can be.
August 29, 2008
Avera Awards 17 Scholarships to Medical Students
Seventeen scholarships have been awarded to medical students at the Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota through a program implemented last year at Avera. With six facilities participating in the program, Avera is able to provide three more students than last year with the scholarships.
August 25, 2008
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Rated Among the Nation’s Best
A recent report* by Press Ganey Associates, Inc. ranks overall satisfaction with Avera Sacred Heart Emergency Department at the 99th percentile - or the top one percent in the nation - for eight consecutive quarters in a row.
August 22, 2008
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Receives Ambulance From Avera and State of South Dakota
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe recently received an ambulance through a donation by Avera and the State of South Dakota at the Crow Creek Pow Wow in Fort Thompson.
August 20, 2008
Free Meditation Workshop Offered
Dr. Michael McVay, Medical Director, of the Avera Center for MindBodySpirit will be offering a free workshop to explore and practice meditation from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 in the Avera Professional Office Pavilion & Education Center.
August 13, 2008
Walsh Family Village Opens on Avera McKennan Campus
The Walsh Family Village, now open on the southwest corner of the Avera McKennan campus, provides a comfortable "home away from home" for out-of-town patients and their families.
July 24, 2008
Avera McKennan, Three Other Hospitals Receive National Honor for Commitment to Quality
Four U.S. hospitals were recognized today for their leadership and innovation in quality, safety and commitment to patient care. The 2008 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® was awarded to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich., which will receive $75,000. University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor was honored as the finalist and will receive $12,500. Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. and Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pa. received Citations of Merit.
July 18, 2008
Avera Bulletin - July 2008
Ten at Ten: Avera Earns 10th “100 Most Wired” Fifth “Most Wireless”; Avera Health Plans to Provide Student Health Insurance for South Dakota University System; Avera McKennan Top 100 Community Value Provider; School-Based Health Care to Debut at Sioux Falls High School; Cardinal Health Awards Avera McKennan $35,000 to Fund Patient Safety Initiative
