Department of Health Shares Life Safety Reminders for Holiday Decorations
​On November 29, the South Dakota Department of Health sent a memo to healthcare administrators with guidelines on the use of Christmas trees and...
Grief Resource to Share With Families
In the scope of Hospice and Palliative Care, professionals may be working with grieving families. Special days such as holidays and anniversaries associated with...
EMTALA Part 3 Series: Rules including On-Call Physicians
Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals have had to comply with EMTALA regulations for over 35 years. Yet, there are an increasing number of investigations...
HHS Releases Resources to Respond to Pediatric Viral Surge
The Health and Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response launched a website to help address the current pediatric surge in respiratory illnesses that is...
Thanking Emergency Responders: From Governor Kristi Noem
​On November 28, Governor Kristi Noem published an article thanking South Dakota’s emergency responders from news.sd.gov.
For most of us, we hope to never need...
SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update November 18, 2022
Each week, through our Unified Voice Newsletter, recipients will receive an overview of state, federal, policy and additional issues impacting post-acute care. Each story...
​Build Your Healthcare Career in Brookings, SD – Learn more from Jaclyn Rauen, RN...
Are you interested in learning more about working and living in the Great Plains? It’s a unique part of the United States with so...
Dental Hygienists and “Collaborative Supervision”
​​Collaborative Supervision for Dental Hygienists has been a law in South Dakota since 2011...have you heard of it?
South Dakota dental hygienists have the ability...
Invisible Wounds: Preventing suicide among veterans and active duty military in South Dakota
South Dakota is working to prevent suicide among veterans and active duty military. Persistent stress can affect anyone, and those who have served or...
SDAHO Dimensions Data Updated
Dimensions, the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) inpatient and outpatient reporting tool, now has updated data for Quarters 1 and 2 of...
