New tools available for infection control
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have made available free, downloadable Quick...
Don’t be a statistic: Get a flu shot
The 2017–18 flu season was one of the most severe in decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than...
Suds up to stop germs
October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a day designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to promote handwashing and raise awareness that...
Grant money available for heart disease and stroke prevention programs
The South Dakota Department of Health and the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program, together with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced...
South Dakota VA hospital achieves largest star rating improvement
The VA Black Hills Health Care System in Hot Springs achieved the greatest star ranking improvement of all Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals going from...
Map shows overdose death rates by state and county
The University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Agriculture released an interactive map of the United States that shows overdose death rates by...
Sioux Falls Immunization Coalition to hold social event
The Sioux Falls Area Immunization Coalition is holding a member social on Oct. 18 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Shenanigans, 1903 S. Ellis...
SDAHO receives a six-month Compass HIIN extension
On Sept. 10 Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) Compass Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks (HIIN), which includes 42 South Dakota hospitals supported by the South Dakota...
CMS awards $26.6 million for developing quality measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services selected seven healthcare organizations to create new quality measures for the Quality Payment Program, awarding them $26.6...
DOH investigates Legionnaires’ disease in Sioux Falls
The South Dakota Department of Health issued a press release concerning 14 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease that have been reported in people who...
