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Plan Now for the 2024 South Dakota Center for Nursing Workforce Symposium

Plan now to join the 2024 South Dakota Center for Nursing Workforce Symposium, taking place May 22, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown,...

SDAHO Attends AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference

More than 1,100 rural healthcare practitioners and leaders recently gathered in Orlando for the 37th Rural Health Care Leadership Conference hosted by AHA. The...

Legislative Update Week 6

Thursday marked week 6 of this year’s South Dakota Legislative session. So far we have seen healthcare-related legislation moving in a positive direction this...

SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update February 16, 2024: A Resource for Members

Each week SDAHO provides members with an overview of state, federal, policy and additional issues impacting post-acute care. Each story will include a direct...

National POLST Collaborative Warns EPIC Users

The National POLST Collaborative (NPC), informed EPIC users of a change made to their system where they incorporated the National POLST model form into...

Sanford Announces New Full Continuum Senior Community

A press release published by Sanford Health on Tuesday February 13, 2024, announced Sanford's plans for a full continuum senior community. Below is the...

SDHFMA and Eide Bailly Host a Webinar Series for Critical Access Hospitals

Interested in learning more about Rev Cycle A-Z? Join the South Dakota Healthcare Financial Management Association (SDHFMA) and the Eide Bailly Healthcare Consulting team...

SDAHO Post-Acute Partners in Care Conference: Come Prepared to Learn, Grow & Be Inspired

This year’s South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO) Post-Acute Partners in Care conference is designed to educate, enlighten, and inspire those who attend. The...

Mental Health Memo: Healthy Communication: I can’t read your mind!

It's a fact that we all communicate with each other all the time, throughout the day, whether we want to or not. Communication is...

SDAHO Takes Part in Rural Health Policy Institute

This past week, South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organization’s (SDAHO) COO, Tammy Hatting took part in the National Rural Health Policy Institute held in...

RFA for DOH Cancer Programs Implementation Grant Announced

The SD Department of Health’s (DOH) Cancer Programs are pleased to announce the release of the Implementation Grant Request for Applications (RFA). The programs are...

SDAHO Webinar Highlight: LPN Scope of Practice Updates

Licensed practical nurses (LPN) are valuable team members in all healthcare settings. The South Dakota Board of Nursing recognized “significant updates to the LPN...

Gov. Noem Signs Bills to Promote Public Health into Law

Governor Kristi Noem signed five bills to promote public health into law. “These bills will keep South Dakotans safe and healthy,” said Governor Noem. “When xylazine,...

Maternal Syphilis Rates Rise in South Dakota

Syphilis infections during pregnancy more than tripled between 2016 and 2022 to 280 cases per 100,000 births, ranging from 46 per 100,000 in Maine...

Legislative Update: Week 5

We are officially halfway through the 2024 Legislative session and so far, the SDAHO advocacy team feels good about the work done so far,...

CAPC Webinars and Membership

According to their website, “The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality, equitable health...

SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update February 9, 2024: A Resource for Members

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...

February 14 is National Donor Day

Gifting life is the ultimate act of love. Observed every year on February 14, also known as Valentines Day, National Donor Day is an...

CMS Shares FAQ from November Forum on Hospice MFT and MHC Use

In November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) held an open-door forum, which discussed the new provisions allowing Marriage and Family Therapists...

SDAHO Now Offering Guardianship Education

If you are appointed to be someone’s “guardian” or you choose to be a “guardian” there is a lot to know and understand. First what...

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