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All Women Count! Program Webinar

Save the date! The All Women Count! Program will be hosting an informational webinar on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Registration is required, so register today! In...

CMS Issues Memo on Violence in Hospitals, Expectations

A new memorandum from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reinforcing the agency’s role in enforcing regulatory expectations that patients and hospital...

Top 10 Reasons To Be A Part of the 2023 Nurse Leadership Program

Registration for SDAHO's 2023 Nurse Leadership program​ is now open! If you have the willingness to learn and grow in your professional development, then the...

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 with Brookings Health System

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...

2021-2022 Federal Bills Impacting Hospice/Palliative Care: What To Watch

This year, several bills were introduced at the federal level that would impact hospice and/or palliative care delivery/reimbursement. Below is a summary of their...

Register Now for the 2023 Nurse Leadership Program

What is the Nurse Leadership Program? The Nurse Leadership Program is designed to give current nurse leaders and emerging nurse leaders education that can immediately...

South Dakota Palliative Care Grant Spotlight: The Palliative Care ECHO Project

The University of South Dakota School (USD) of Nursing was awarded a $208,500.00 grant, funded by the Bush Foundation to run from October 2020-April...

Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Webinar

​Presented by SDAHO in collaboration with the South Dakota Office of Rural Health, South Dakota Healthcare Finance Management Association (SDHFMA) and Eide Bailly, this...

A New Rural Preparedness and Response Toolkit is Available

A new rural preparedness and response toolkit is now available through the Rural Health Information Hub (RHIHub). Emergency planning, response, and recovery has never...

Brookings Health System – Sara Marroquin, MD, General Surgeon Shares Why She Loves Working and Living in Brookings, South Dakota.

The healthcare industry in South Dakota provides patients and communities a hometown atmosphere with state-of-the-art equipment and treatments. For those who use Brookings Health...

SDAHO Long-Term Care Weekly Update November 11, 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...

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