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Palliative Care is More Than End of Life Care, and Its New to North Dakota
When people hear palliative medicine, it's often associated with death and end of life care. But as CHI Physician, Doctor Laura Archuleta explains, it's much more than that. It's comprehensive, creative pain care, including symptom management, psychotherapy and any extra care that patients with severe chronic illnesses need. It's a rather new field of medicine, especially in North Dakota.
Urgent Care On Main Open Everyday
CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck is pleased to announce the opening of their third urgent care clinic located on the corner of Main and 9th Street. The addition of Urgent Care on Main offers expanded same day treatment options for patients in need of immediate, non-emergent medical care. Urgent care is a convenient option for illnesses such as allergies, upper respiratory infections, urinary infections, ear infections, poison ivy, broken bones, lacerations, etc.
Becker’s Healthcare Names CHI St. Alexius Health Amongst “100 great hospitals in America”
CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck has been recognized amongst the"100 great hospitals in America” by Becker’s Healthcare. The hospitals included on this list have been recognized nationally for excellence in clinical care, patient outcomes, and staff and physician satisfaction. These institutions are industry leaders that have achieved advanced accreditation and certification in several specialties. The list also includes industry innovators that have sparked trends in health care technology, hospital management and patient satisfaction.
Addressing Mental Health Disorders in Children and the Lifesaving Impacts
Half of kids with mental health disorders in the U.S. don't receive treatment. Our Malique Rankin sat down with a family, who says getting the help they need saved their daughters life.
CHI St. Alexius Health Great Plains Rehabilitation Services offers a Cranial Remolding Program for infants who have been diagnosed with cranial deformity. Great Plains specializes in cranial helmets utilizing industry leading technology and uses the Gold standard Star Scanner for obtaining 3D images and the Star band family of helmets.
CHI St. Alexius Health Partners with University of Mary for the Nurse Practitioner Program
CHI St. Alexius Health’s Emergency & Trauma Center will host five nurse practitioner students from University of Mary starting in May, 2019. Each student will participate in an emergency medicine rotation, spending a combined 550 hours with board-certified emergency medicine physicians at CHI St. Alexius.
GNDC welcomes six new members to its Board of Directors
New members add greater generational, sector, regional diversity to make current board “the most broadly representative” in many years. The Greater North Dakota Chamber (GNDC), North Dakota’s largest and leading business advocacy association announced today the appointments of six new members of their Board of Directors: Matt Dunlevy, Martin Hannig, Tonya Holmstrom, Vaune Johnson, Kevin Magstadt, and Kurt Schley.
North Dakota health professionals recognize World Autism Awareness Day. In 2018, the CDC determined that approximately 1 in 59 children is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Autism is a disorder that can stretch over a wide spectrum.
