South Dakota news and information

The U.S. is on pace to reach a record number of cases of West Nile virus infections in 2012, with the 1,118 cases reported through the third week of August greater than any other year for that period, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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ABERDEEN, S.D.—Sanford Health last week opened its new Aberdeen Medical Center, a 48-bed hospital under construction since May 2010. The $60 million facility was built next to the previously established multispecialty Sanford Health Aberdeen Clinic, and Sanford has had a presence in...
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As part of the merger between Medcenter One and Sanford Health, completed last week, it was announced that Sanford will invest $200 million in the Bismarck-Mandan region of west North Dakota, which is experiencing an oil-related economic and population boom.
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The corridors of Harvard Medical School might be leading to Native American communities on the Plains.
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Medcenter One and Sanford Health have completed their merger, the companies said in an e-mailed news release. A formal announcement with more details is scheduled for July 12.
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The outlook for the establishment of state-run health insurance exchanges may be neither as rosy as their supporters claim nor as dark as their critics expect.
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At the end of last year, North Dakota's Medcenter One and Sanford Health released statements that said the two systems were talking about working together, but that this didn't necessarily mean a merger was in the works.
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Sanford Health, a 20-hospital system with headquarters in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., is set to become a 21-hospital system, as it has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to add the 16-bed Hillsboro (N.D.) Medical Center to its network.
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Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., named Dr. Joseph Segeleon as chief medical officer.
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The new Eagle Butte Health Center in South Dakota is set to open for business this week. The 10-bed, 138,000-square-foot Indian Health Service facility was paid for with $84.5 million from the stimulus law.
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