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Essentia Health offers new rehab program for ‘long COVID’ sufferers

The Post-COVID-19 Rehabilitation Program is for patients recovering from COVID-19 and is offered at all Essentia locations.

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Duluth doctor studying outcomes of heart attacks in COVID-19 patients

The national studies have found that patients with COVID-19 were much more likely to die of a heart attack in the hospital compared to pre-pandemic averages. The studies also discovered that patients who are vaccinated against COVID had better outcomes.

May 08, 2022 12:15 PM

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Essentia starts nursing residency program

The programming includes a four-hour session each month for a year, where recent nursing school graduates can build additional skills as they transition into professional careers.

April 20, 2022 02:57 PM

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New diagnostic device allows early detection of lung cancer, better survival odds

Essentia Health in Fargo is among the first to use a robotic endoscopy apparatus that allows low-risk access to hard-to-reach lung nodules in early development.

April 16, 2022 10:00 AM

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Essentia Health to build new $3.3M replacement clinic in Lisbon, North Dakota

The clinic will be three times larger than the one it will replace, and will be built at the same downtown location.

April 15, 2022 11:53 AM

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Reimbursement rates may be a barrier to providing telehealth

Prior to the pandemic, virtual doctor's visits were limited to a small set of services. That was until former President Donald Trump directed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to add more than 80 new telehealth services to the list of services covered by Medicare -- and to reimburse them at the same rate as in-person services. That change allowed for the expansion of telehealth, but raised new problems for providers.

April 10, 2022 10:05 AM

By Masaki Ova

A man and woman wearing surgical masks and hospital ID badges stand next to a bed encased in a transparent cylinder.

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Essentia to study whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help concussion victims

Oxygen treatments have been shown to effectively treat 14 diseases or conditions, and there is growing interest in its effectiveness in treating persistent concussion symptoms.

March 29, 2022 11:47 AM

By Patrick Springer

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Fargo's Independent Family Doctors purchased by Essentia Health

The clinic becomes part of Essentia's family medicine department starting April 1 and will be named Essentia Health Fargo Family Clinic

March 14, 2022 04:41 PM

By Helmut Schmidt

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As COVID-19 pandemic hits 2-year mark, strained health care workers look for ways to cope

Sanford Health and Essentia Health offer assistance and are seeking new methods to support their employees, who have taken a heavy toll during the pandemic.

March 11, 2022 06:13 PM

By Patrick Springer

Dr. Shiela Klemmetsen sits at a desk in an exam room in front of a monitor while she conducts a virtual visit to show how it is done.

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Telehealth provides more ways to benefit people

Regulations posed obstacles before the pandemic. For some, the question is will it continue even after the pandemic passes. Options for virtual visits, video check-ins, are now more numerous than ever before. For medical providers it has been a way for all types of care and particularly a way to connect with those who deal with anxiety, depression and substance use.

March 06, 2022 11:00 AM

By Renee Richardson

The exterior of the Sanford Medical Center emergency room

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1-2 punch of worker shortage, pandemic leaves Sanford, Essentia with job vacancies over 16%

At Sanford, 18.8% of positions are vacant, while Essentia has a job vacancy rate of 16%, as the pandemic strains health-care work forces.

February 25, 2022 12:09 PM

By Patrick Springer

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12 Minnesota hospitals penalized for excess hospital-acquired conditions

Minnesota hospitals that ranked in the bottom 25% nationally for preventing infections and other illness gained while under care included regional facilities owned by Mayo Clinic, Essentia, Fairview and CentraCare. The facilities will lose 1% on Medicare payments for the coming year.

February 17, 2022 07:31 AM

By Paul John Scott

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Essentia joins study of medications to possibly treat COVID-19, including ivermectin

All three drugs in the study are already approved, with a known safety record, and are very affordable. One of the drugs, ivermectin, has been controversial.

January 24, 2022 03:15 PM

By Patrick Springer