SANFORD

SWMC hosts Books Are Fun event

WORTHINGTON — Sanford Worthington Medical Center will host the Books Are Fun Book Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday in the hospital classroom.

April 03, 2011

Diabetes topic of program

WORTHINGTON — The next Sanford Apple a Day program will be presented by Cali Bahrenfuss of the somniTech Inc. Sleep Disorders Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.

March 31, 2011

Council allots $14,500 for ambulance system

WORTHINGTON — The Worthington City Council on Tuesday allocated $14,500 in hospital sale funds to Sanford Medical Center Worthington to upgrade the Sanford Worthington Ambulance to the ARMER (Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response) system.

March 22, 2011

Sanford merger to become effective Tuesday

The merger between North Country Health Services and Sanford Health will be effective next week.

February 25, 2011

Walking for a cause

A long line of participants in the Worthington area YMCA and Sanford Worthington Healthy Heart Family Celebration walk down Thompson Avenue Saturday morning in the third annual 2-mile walk event.

By Brian Korthals , February 13, 2011

Sanford Health gets $2.1 million grant

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A charitable trust established by the late hotel and real estate baroness Leona Helmsley is giving Sanford Health in Sioux Falls nearly $2.1 million to upgrade mammography services.

February 04, 2011

SWMC receives $585K grant

Money from Helmsley trust funds digital mammography
WORTHINGTON — Sanford Worthington Medical Center (SWMC) will soon be able to offer state-of-the-art mammography services, thanks to a $585,000 donation from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The grant is one of the largest health care donations in the Worthington community and the largest donation in the history of SWMC.

February 02, 2011

City’s hospital proceeds reinvested

WORTHINGTON — Money from the 2008 sale of Worthington Regional Hospital to Sanford Health has already been re-invested in the community, stated a letter enclosed with January’s Worthington Public Utility bills.

January 25, 2011

Sanford settles claim with EMTs for overtime pay

More than $77,000 paid to 21 EMTs for hours worked
WORTHINGTON — Sanford Medical Center Worthington has settled a claim with the U.S. Labor Department after a complaint-based investigation revealed the company’s failure to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act. The investigation dates back to July 1, 2008, when Sanford officially gained ownership of the local hospital. A press release issued Tuesday by the U.S. Labor Department detailed Sanford’s violation, in which 21 emergency medical technicians on its staff were not given overtime compensation for on-call work hours logged from July 1, 2008, to Jan. 10, 2010.

By Julie Buntjer , January 18, 2011

Nobles County gets tangled in termination of contracts

WORTHINGTON — In his final meeting as Nobles-Rock Community Health Services administrator, Brad Meyer provided several letters of termination during the NRCHS board meeting Wednesday afternoon in Worthington. Among them was a contract between NRCHS and Sanford Health Visiting Nurses Association, with which the county had an agreement for administrative services for the past four years Meyer served the agency.

By Julie Buntjer , December 15, 2010

Bemidji's event center will become The Sanford Center

The BREC will soon change names. Sanford Health and the city of Bemidji have come to agree on the terms of an agreement through which the city will receive $2 million over 10 years and the new Bemidji Regional Event Center will become The Sanford Center.

By Bethany Wesley, Park Rapids Enterprise , October 19, 2010

Auxiliary hosts style show

WORTHINGTON — The Sanford Medical Center Worthington Auxiliary will have its second annual Fall Style Show and Salad Buffet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church, 408 11th St., Worthington. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m

October 12, 2010

Sanford Auxilary’s program is Oct. 14

WORTHINGTON — Sanford Medical Center Worthington’s Auxiliary program and meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 14 a in the classroom. The program will be on “Diabetes Care — Review and Update” with presenter Mary Hesemann, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator. There will also be a business meeting.

By Daily Globe , October 06, 2010

Sanford Health-MeritCare introduces new brand

FARGO, N.D. — Sanford Health-MeritCare officially introduced the merged entity’s new brand today as Sanford Health, after having unveiled the logo on July 7.

By The Forum , July 20, 2010

Sanford Health releases logo reflecting merger

FARGO - Sanford Health released a new logo Wednesday reflecting its merger with MeritCare.

By Forum staff reports, INFORUM , July 08, 2010