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The Beat: March 2014, Centracare Health

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• "Celebrate: We are CentraCare"
• Monticello welcomes new arrivals
• March into better health
• Bariatric Center reaccredited
• Free drive‐thru colon cancer screenings
• Take the health assessment!
• Expanded Neuroscience/Spine unit opens April 29
• Long Prairie news...
• Paynesville news...
• Organ donation/recipient stories needed

The Beat: February 2014, Centracare Health

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The Beat: April 2013, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "April is a special time for CentraCare Health"
• Spring into good health at Women’s Health 101
• Organ donation saves lives
• CentraNet offers a look at patient survey results
• It’s official
• New joint replacement program offered
• Congratulations to Dr. Leither!
• Diabetes Center education expands
• Recognizing quality work in Sauk Centre
• St. Cloud Hospital, Melrose honored for EMR achievement
• Roadwork near Health Plaza expected to begin soon
• More road construction
• Administrative Support building has new tenants
• Survey gathers community health snapshot
• Collaborating with the community
• CentraCare wins United Way award
• St. Cloud Hospital designated for quality, efficiency

The Beat: December 2010, Centracare Health

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• "Thank you for a fabulous year!"
• Care for high-risk pregnancies, critical care for newborns offered
• Give a St. Cloud Hospital journal for Christmas
• Annual Holly Ball, Dec. 18
• Tree of Hope
• Give Link to Life
• Christmas gifts from the heart
• Give to the book drive
• Melrose, Long Prairie install digital mammography
• Long Prairie rehab expands women’s health program
• Grief resources provide help during the holidays
• Donate your old cell phone
• Quit tobacco in the new year
• Kiosk check-in begins

The Beat: November 2010, Centracare Health

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• "Take pride in CentraCare’s impact on area communities"
• CentraCare Wound Center opens
• CCHS annual report available online
• Looking for a great gift? How about an SCH journal?
• New Volunteer Opportunity
• Small Wonders
• Celebrate Festival of Lights
• Recovery Plus director honored
• Projects recognized by state organization
• Recycling at SCH gains ground
• Annual Holly Ball scheduled for Dec. 18
• Mary Buhl wins state award
• Clean-out the cabinet results
• Give Link to Life as a gift

The Beat: October 2010, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "You can help patients understand, act on medical instructions"
• What is a Health Care Home
• Caring for Generations campaign begins
• Cardiac Surgery recognized nationally
• Surgery Open House
• Open house in Melrose
• NuVal™coming to Coborn’s stores
• Long Prairie receives patient safety award
• CentraCare Wound Center opens soon
• SBSC administrator receives national award
• Kiosk check-in coming to Women & Children

The Beat: September 2010, Centracare Health

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• "CentraCare = compassion, exceptional quality care"
• Southeast St. Cloud’s hidden gem
• CentraCare named Best Place to Work
• Family dinners make a difference!
• Calling all bike riders!
• Breast Center presents fashion show fundraiser
• Allen Horn, MD, honored
• Schrup is clinic’s associate medical director
• Donate new or gently used books for children
• Run, walk, roll
• CentraCare Health System board of directors
• Join the 2010 Memory Walk
• Food Allergy Basics

The Beat: August 2010, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "CentraCare trauma centers meet patients’ critical needs"
• Helicopters transport patients, save lives
• CentraCare volunteers give the gift of time
• St. Cloud Hospital among America’s best for urology
• Peitso part of national health care home study
• Heart Center cardiologists provide care in Brainerd
• Latest robotic system enhances surgical capabilities
• Foundation grants improve health care

The Beat: July 2010, Centracare Health

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• Dedicated employees enjoy fast pace in the ER
• Advanced practice providers help ensure access to care
• Personalized health info is just a click away
• Adventures in Aging
• Clinic quality recognized
• Lab receives national accreditation
• Bakke chosen as future leader
• Wound Center coming soon
• Improving care for autism
• Understanding Alzheimer’s
• McCaffrey receives national recognition
• Hard hat tours offered
• Benefactor list available

The Beat: June 2010, Centracare Health

The Beat

• Physician recruitment, retention help keep CentraCare strong
• What is a physiatrist?
• New director to lead Neurosciences/Spine Center
• New imaging technology improves diagnosis time
• Walk-in care receives great response from patients
• Generous employees give to Haiti
• Personalized health info is just a click away
• St. Cloud Hospital volunteer receives state award
• Good news in diabetes care
• Spirit of Women awards recognizes area women
• Palliative Care Program provided to adult inpatients
• New Top 100 Hospital Ad

The Beat: April 2010, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "Health care reform doesn’t change our commitment"
• April is Donate Life Month
• Organ, tissue and eye donation facts
• Operating room open house
• Give the gift of independence and safety
• Women & Children receives $7,500 grant
• St. Cloud Hospital again ranked in top 100
• Let’s move together
• Garden party blooms at SBSC in St. Cloud
• Kudos to . . .
• Sartell Apple Duathlon
• Employee Campaign ends April 30
• A benefit for Clara’s House
• Shining the spotlight on skin health
• Caring for your loved one and caring for yourself
• Performance to benefit NICU

The Beat: March 2010, Centracare Health

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• Share your blessings to help those we serve
• Employee campaign begins
• Become a ‘Fan’of the Employee Campaign on facebook
• Care packages provided for employees in the military
• DIAMOND program expands
• Long Prairie extends hours
• Nursing alumni scholarship offered
• Home, Health & Family Expo set in Melrose
• Have you registered for MyChart?
• Have some fun at Women’s Health 101!
• New linear accelerator comes to radiation oncology clinic
• Earth Day runs planned
• Walk-in Care is going strong
• Sister Susan Rudolph receives caregiver award
• Hall recognized for service
• St. Cloud Start! Heart Walk
• Pediatric tours offered

The Beat: Febuary 2010, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "CentraCare welcomes all"
• Short Stay program features onsite physician
• Long Prairie, Melrose hospitals change names
• St. Cloud Hospital recognized as distinguished hospital
• 7th Annual Spring Fling
• Physician receives excellence award
• Congratulations to...
• United Way campaign results
• Shirley Loehr wins Living the Mission award
• Get counted!
• Drive-thru colon cancer screening offered in March

The Beat: January 2010, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "We’re striving to be the best"
• CentraCare offers cancer services at rural hospitals
• Medication and supplement safety presentation offered
• Take the 2010 Health Assessment
• Know someone with spirit?
• Worried about an elderly loved one?
• MyChart lets you view medical record online
• Book drive deemed a success
• Pediatric Walk-In Care off to great start!
• Dance for your health

The Beat: December 2009, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "Each employee is an important part of CentraCare"
• Family photography program launched in NICU
• Pediatric walk-in care to open Jan. 11
• Reaching patients with limited English proficiency
• CentraCare physician serves as primary care consultant
• Tree of Hope event scheduled
• See Yourself in a Whole New Light
• Home kidney program receives award
• 2009 Memory Walk raises more than $56,000
• Koosmann joins CentraCare

The Beat: November 2009, Centracare Health

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• "Individuals’ daily actions can help control costs"
• Golf tournament raises more than $150,000
• SBSC receives Quality Improvement Award
• Dermatology department part of television documentary
• New cardiologist based in Willmar
• Clinic Open House planned in Melrose for Dec. 13
• Celebrate Festival of Lights at St. Cloud Hospital
• Home Care receives top honor
• Hospital receives award for organ donation
• Donate a book to St. Cloud Hospital

The Beat: October 2009, Centracare Health

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• "Your work helps CentraCare weather the recession"
• CentraCare pharmacies awarded certification
• Corene Kain receives Volunteer of the Year award
• Operating Room open house
• Kids & Parents Expo
• Gratitude and Your Health
• Ice Fishing Seminar
• Perinatology Clinic expands hours of service
• Extended clinic hours in St. Joseph
• Flu vaccination message
• Health literacy - What is it?
• Sleep issues with Multiple Sclerosis
• Stroke & blood vessel screenings

The Beat: September 2009, Centracare Health

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• "Here’s more evidence that this is a great place to work"
• Simply Glamorous!
• Melrose nurse wins award
• Celebrating 10 years of exceptional living
• Long Prairie Health Fair
• Rehabilitation unit receives accreditation
• Pulmonary rehab program receives certification
• Scrubs donations help support premature babies
• Women’s Showcase
• Surviving with Style tickets on sale
• Health literacy - What is it? What can we do about it?
• Stephen Ministry training session offered

The Beat: August 2009, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "CentraCare ranks among state’s ‘Best Places to Work’ "
• ICU receives Beacon Award
• Critical care program celebrates five years
• Businesses may not advertise in CentraCare lobbies
• CentraCare Clinic news
• Recovery Plus celebrates 38 years of service
• SBSC receives recognition for quality improvement
• Long Prairie becomes level IV trauma hospital
• Marketing, Communications receive awards
• Inpatient dialysis receives Patriot Award

The Beat: July 2009, Centracare Health

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• "Hospital expansion has potential to benefit all"
• St. Cloud Hospital receives awards
• Diabetes management for seniors
• Win lunch with Tony-O
• Heart Center physician honored as Health Care Hero
• Psychologist receives national recognition
• Heart Center begins pacemaker outreach clinic
• CentraCare pharmacies offer lower co-pays
• Pladson receives honorary doctorate
• Cardiac surgery program receives top rating
• Orthopedic services expands in Melrose
• Be prepared in times of emergency

The Beat: May 2009, Centracare Health

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• "Thank you for great teamwork on H1N1 response"
• St. Cloud Hospital receives four awards
• CentraCare Clinic news
• Terry Pladson, MD, receives award
• Long Prairie golf tournament
• Employee Campaign exceeds goal, raises $2.38 million
• Spring Fling changes venue
• BLEND events
• Gorecki Guest House open house June 10
• A benefit for Clara’s House

The Beat: April 2009, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "An award for one is an honor for all of us"
• New VP for Heart Center
• Nicholas Reuter, MD, receives Caduceus Award
• CentraCare Clinic news
• Alumni scholarship offered
• CentraCare signs statement of support
• CentraCare Laboratory receives award
• Annual Spring Fling
• Women’s Health 101 draws a crowd
• Your gift makes the difference
• Physician receives excellence award
• Clinics join cultural understanding project
• Hospitals wins state awards

The Beat: March 2009, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "We are ‘Caring for Generations’ "
• Foundation receives $1-million contribution
• CentraCare sponsors walks
• Southern gospel band concert
• Alumni scholarship offered
• Women’s Health 101
• Activities for all ages
• Melrose Area Hospital lab passes state inspection
• Clinic to move to new location
• We want your feedback!

The Beat: Febuary 2009, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "Ensuring safety, one patient at a time"
• St. Cloud Hospital achieves Magnet re-designation!
• Patient Transfer Line
• Archbishop blesses Monticello chapel
• St. Cloud Hospital history posted on CentraNet
• Heart Center cardiologists provide care in Brainerd
• Order your own lab tests
• Dr. Kulus receives excellence award
• Long Prairie welcomes new administrator
• Drive-thru colon cancer screening
• Clinic participated in national Hib screening

The Beat January 2009, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "Working together, we can weather financial challenges"
• Spirit of Women Day of Dance activities
• Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB)
• Imaging, Heart Center earn three-year accreditation
• Go Red for Women luncheon
• Construction underway at Melrose Hospital
• SBSC provides exceptional senior living
• Heart Center physician receives achievement award

The Beat: December 2008, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "May your days be merry and bright"
• Coborn family makes contribution to CentraCare
• Employee to participate in leadership program
• Home Care and Hospice named to elite list
• Diabetes Center offers weight management program
• Heart Center ranks in nation’s top 100 — again
• Diabetes Health Professional Update
• CentraCare Clinic receives two awards
• St. Cloud Hospital joins Spirit of Women
• Long Prairie Winter Gala
• Thank a Doctor launched
• Give Lifeline as a gift

The Beat: November 2008, Centracare Health

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• "Sharing our story"
• Melrose Area Hospital welcomes new administrator
• New development officer for Melrose, Long Prairie
• Melrose construction begins
• Cancer Center hosts survivorship holiday event
• Cancer center research employee recognized
• Event raises $15,000 for hospice fund
• Hind-Site fund created
• Tree of Hope
• Celebrate Festival of Lights at St. Cloud Hospital
• Gift Gallery holds Annual Christmas Sale
• Breast Center collects pennies for greatest needs
• Recovery Plus is growing

The Beat: October 2008, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "You deserve to feel proud of your work, CentraCare"
• Golf tournament raises $130,000 for pediatric cancer
• Learn about heart attacks and treatment
• United Way Celebration
• CentraCare employees volunteer for Day of Caring
• Telling our story at Report to the Community
• CentraCare physicians make health care leaders list
• Ice fishing seminar
• ‘Food for The Cure’ raises $102,000 to fight cancer
• Use a CentraCare pharmacy

The Beat: September 2008, Centracare Health

The Beat

• "Recruits strengthen neurosurgery program"
• CentraCare breaks ground on new St. Joseph clinic
• Celebrating a Quarter Century of Cardiac Care
• CentraCare Laboratory Services accredited
• Long Prairie Health Fair
• Dr. Congdon becomes medical director for Short Stay Units
• Senior Community to host open houses
• Learn about Alzheimer’s
• St. Cloud Hospital joins Spirit of Women
• Melrose offers new depression treatment program
• United Way Celebration
• CentraCare Clinic partners with QUITPLAN

The Beat: August 2008, Centracare Health

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• "Engagement scores continue to improve"
• New hospitality house construction begins soon
• Get Your Rear In Gear Central Minnesota!
• Attention, golfers!
• Serving diverse patients in the community
• Celebrating a quarter century of cardiac care
• Cardiac rehab program recertified
• Sixth Annual Senior Expo
• St. Benedict’s welcomes new administrator
• How has United Way affected your life?
• Breast Center switches to digital mammography