Patient & Caregiver Stories

This Nurse Could Save Your Life Twice

Gretchen Emrich, RN, Emergency Department and Magnet Program Coordinator, Rapid City Hospital, doesn’t just save lives at work, she does it in her free time, too. As the Training Officer […]

Upgrading the Rapid City Hospital Laboratory

The laboratories of Monument Health perform over 2 million tests per year. The Rapid City Hospital lab accounts for about 65% of those. It’s an impressive number, considering we live […]

A New Clinic Visit Type Helps Rule Out Penicillin Allergy

In late September, Jason Knudson, M.D., FAAFP, Spearfish Clinic, North 10th Street, completed the first successful outpatient oral amoxicillin challenge with his patient, James Walton, a Paramedic at Sanford Underground […]

Partnering with the DOD SkillBridge Program

Through our partnership with Elevate Rapid City, we are participating in the Department of Defense’s SkillBridge Military Transition Program. This federal initiative helps us attract exceptional talent while supporting military families’ transition […]

Closing the Gap

The distance between reliable health care and rural patients is growing. When your child suffers from a rare health condition, you do whatever it takes to close that gap. Of […]

Reclaiming Her Life

Shedding 175 pounds helped improve Rachelle White’s health — and gave her a new lease on life. According to the CDC, approximately 42% of adults in the U.S. are obese […]

Brady’s Back

After a life changing year away, the talkative kid with a love of all things spice is back on the ranch – right where he belongs. In the Summer 2021 […]

Paying it Forward for Peggy

After the love of his life passed on, Don Behrens paid tribute to her legacy with generous contributions to Monument Health Foundation and the Home+ Hospice Program. Grief is powerful. […]

Hip Hope

Many young people who suffer from hip pain stop physical activities altogether. The Hip Preservation Institute finds solutions to help patients rediscover pain-free movement. Seventeen-year-old Rayana Shoberg is not the […]

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