Caregiver Feature
In our spring 2021 issue, we introduced you to Katie Young, a young woman who was celebrating her college graduation at a bowling alley when her heart stopped beating. You […]
Doctor Profiles
My Role I am a Nurse Practitioner in general surgery in Spearfish. I work primarily with Andrew VanOsdol, M.D., in our accredited Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence program. I am […]
Caregiver Feature
From the outside looking in, it may look like Radiologic Technologist Robert Schroeder and his fellow caregivers have a straightforward job — creating high-quality X-ray images for physicians and their […]
Doctor Profiles
My Role First and foremost, I am a urologist who provides care to my patients. I am also the director of the Monument Health Robotics Program, which gives me the […]
Health & Wellness
When eight-year-old Rayne Rucker entered the Central States Fair on August 23 for Monument Health’s Special Rodeo, she knew just what she wanted to do: everything! By the time Rayne […]
Caregiver Feature
For Lito and Lucita Casilang and their daughter Sandra Gruenig, Rapid City is very different from their native Philippines 7,500 miles away. The food, the culture, the weather — especially […]
Health & Wellness
In 1999, Britney Spears sang the words, “My loneliness is killing me…” Those lyrics weren’t meant to be taken literally, but Britney was ahead of her time — new evidence […]
Doctor Profiles
The Heart and Vascular Institute (HVI) at Monument Health recently became one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to perform an innovative new procedure treating an uncommon form of […]
Health & Wellness
Hang around a tattoo shop for a while and you’ll see all kinds of art pass through the door. Rose tattoos with a loved one’s name, cosmic planetscapes, geometric patterns […]
Patient Stories
For most people, a hospital stay isn’t a great time in their life. It can be scary and uncomfortable, often coming as an unpleasant surprise. However, there are things that […]
Caregiver Feature
In the early 1990s, two health care challenges were emerging in western South Dakota. First, the number of new family physicians practicing medicine in rural areas was not keeping up […]
Caregiver Feature
For parents, those opportunities are fleeting and bittersweet, as one day those moments will be gone. But that’s not the case for the child care aides at the Monument Health […]