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Shelter from the Outside World Health & Wellness

Shelter from the Outside World

A $2 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust is making life easier for Monument Health’s most vulnerable patients. To a newborn baby, the world outside the womb can seem […]

Saving Sammi Patient Stories

Saving Sammi

When a rare heart condition debilitated registered nurse and active young mother, Sammi Wetch, to the point of despair, Monument Health Heart and Vascular Institute in Rapid City implemented a […]

A Clear Path Ahead Caregiver Feature

A Clear Path Ahead

Ashley Walton, RN, Float Pool at Rapid City Hospital, transitioned from environmental chemistry to nursing, driven by a desire to help people in her newfound community and to honor her […]

The Long Haul Patient Stories

The Long Haul

An extended saga of medical nightmares triggered by a seizure brought Scott Buchtel under the life-saving care of numerous specialties across Monument Health and, ultimately, closer to his wife. A […]

Celebrating Every Step Patient Stories

Celebrating Every Step

How one couple overcame a life-changing medical emergency and its aftermath with gratitude and strength. To overcome a near-death illness, to lose a limb, to learn how to walk, talk, […]

Ask the Expert: Eating Disorders Ask The Expert

Ask the Expert: Eating Disorders

Abbie Lambert is a Clinical Dietitian at Rapid City Clinic, Flormann Street. She is passionate about counseling clients through a non-diet approach and fostering a positive environment for people of […]

From Patient to Provider Caregiver Feature

From Patient to Provider

Sydney Underhill never expected to find her calling on Oct. 25, 2023, shaken and terrified from a serious car accident. But as paramedics and nurses at Monument Health Spearfish Hospital […]

Just Watch Him Patient Stories

Just Watch Him

Box Elder teen Sam Biberdorf hasn’t yet met a challenge he couldn’t stare down. That includes recovering from a brain injury and graduating from high school. One sunny Saturday last […]