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Healing Generations Health & Wellness

Healing Generations

Coming to Monument Health may sometimes mean patients and their families are experiencing some of life’s biggest hardships. With this in mind, the team at Monument Health wanted entering the […]

Food — It’s a Big Deal Health & Wellness

Food — It’s a Big Deal

Farm to Fork  The farm to fork movement (also known as farm to table) got its unofficial start in the 1960s during the countercultural revolution, when hippies began growing their […]

Ask The Doc: Winter Sport Injuries Ask The Expert

Ask The Doc: Winter Sport Injuries

RAY B. JENSEN, D.O. Board Certified Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Surgeon Monument Health Spearfish A fellowship-trained Orthopedic Surgeon specializing in arthroscopic treatment and shoulder and knee replacements.  What are a […]

My Space: Laura Holland Caregiver Feature

My Space: Laura Holland

My Role  I take care of patients. I am there to take vital signs and walk with them. Sometimes we assist with their eating and hygiene needs, and we make […]

My Space: Elle Larsen Caregiver Feature

My Space: Elle Larsen

My Role  As the Real Estate Manager for Monument Health, I provide support for all things involving Real Estate to ensure we are meeting the ever-growing needs of our system […]

My Space: Ty White Caregiver Feature

My Space: Ty White

Ty White’s infection prevention and control team touches every person at Monument Health, from patients and visitors to caregivers and contractors.  The Infection Control team is responsible for the development, […]

My Space: Carla Stark Caregiver Feature

My Space: Carla Stark

Settling in at Monument Health — and in the Black Hills — is different for each new physician. Regardless of what assistance they need, Carla is here to help.  In […]

The Worst and Best Day of My Life Patient Stories

The Worst and Best Day of My Life

A surprise birth defect could have cost Linkin his life, had it not been for Jonathan Bigwood, M.D.  Kennedi Springstun had what most would consider a normal pregnancy. Other than […]

Volunteer Profile: Shirley Bell Volunteer Profiles

Volunteer Profile: Shirley Bell

Long past the age when most people retire, Shirley Bell can still be found in the gift shop at Monument Health—a position she has held for 45 years.  Even more […]

Volunteer Profile: Paul Winckler Volunteer Profiles

Volunteer Profile: Paul Winckler

Paul Winckler brings spiritual comfort and emotional support to those in need within the hospital community.  Pastor Paul finds joy in building relationships with patients and their families as they […]

Cancer Warrior Patient Stories

Cancer Warrior

After her diagnosis, Carol Engel turned to the experts at the Monument Health John T. Vucurevich Cancer Care Institute. Working together, they’ve defied the odds against stage IV lung cancer.  […]

One Tough Ten Year Old Patient Stories

One Tough Ten Year Old

Carter Berlin’s autoimmune disorder diagnosis means he’s had to deal with more in the last six years than most do in a lifetime—but he’s one tough ten-year-old.  Carter Berlin was […]

Physician Profile: Joy Falkenburg, M.D. Doctor Profiles

Physician Profile: Joy Falkenburg, M.D.

When she isn’t treating patients, you can find Dr. Falkenburg working the soil and finding peace in the Healing Garden, located on the Monument Health Custer Hospital and Clinic campus.  […]

Helping People Care for People Caregiver Feature

Helping People Care for People

The Monument Health Foundation supports worthy causes connected to Monument Health, and their reach often goes further than most realize.  The Monument Health Foundation provides a link between Monument Health […]