Patient & Caregiver Stories

State Grant Helps Cancer Transitions Program

Getting diagnosed with cancer is world-shattering. Many people, though, often don’t realize that cancer survivors may still struggle. Physical, mental, neurological and financial after-affects linger, sometimes permanently. Cancer survivors need […]

Monument Health Partners with Prairie Hills Transit for New Bus Garage

Based in Spearfish, when Prairie Hills Transit (PHT) began ferrying patients around the Black Hills on behalf of Monument Health in 2011, they had already been helping other clinics, nursing […]

Upgraded RCH Lab is Full Go

On Wednesday, December 3, the Laboratory at Rapid City Hospital held a ribbon cutting ceremony, which officially marked the beginning of the new automation line’s operations and the end of […]

A Beautiful Solution

On Thursday, December 11, Jim Stevens of Hot Springs was wheeled through the third floor of Rapid City Hospital. A large, emotional group packed the hallways in honor of Jim, […]

A Profile in Courage

Scott DeBolt knows a thing or two about adversity. He also knows a thing or two about resilience. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 7 ½, DeBolt has […]

Caregiver Helps S.D. Mines Students “Tank” Their Final

For their semester project, South Dakota Mines Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Tugba Ozdemir challenged her students to identify and provide product solutions to common problems associated with wound care. […]

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 […]

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