News Archive

News from the past 60-180 days.

• Halaas Named Associate Dean at UND Medical School
  Aug 13 , 2009 -- Dr. Gwen Wagstrom Halaas, a family physician and associate professor of family medicine and community health at the University of Minnesota, has been named associate dean for academic and faculty affairs at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

• UND Center for Rural Health Receives Funding to Support Rural Hospitals
  Aug 10 , 2009 -- For the 11th consecutive year, the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences has received funding to support rural hospitals through the North Dakota Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program.

• UND Center for Rural Health Provides Federal Testimony on Health Reform
  Jul 30 , 2009 -- Senator Kent Conrad heard testimony from the University of North Dakota (UND) Center for Rural Health on July 2 regarding the importance of health reform for rural health in North Dakota.

• UND National Aging Center Will Continue to Assist Native American Elders
  Jul 9 , 2009 -- You worry about how to get to the doctor’s office and how long you will wait after you arrive. Worst of all, your doctor tells you, based on your health, that he or she considers you ten years older than you really are.

• New Project Enhances Patient Safety at North Dakota Hospitals
  Jun 17 , 2009 -- The North Dakota Critical Access Hospital (NDCAH) Quality Network announces a new effort to enhance patient safety across the state: the Statewide Information Management Project.

• New Report Finds Wide Differences in Health and Health Care in North Dakota
  Jun 12 , 2009 -- The state of health and health care varies widely across North Dakota, according to a new report issued by the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Commissioned by Dakota Medical Foundation, the environmental scan report is the first of its kind in the state to comprehensively assess the health and health care of North Dakotans.

• Valley City Is One of Three Cities Selected for National Hospice Project
  May 26 , 2009 -- More than a million patients a year who are dying or facing a terminal illness may endure pointless suffering and useless, but expensive, treatments because they lack access to hospice or palliative care services, according to the National Priorities Partnership. Compassionate, high quality end-of-life care can ensure patients are comfortable, ease their pain and help their families make difficult decisions about the course of treatment.