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In addition, Lakes Regional Healthcare employees by themselves spend $6.6 million on retail sales and contribute $393,000 in state sales tax revenue. “A hospital is an asset to …

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  June 18, 2020 – The number of Dickinson County residents infected with COVID-19 has increased dramatically in the past month. As people from out of town visit …

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Hear what Dr. Zach Borus has to say about COVID-19 in Dickinson County and regarding the pandemic in general. These graphs outline the status of COVID-19 in Dickinson …

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Spirit Lake, IA (June 5, 2020) Lakes Regional Healthcare’s new medical office building will be nearing completion in the next few months, and is representative of a bigger …

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CMS’ Hospital Compare website reports on quality measures for more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide. Only 407 hospitals in the country were rated five stars, and Lakes Regional Healthcare …

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Lakes Regional Healthcare has scored among the top 10% in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Value-Based Purchasing reimbursement program. In 2019, Lakes Regional Healthcare ranked …

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Lakes Regional Healthcare’s Board of Trustees approved a collaborative business relationship with Northwest Iowa Bone, Joint & Sports Surgeons during its December board meeting. Known as “provider-based status,” …

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Craig Cunningham, M.D., a family medicine physician joining Avera Medical Group Spirit Lake Medical Center, will begin seeing patients on August 1, 2019. Dr. Cunningham recently moved back …

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Patients were amazed at the tiny incisions surgeons made, and the pincher-type instruments and camera used to perform the surgery. Fast forward to 2018 and robotic surgery is …

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