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Avera is combining observances of National Hospital Week, National Nurses Week and National Skilled Nursing Care week to celebrate all health care workers and employee.

Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller, S.D., and Milbank Area Hospital Avera in Milbank, S.D., were named among the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals.

Avera Health has been named to the IBM Watson Health 15 Top Health Systems list. Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center was named as one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals.

A new health campus on 12 acres of land east of Gregory will integrate a 17-bed hospital, 30-bed long-term care center and a clinic inside space totaling over 88,000 square feet.

Today in a united front, Avera Health, Monument Health and Sanford Health systems joined with the South Dakota Department of Health to encourage residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Avera Foundation announces a successful end to the Home for Hope Campaign providing funds to expand and renovate patient and family lodging in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Avera St. Mary’s Hospital will host people for walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations during a special clinic set for Friday, April 9.

Vaccinations in South Dakota have opened to anyone age 16 and over and Avera has launched online appointments at Avera.org/covid-vaccine.