Avera Sacred Heart Hospital
More than a century has passed since the light of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital began to shine on Yankton when the Benedictine Sisters began to provide care and compassion to the sick - first opening their doors in 1897. Today our light casts a healing glow over 120,000 residents in southeastern South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska and now illuminates a state-of-the-art center of care, ever expanding to meet the changing needs of this region. And yet...it is still the same simple light of healing that has always guided our mission ... to reach out to those who are hurting.
Recent News and Visiting Hours Articles
March 9, 2010
National Patient Safety Awareness Week
National Patient Safety Awareness Week is being celebrated March 7-13. This is a national education and awareness-building campaign for improving patient safety at the local level.
March 2, 2010
Patient Care and Safety - Medication Use
Medications are perhaps the most commonly used intervention in health, providing palliative, symptomatic and curative treatment of diseases and conditions. The opportunity for error in the use and administration process is significant.
February 23, 2010
The Warning Signs of Heart Disease
When someone goes into cardiac arrest, it's a race against the clock to save his or her life. Each day about 700 Americans die before they reach the hospital. During American Heart Month in February, it's important to learn to recognize the warning signs of heart disease.
