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

July 7, 2008 $5,000 Donated To Lori Schrempp Memorial Nursing Student Scholarship Jeff Schrempp presents Kelly Kathol, executive director of the Benedictine Health Foundation, with a check for $5,000 in memory of his wife Lori Schrempp for use in the annual Lori Schrempp Nursing Student Scholarship.

July 7, 2008 Johnson Named Compliance Champion At ASHH Congratulations to Glenn Johnson, Lab, (pictured above with Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Compliance Officer Jean Hunhoff) on being named the 2008 Compliance Champion. Glenn was chosen because of his dedication to compliance in the ASHH Lab for the lab's out-of-hospital clients.

June 25, 2008 Electronic Medical Records To Go Live Avera Sacred Heart Hospital will launch its new electronic medical record system (EMR) next Tuesday (July 1, 2008). The Avera Sacred Heart region is the third Avera region to transition from individual systems to the shared Avera medical record system.

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