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Crowley honored with statewide rural health award

December 14, 2023

Tom Crowley, a Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Clinics stalwart, is being recognized for his long-time dedication to rural healthcare with the 2023 Minnesota Community Star award.

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Gundersen-supported non-profit aims to give unsheltered people a home

December 14, 2023

Thanks to the help of Gundersen Health System, a new non-profit is housing some of La Crosse’s most vulnerable residents and breaking down the barriers between them and the healthcare

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Spotlight on patient outcomes in Envision lighting project

December 14, 2023

Gundersen Envision is undertaking a lighting project unlike any other it’s pursued, and it’s gaining the attention of one of the country’s most prestigious universities.

Gundersen Tri-County Hospital accredited by ADCES to provide quality diabetes self-management education and support

December 12, 2023

Gundersen Tri-County Hospital and Clinics has achieved accreditation by the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES).

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A pioneer in bereavement care

December 11, 2023

Rana Limbo supports Resolve Through Sharing as the program’s director emerita—and there is no question that her work as a nurse, a researcher, an educator and a leader has changed

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Same-day Orthopedic surgery relieves years of hip pain

December 07, 2023

Same-day Orthopedic Surgery allowed David Seibel to recover at his home in Onalaska within hours of his hip replacement surgery.

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Badge of Honor: Toddler battling cancer becomes part of Gundersen care team

December 05, 2023

Every time child life specialist Rachael Kaiser looks down at her tennis shoes, she’s reminded she can do hard things. That phrase is engraved on a small metal plate that’s

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Borge, Holness ready to serve as Gundersen Medical Vice Presidents

November 29, 2023

Robyn Borge, MD, is the new Medical Vice President for Cross-Functional Care, and Robert Holness, MD, is the new Medical Vice President for Community Care.

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Sports medicine gets W-K volleyball player back on the court

November 14, 2023

Little did Emma Johnson know that by day’s end, she’d be taken to the Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital emergency room, and her promising junior season on the volleyball team would

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Mobile medicine program honored by Wisconsin Hospital Association

November 08, 2023

The mobile medicine program, a collaborative endeavor between Gundersen Health System and St. Clare Health Mission, is receiving statewide recognition.

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Berge honored with WHA 2023 Trustee Award

November 07, 2023

The Wisconsin Hospital Association has honored Gerald “Jerry” Berge of Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics with its 2023 Trustee Award.

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Gundersen Boscobel welcomes family nurse practitioner Carley Drakas

October 31, 2023

Carley Drakas, NP, has joined Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics as a family nurse practitioner at the Boscobel and Muscoda Clinics.

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‘If we don’t do it, who will?’ How these two critical access hospitals are increasing access to healthy foods

October 25, 2023

Gundersen St. Joe’s is part of Second Harvest of Southern Wisconsin HungerCare Wellness Program, a program to provide food boxes and education to those experiencing food insecurity.

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NICU nurse helps youngest patients celebrate first Halloween

October 25, 2023

Last year, nurses in the NICU decided to have a little fun with their little patients by having a Halloween costume party. What they noticed, though, was that not every

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Gundersen Palmer Rehab helps young mom through life-changing injury

October 23, 2023

After Sydney Brincks suffered an injury that nearly cost her the use of her right hand, she knew she needed to work hard to get back to where she once

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New rehab program at Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s gets workers back on the job

October 23, 2023

Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s new work conditioning program is an intensive regimen of rehabilitation that’s aimed at people who are injured while working at their place of employment.

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This remarkable journey shows why rehab is vital to recovery

October 09, 2023

Karl Goldbeck was used to running into burning buildings. A 20-year veteran of the Onalaska Fire Department, he says he didn’t think twice before risking his life in a dangerous

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A fixer of vehicles and people: Sye honored with Star of Life award

October 03, 2023

Most of the time, you’ll find Sam Sye in the Tri-State shop wrenching on a fleet vehicle that needs some work done before heading back on the street. Occasionally, he

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Tri-State distributes 40 AEDs to professional responders

October 03, 2023

Paramedics enrolled in Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance’s professional responders program will now have an AED to take with them wherever they go.

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CMN Heroes see their holiday cards hot off the press

October 02, 2023

The holidays may still be a few months off, but Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Heroes and their families got into the spirit early during a tour of Empire Screen Printing

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