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The next generation may build digital infrastructure that allows world-class medical expertise to reach every corner of northeastern Minnesota without asking every patient to make the trip to Duluth. That's a vision worth discussing.
Conducted every five years since 1995, the Bridge to Health Survey aims to answer a key question: How healthy is the Northland? It covers a wide range of topics including physical and mental health, nutrition, exercise, tobacco and alcohol use, dental care, insurance coverage, and social connection.
Negotiations continue at Solvay Hospice House and Essentia Health Surgery Center-Miller Hill in Duluth. Two bargaining sessions were held this week, with additional meetings scheduled for Sept. 8 at Solvay and Sept. 10 at the Surgery Center.
“LiveWell provides free activities to community members with the idea of improving well-being while building connections between people and the outdoors,” said Lynn Goerdt, a social worker and coordinator of LiveWell at UW-Superior.
If you’re eligible, roll up your sleeve. Memorial Blood Centers is taking appointments at mbc.org or 888-448-3252. Blood donors can give every 56 days, platelet donors twice a month.
“Essentia often speaks about their values — Quality, Hospitality, Respect, Joy, Justice, Stewardship, and Teamwork — and how they live those values each day. Unfortunately, that has not been reflected in their treatment of advanced practice providers.” -- Nurse Practitioner Vicky Brady
It’s a heck of a look for Essentia, a system that prides itself on community stewardship yet has poured millions into temporary travel nurses to keep hospital beds staffed while turning around and padlocking places like the Solvay Hospice House.
