Index of CentraCare Health System Media Releases from 2008

Dec. 30, 2008 - CentraCare and QUITPLAN® team to break habit

Dec. 8, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital joins elite women’s health coalition

Nov. 26, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital lights up pink and blue for Prematurity Awareness week

Nov. 25, 2008 - Coborn family makes $2 million contribution to enhance services of CentraCare Health System

Nov. 19, 2008 -Construction begins on Melrose Area Hospital, CentraCare Clinic

Nov. 18, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital Home Care named to elite list

Nov. 18, 2008 - Central Minnesota Heart Center at St. Cloud Hospital ranks in nation’s top 100 for cardiovascular care

Nov. 13, 2008 - Melrose Area Hospital welcomes new administrator

Oct. 21, 2008 - Take Heart celebrates twice the survival rates for Sudden Cardiac Arrest patients

Sept. 11, 2008 - BLEND program encourages families to participate in National Family Dinner Night Sept. 21

Sept. 9, 2008 - Celebrate Gorecki Care Center’s grand opening at St. Benedict’s Senior Community

Sept. 3, 2008 - CentraCare Clinic offers new program for people with depression

Aug. 29, 2008 -CentraCare breaks ground on new clinic in St. Joseph

Aug. 27, 2008 -Celebrating a quarter century of cardiac care

Aug. 25, 2008 -CentraCare Laboratory Services accredited by College of American Pathologists

Aug. 18, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital Breast Center selling cookbooks

Aug. 18, 2008 - Digital mammography available soon at the St. Cloud Hospital Breast Center

Aug. 8, 2008 - Cardiac rehab program recertified

July 24, 2008 - Clinic staff becomes more culturally aware of growing populations

July 11, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital among America’s Best Hospitals for orthopedics, urology in U.S. News & World Report ranking

June 30, 2008 - CentraCare Health System names new CFO

June 26, 2008 - CentraCare Clinic’s laboratory recognized for quality

June 25, 2008 - Area couple donates $1 million to new hospitality house

June 25, 2008 - Coborn Cancer Center recruiting participants for research study

June 9, 2008 - CentraCare Clinic to build new clinic in St. Joseph

May 30, 2008 - CentraCare expands dialysis program to Litchfield

May 27, 2008 - Local attorney to join CentraCare Health System

May 22, 2008 - Cardiac surgery program receives top rating

May 19, 2008 - The Clara Foundation presents – A benefit for Clara’s House

May 16, 2008 - Physicians honored at Celebration of Commitment

May 13, 2008 - Spring Fling raises $73,000

May 9, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital discontinues birth announcements

May 8, 2008 - Area couple wins philanthropy award

May 6, 2008 - New St. Cloud Hospital Sleep Center hosts open house

May 5, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital psychiatrist receives national award

May 1, 2008 - Free cancer screening scheduled

Apr. 29, 2008 - CentraCare Clinic physician recognized nationally

Apr. 29, 2008 - St. Benedict’s Senior Community Volunteer Coordinator wins state award

Apr. 29, 2008 - St. Benedict’s Senior Community receives $25,000 Otto Bremer grant

Apr. 28, 2008 - Cover the Uninsured Week is April 27-May 3

Apr. 3, 2008 - St. Benedict’s Senior Community hosts open house in Monticello

Apr. 1, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital recognizes National Donate Life Month

Mar. 20, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital offers free valet parking to patients during south ramp construction

Mar. 19, 2008 - Central Minnesota Heart Center patient one of 50 patients to receive heart monitoring device

Mar. 18, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals for third consecutive year

Mar. 5, 2008 - CentraCare expands dialysis program to Cambridge

Feb. 27, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital joins national network of children’s hospitals

Feb. 26, 2008 - CentraCare Health Foundation awards $32,001 in health-related grants

Feb. 26, 2008 - Coborn Cancer Center Radiation department receives three-year accreditation

Jan. 28, 2008 - Joint collaboration signed by St. Cloud Hospital/CentraCare Health System, University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview and University of Minnesota Physicians

Jan. 25, 2008 - New Big Lake Clinic now open

Jan. 23, 2008 - Cancer program receives three-year approval

Jan. 15, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital achieves re-accreditation from The Joint Commission

Jan. 14, 2008 - Heart rhythm device implanted for the first time nationwide at Central Minnesota Heart Center

Jan. 14, 2008 - Central Minnesota Heart Center recruiting patients for national clinical study

Jan. 14, 2008 - CentraCare dialysis services expand to Big Lake, Cambridge and Litchfield

Jan. 14, 2008 - St. Cloud Hospital wins statewide Community Benefit Award - Hospital association honors Clara’s House

Jan. 11, 2008 - Richard Collins – The Cooking Cardiologist

Jan. 3, 2008 - Top 10 baby names at St. Cloud Hospital for 2007