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La Crescent-Hokah students get up close look at the body during Science of Medicine Day

October 21, 2024

Third and fourth graders at La Crescent-Hokah Elementary School got the opportunity on Oct. 16 to learn a little about their bodies and how they work during the Science of

A profile of Gundersen’s Bioethics Department

October 14, 2024

Some factors that allow Gundersen Health System to deliver on its promise of Love + Medicine are so seamlessly integrated into the organization’s makeup that it is easy to overlook

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Praveen Chopra: Leader, innovator and change manager

October 14, 2024

Praveen Chopra, chief digital and information officer for Bellin and Gundersen Health System, learned important lessons early in life from his parents.

Inpatient Behavioral Health sensory room.

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A closer look inside Gundersen’s Inpatient Behavioral Health facility

October 11, 2024

Gundersen’s Behavioral Health team is now offering a closer look at their patient care facility, expanding on how its spaces and programs are designed to optimize healing and put the

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Wabasha man shares flowers, smiles with St. Elizabeth’s patients and residents

October 11, 2024

Vern Anderson is known for the flower gardens he keeps on his property. For 10 years, Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Gundersen St. Elizabeth’s Care Center have been grateful recipients.

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Quick thinking, fast action saves life of Boscobel resident

October 04, 2024

For Brenda Ott, feeling unwell had become the norm. Now a three-year breast cancer survivor, she had gone through radiation before becoming cancer free and had grown accustomed to not

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Coenen joins Gundersen Tri-County as the new Administrator

September 27, 2024

Dan is excited to deepen his roots in an area he knows well as the incoming Gundersen Tri-County Hospital and Clinics Administrator on Oct. 1. Dan steps in for Joni

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Committed to community

September 18, 2024

Healthcare organizations are facing a variety of complex challenges. A general trend in rising costs and a shortage of healthcare workers are just two difficulties institutions are grappling with.

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Ensuring the legacy of Love + Medicine

September 18, 2024

Carl and Joan Bethke are longtime Gundersen Health System supporters who recently had cause to update their estate plan. Inspired by gratitude for the care their family has received for

Gundersen physicians working on rooftop garden

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Employee garden offers place to unwind, dig in the dirt

September 17, 2024

A terrace garden at Gundersen La Crosse Hospital has turned into a place of solace where employees can take a few minutes away from work to tend to flowers and

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Gundersen Elroy Clinic reaches net zero status on energy use

September 17, 2024

Earlier this summer, the new Gundersen Elroy Clinic achieved a milestone it was built for: producing as much energy as it uses, thus becoming a net zero facility.

Aerial shot of Gundersen Onalaska Campus with solar panels on rooftops.

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Local partners launch 100% resilient and renewable energy healthcare campus project

September 10, 2024

Bellin and Gundersen Health System – and the brand it is becoming, Emplify Health – and Xcel Energy are creating an all-renewable energy microgrid on the Gundersen Onalaska Campus.

Gundersen Boscobel welcomes family nurse practitioner Matt Drakas

September 09, 2024

Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics is excited to welcome family nurse practitioner Matt Drakas to its growing family medicine team.

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Gundersen once again recognized for heart attack treatment

September 04, 2024

The American College of Cardiology has once again recognized Gundersen Health System as one of the country’s top hospitals for the treatment of heart attack patients.

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the new Emplify Health helicopter!

September 04, 2024

Later this month, Bellin and Gundersen Health System will begin flying its Emplify Health-branded helicopter, serving patients across the tri-state region.

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New Nurses Honor Guard formed to pay respect to careers of caring

September 04, 2024

Vic Pavlovec, along with fellow (retired) nurse Deb Chensvold, set out to create Gundersen Palmer’s first-ever Nurses Honor Guard, which officially formed and began services earlier this summer.

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American Heart Month: Gundersen cardiologist and patient reunite after award-winning program saves his life

August 29, 2024

One of our patients reunited with the cardiologist who saved his life after a second heart attack.

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Gundersen adds inpatient mental health beds

August 20, 2024

Gundersen La Crosse Hospital announced the addition of four inpatient mental health beds that will allow its Behavioral Health team to serve an additional 200 patients per year.

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Physical therapy a life-changing decision for Boscobel patient

August 16, 2024

Laurie Wild lived in discomfort. She tried countless methods of relieving the pain she felt in her back, but when nothing worked, she conceded to the idea that this was

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Introducing the new program director of the General Surgery Residency Program

August 15, 2024

Gundersen Medical Foundation is excited to introduce Mel Johnson, MD, FACS, program director of the General Surgery Residency Program.

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