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Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia welcomes Dr. Ranjita Adhikari to their family of care.

Dr. Adhikari comes to the area from Altru Health System in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where she completed her Family practice residency. Prior to that, she received her medical training in Bangladesh, and did her first year of residency in Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, then finishing her residency at Altru.

As a child, Dr. Adhikari says a couple of her father’s friends were physicians, and she’d often accompany them to hospital. “I’d watch, so fascinated,” she says. “That white coat meant to me ‘there is a person who could heal people, and save lives.’ That is what I saw for myself and my future.”

Health Care Week at MLHS

Mille Lacs Health System is celebrating Health Care Week May 11-15. National Hospital Week also occurs at the same time, and National Nurse’s Week is May 6 – 12. However, because MLHS has many facets of healthcare operations, and wishes to honor everyone who works in its facilities, Health Care Week was created and designated to acknowledge all employees.

Summer Community Newsletter - House Call

Click to download Summer 2015 issue of House Call

Home-grown doctor now at MLHS

Mille Lacs Health System welcomes Dr. Jeff Skogen to their family of care. Dr. Skogen, a Nephrologist (kidney specialist), oversees the operation of the new DaVita kidney dialysis center in Isle and will be coming on board at MLHS, providing Nephrology services to the patients in the Mille Lacs area.

Dr. Skogen grew up in Isle, and when he was a teen, a person of influence in his life told him he thought he had the skills to be either a pastor or a physician. “It was that concept of ‘if just one person believes in you’ and he saw something in me that I didn’t yet see in myself,” he says.

MAFP Announces 2015 Family Physician of the Year

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) has selected Thomas Bracken, M.D., of Onamia, MN, as the 2015 Family Physician of the Year. This award is presented annually to a family physician who represents the highest ideals of the specialty of family medicine, including caring, comprehensive medical service, community involvement and service as a role model.

MLHS urges patients to get colonoscopies

Why get a colonoscopy? March is Colorectal Cancer Month and Mille Lacs Health System is urging patients to get educated and get screened.

MLHS will see Veteran’s Choice patients

Mille Lacs Health System is a Veteran’s Choice Program provider, according to Dawn Buck, Manager of Patient Accounts at MLHS. Eligible Veterans, beginning in November, now have the option to receive non-VA health care rather than waiting for a VA appointment or traveling to a VA facility.
Veterans are eligible if any of these situations apply:

Adverse Events Report

The 11th annual adverse events health report, put out by the Minnesota Hospital Association, (MHA) was released on Thurs., Feb. 26th. Initiated by the MHA and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and created through state legislation in 2003, the system is the first in the nation to be built on the National Quality Forum's list of 28 reportable adverse events. The MDH and MHA produce an

Know Your Medications

MLHS is requesting that you partner with us in medication safety. Not knowing all the facts about your medications can place you at risk and you need to protect yourself! MLHS is initiating a campaign to encourage all of our patients and their families to know their medications. Here are some ways that you can become a strong partner:

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