Mille Lacs Health System News

Understanding the Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP) role

February 16, 2024

The Nurse Practitioner study is based on nursing theory. This area of study focuses on whole-person care and a holistic approach to health and wellness. Nurse Practitioners are trained to assess patient needs, order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests, diagnose disease, formulate and…

Healthy 2024

January 15, 2024

Many people have made or are still contemplating a New Year’s resolution. The concept works for some, but for others, there’s a hesitation to even make a resolution for fear of failure. If you’re in the camp of “resistant to even make a new year’s goal”, it’s time to put a new frame of thinking…

Carbon Monoxide Cautions

January 15, 2024

With colder temperatures rolling in, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to protect themselves against carbon monoxide poisoning. The winter months are the most common months for carbon monoxide poisoning to occur. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gas that comes from…

Dry needle therapy

December 11, 2023

Mille Lacs Health System is proud to offer a new therapy in our Rehabilitation Department, “dry needling”. Jenny Greer, DPT, and Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist has been a licensed physical therapist since 2017, and became certified in January 2023 in dry needling. Dry needling is a…

Meet our new providers

December 11, 2023

Mille Lacs Health System is pleased to announce a few of our new providers.   Alejandra Soto has recently joined the Mille Lacs Health System team as a Physician Assistant. She is a recent graduate of Augsburg University with her Masters of Science in Physician Assistant Studies. She has her…