Mille Lacs Health System News

MLHS COVID update 5/13

May 13, 2020

“People have to look at the bigger picture,” said Dr. Tom Bracken, Infection Prevention Medical Director for MLHS. “If you live in New York City, your life looks very different than if you’re in the middle of Nebraska. But anything could change for any of us, at any time. Stearns county is…

Important Info Re: Data Security Incident

May 11, 2020

Notice of Data Security Incident    What Happened?    On November 14, 2019, we learned that an outside entity sent phishing emails to certain of our employees soliciting their login information to our email system.  We immediately commenced an investigation and determined on February 24, 2020,…

MLHS COVID-19 update, 5/6

May 4, 2020

“If anyone comes to our facility, I don’t care how important they are, they’re not getting in without a mask!” Dr. Tom Bracken, Infection Prevention Medical Director for Mille Lacs Health System, said at a recent Incident Command Meeting of the coronavirus emergency response team at MLHS. Bracken…

MLHS COVID-19 update, 4/27

April 27, 2020

“When you hear people say this is just like a bad flu, that is not true,” said Dr. Tom Bracken, Infection Prevention Medical Director for Mille Lacs Health System, about the current COVID-19 pandemic. “People are using number of deaths as a comparison, yet we already have exceeded the number of…

MLHS COVID-19 Update April 20, 2020

April 20, 2020

This is an informational tool to help patients understand MLHS’s COVID-19 testing procedures and also what plans we have for surge (an influx of patients), and patient care. Do understand, however, that any of this could be modified and adjusted as the situation changes. How is MLHS situated as…