Mille Lacs Health System News

MLHS COVID-19 March 30 2020

March 30, 2020

Mille Lacs Health System is continuing its preparation and training to deal with the COVID-19 situation in the Mille Lacs area. As of Monday, March 30, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Mille Lacs County. Both the Long Term Care (nursing home) and Lake Song Assisted Living are closed…

MLHS COVID-19 3/24/20

March 24, 2020

“We don’t know how this will play out in our area,” Dr. Tom Bracken, Infection Prevention Medical Director for Mille Lacs Health System said of the evolving COVID-19 situation and MLHS’s response to it. “But we do know that we are planning to be prepared as much as is possible.” As of 3/20, there…

Notice of Security Incident

March 20, 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, that…

MLHS COVID 19 3/16/20

March 16, 2020

The Mille Lacs Health System COVID-19 Taskforce meets daily, and these updates are current as of 3/16/2020. As of that date, there were no cases of COVID-19 in our area. Kim Kucera, MLHS COO, said, “We at MLHS are following the CDC and MDH guidelines and we have measures put in place to protect…

MLHS Prepares for COVID-19

March 9, 2020

MLHS preparing for COVID-19 by Mary Rains Mille Lacs Health System   “We have to be prepared that someone could walk in here tomorrow and need care. We need to be ready for that,” said Dr. Thomas Bracken, Infection Prevention Medical Director for Mille Lacs Health System. Bracken started the…