PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Fifteen rural hospitals across South Dakota
are receiving more than $200,000 in federal grants for various
projects.
The grant funding comes to the Department of Health through the
federal Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. Over the last
11 years, South Dakota hospitals have been awarded more than $3.8
million through the program.
Projects include medication error reduction, patient safety,
clinical health information technology and hospital readmission
reduction
The communities receiving funding are: Faulkton, Huron,
Sisseton, Sturgis, Clear Lake, DeSmet, Philip, Platte, Wagner,
Burke, Parkston, Dell Rapids, Flandreau, Mobridge and Viborg.
To be eligible, hospitals must have received a Medicare
certification as a critical access hospital.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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