Telepharmacy program expanding access in North Dakota 
Pharmacist Kathy Nelson has owned Casselton Drug for five years. Three years ago she opened a second pharmacy site 16 miles from Casselton, ND, in a grocery store in Arthur, ND.
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When the Sanford Health-MeritCare merger became public last year, many outside observers worried that it would lead to layoffs as the two organizations consolidated operations.
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Dan Hannaher, the regional administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, says his Denver office has been inundated with phone calls from small business owners seeking more information about the new health care reform legislation and how it will impact them.
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REGIONAL HOSPITALS HAVE MOSTLY POSITIVE VIEW OF NEW LEGISLATION
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N.D. tribes call for health care reform
Leaders of the five Indian tribes of North Dakota have called on the state’s congressional delegation to support significant health care reform, in part to improve access to health care for the majority of American Indians who live off reservations.
Merger would create massive health care system
Regional health care giants Sanford Health and MeritCare have signed a letter of intent to merge their health care systems last month, which would create a combined organization with a service area stretching across parts of five states.
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Sanford Health to open a community hospital in Aberdeen, SD, by 2011, joining the existing Avera St. Luke's Hospital in the community.
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