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North Dakota’s 62,100 family caregivers need our support

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Family caregiving affects just about everyone. If you haven’t been a caregiver, chances are you will be in the future. In North Dakota, more than 62,000 family caregivers help parents, spouses, children with disabilities, and other loved ones live independently at home. They provide a wide range of services for their loved ones, including bathing, dressing, transportation, grocery shopping, meal preparation, housework, and managing finances. They often serve as care coordinators, communicating with health professionals and accompanying their loved ones to medical appointments. Two ...

Prepare now for winter safety

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With winter coming, it’s important to be prepared for any possible problems, said Dr. Koye Oyerinde, a pediatrician at Minot Medical Plza. Oyerinde said children tend to suffer from the cold even more than adults. He said they should be dressed in proper winter attire, including boots, mittens, zipped up coats and hats. People lose most of their body heat through the head. Oyerinde said that advice holds true for adults as well. He said the clinic sometimes ends up treating people who were caught outside during poor weather conditions and suffer from exposure because they were ...

Recent additions to Trinity Health

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Trinity Health in Minot has a number of new providers. They are as follows: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Alison Lynch, AGNP-C Cardiology Amanda Weidler, FNP-C Cardiothoracic Surgery C. Etta Tabe, MD Emergency Medicine Virginia R. Keaveny, MD Karina Walker, MD Thomas L. Walsh, MD Family Medicine Rachel Gruenberg, FNP-C Purwa Joshi, MD Kimberly Krohn, MD Keri Weick, PA-C General Surgery AyJy P. Bhardwaj, DO Hospital Medicine Mohamad K. Baaj, MD Inpatient Behavioral Health Jessica Delorme, FNP-C Becky Schneider, ...

Vitamin D deficiency is widely overestimated, doctors warn

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Doctors are warning about vitamin D again, and it's not the "we need more" news you might expect. Instead, they say there's too much needless testing and too many people taking too many pills for a problem that few people truly have. The nutrient is crucial for strong bones and may play a role in other health conditions, though that is far less certain. Misunderstandings about the recommended amount of vitamin D have led to misinterpretation of blood tests and many people thinking they need more than they really do, some experts who helped set the levels write in Thursday's New England ...

Trinity prepares to break ground on new hospital

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Trinity Health continues to move closer to an official ground-breaking on a new medical park in southwest Minot. Architects recently were conducting follow-up visits with Trinity officials and staff to work out the final details before construction begins next spring. Site work is expected to get underway before winter. The $275 million construction project covers more than a million square feet, with 850,000 square feet enclosed. It calls for a connected six-story hospital and clinic building, along with a three-story facility for behavioral health services. Plans call for 208 ...

Easier access

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Trinity Health patients have more access to their health information and medical providers through digital technology – a  mobile app and the online patient portal. Mary Muhlbradt, a spokeswoman for Trinity Health in Minot, said the patient portal was activated in mid-2014 and the app about a year later. The Trinity Mobile App is adapted for iPhone and Android devices. It gives mobile-device users a tool to connect with Trinity services and providers with just a tap of the finger, according to Trinity information. Trinity officials said the mobile platform makes it easy for ...