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The Avera Public Forum is hosted by the Avera Center for Public Policy.  It is designed to keep you informed about matters that affect your health care and to help you make a difference on issues like health care reform and coverage for the uninsured. 

The Avera Center for Public Policy coordinates and strengthens the advocacy efforts of Avera affiliates and promotes public policies that benefit the people of our region. Deb Fischer-Clemens, a nurse and former South Dakota state legislator, is the vice president and director of the center.

A major activity of the center has been to establish and nurture a grassroots network of Avera employees, physicians, trustees and friends who are informed of current issues, in touch with Avera’s involvement in the community, in dialogue with elected officials and in contact with Avera.

 

Websites that may be of interest for you:

Avera Quality Report

Find detailed information and data collected and measured in order to make health care safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, transparent, equitable and responsive to the needs of our customers.

Charity Care & Community Benefits Report

In this report we quantify the amount spent on charity care, the amount that must be absorbed when public insurance payments do not cover costs,and the amount we return to communities in the form of miscellaneous benefits. View the Reports >>

Annual Report

The 2009 annual report shows why our colleagues and communities need “Look no further” than Avera for the very best in health care.

All of Us

The Summer 2010 version is now available on-line. Feature stories include:

  • Avera Wired for Success
  • Avera Queen of Peace Grant
  • Avera Haiti Project
  • Avera Heart Hospital Accreditation 

View past issues of All of Us >>

 

Awards