Flu Shots Available at Lakewood Health System Starting September 25th
Lakewood Health System is offering flu shot clinics during the month of October. Clinic dates, times and locations are: Wednesday, October 11 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Pillager clinic (653 Pillsbury St. N) Saturday, October 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Staples clinic (49725 Cty. 83 – Entrance B) Thursday, […]
Lakewood to Hold Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Ceremony
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Each year, approximately one million pregnancies in the U.S. end in miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of the newborn child. Lakewood Health System hosts a special ceremony to acknowledge these painful losses and provide comfort to families each year. Those who have been touched by a pregnancy […]
Lakewood Grief Support Group to Meet at Sourcewell
Lakewood Health System will offer weekly grief support group meetings to be held every Tuesday from September 19th through October 24th from 3-4:30 p.m. at Sourcewell (202 12th St. NE, Staples). Anyone grieving the loss of a loved one, child, or any other loss is welcome to attend one or all meetings. As a participant […]
Free Sports Physicals
Lakewood and Twin Cities Orthopedics are teaming up to offer FREE high school sports physicals on Tuesday, July 25 from 5-8 p.m. Click the link below to register your child for an available time slot. https://lakewoodhealthsystem.wufoo.com/forms/lakewoodtco-sports-physicals-2023/
Medical Assistance/MinnesotaCare Coverage Renewal
Like all states, Minnesota has maintained health care coverage for its Medicaid enrollees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 requires the return to standard eligibility procedures in Medicaid, which includes an annual eligibility review. That means most of the 1.5 million Minnesotans enrolled in Medical Assistance (Minnesota’s Medicaid program) and MinnesotaCare […]
Lakewood Health System to Offer Pain Education Group
Lakewood Health System is offering a new pain education group to all patients and community members. The group is free to all and takes place once a month starting in July. All meetings will take place in Lakewood’s Main Campus (49725 Cty. 83, Staples) Classrooms on the lower level, unless noted. The group was created […]
Lakewood Health System Named Top 200 Workplace in Minnesota
Lakewood Health System has been named one of the Top 200 Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune. A complete list of those selected is available at startribune.com/mn-top-workplaces and will also be published in the Star Tribune Top Workplaces special section on Sunday, June 18. Produced by the same team that compiles the 32-year-old Star […]
Helmsley Charitable Trust grants $574,338 to help Lakewood Health System purchase state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $574,338 to Lakewood Health System to purchase three general ultrasounds as part of a $26.4 million ultrasound initiative in Minnesota. The initiative includes nearly $18.3 million to help Minnesota hospitals and health centers purchase ultrasound imaging devices and an additional $8.1 million to boost […]
Lakewood Experiencing Unprecedented Growth in Orthopedics with TCO Partnership
In its first full year of partnership with Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO), Lakewood Health System experienced a nearly 30% increase in the number of orthopedic patients seen over the previous year. Lakewood originally partnered with TCO, sports medicine partner of the Minnesota Vikings, Twins, and St. Paul Saints, back in September of 2021, and since […]
Energage Names Lakewood Health System a 2023 Top Workplace
Lakewood Health System has earned the 2023 Top Workplaces USA award, issued by Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces. This is the inaugural year for Top Workplaces USA, built on the program’s 15-year history surveying more than 20 million employees across 60 markets for the regional Top Workplaces […]
Oncologist, Dr. Wade Swenson, Talks about World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day is February 4, 2023. It is an annual event that brings attention to cancer and encourages people to take steps to prevent, find, and treat it. As many people know, cancer is a disease that occurs when abnormal cells in the body grow and divide in an uncontrolled way. These abnormal cells […]
First Baby of 2023 Born at Lakewood Health System
Twenty-twenty-three brings the celebration of birth for Courtney and Ryan Schrupp, Pine River, who welcomed their new baby girl, Riverly Michelle, into the world on January 1st, 2023. Riverly was born at 2:19 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and measuring 22 inches. She is welcomed home by her siblings: Rylan, Reagan and Rylah. The […]