Essentia Health media roundup for February

You don't often see a story about ticks in February. But that was the case thanks to the North Pine County News, which interviewed Essentia's Dr. Andrew Ames, a family medicine physician in Moose Lake, about springtime preventive measures for ticks.

There also was interest in Essentia’s community health workers, and the role they play in connecting patients to needed resources.

Each month, we share a handful of our favorite Essentia-related stories on the Newsroom. Here are some of the highlights from February; please note that some of these stories require log-in credentials and thus may not be accessible for all.

• North Pine County News: Preventative measures against ticks this spring season
• WDIO (Duluth): Essentia community health workers meet needs
• Detroit Lakes Tribune: Essentia Health’s community health workers help better patients’ lives outside of clinic
• KX News (Bismarck): North Dakota’s top killer — and how to prevent it
• Brainerd Dispatch: Brainerd woman finds relief from chronic pain through Essentia Health
• KFYR (Bismarck): US Department of Health and Human Services allows telemedicine treatment for opioid use disorder
• WDIO: Essentia Health opens new clinic in Hinckley
• KRJB-FM: Essentia Health joins clinical research network
• KFYR (Bismarck): Why body mass index is becoming more controversial
• KRJB-FM: Essentia home health and hospice receives award
• Northern News Now (Duluth): Northland couple finds love after loss, becoming newlyweds in their golden years
• KVRR (Fargo): Essentia Health is offering two new cancer support groups
• KRJB-FM: Step on colon cancer during March
• Project Optimist: How to protect health care staff: The limits and benefits of security measures
• WDIO: Attention deficit prescription shortage