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Welcomes Wraalstad 

Kimber L. Wraalstad, FACHE, was recently named Administrator of Cook County North Shore Hospital & Care Center in Grand Marais, Minnesota . 

Wraalstad comes to Grand Marais from Rolla , North Dakota , where she was President/CEO of Presentation Medical Center . She was responsible for the overall management and supervision of its 25-bed critical access hospital. During her 16 years at Presentation Medical Center, a few of her many accomplishments include: converting the hospital to a critical access hospital; coordinating a conversion of the provider sponsored rural health clinic to a federally qualified health center; successfully recruiting many physicians and practitioners; coordinating the development of the regional Data Center for nine critical access hospitals; and developing the adoption strategy for health information technology.

Wraalstad is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). She holds a Master of Health Administration degree from St. Louis University , St. Louis , Missouri , and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Management) degree from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks .

Wraalstad joins Cook County North Shore Hospital & Care Center as Diane Pearson retires as Administrator after more than 20 years.

LABORATORY RECEIVES ACCREDITATION FROM
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS

Cook County North Shore Hospital and Care Center Laboratory, Grand Marais, Minnesota, has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), based on the results of a recent onsite inspection.
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Cook County Head and Butt Fund 

We are now happy to announce the Cook County Head and Butt Fund. This is a fund set up with a generous start up grant from the North Shore Health Care Foundation.Continue reading article