3 promoted at Midwest Bank

Trisha Spalla, Kim Ward and Jacqui Floding have all recently been promoted at Midwest Bank of Detroit Lakes.

Floding has been promoted to Information Technology Systems Administrator Officer. She has been with Midwest Bank for the past 12 years.

Spalla has been promoted to Operations Systems Administrator. She has been with Midwest

Bank for the past 15 years and most recently held the position of Branch Manager at the Detroit

Lakes location inside Walmart.

Ward has been promoted to Branch Manager at the Detroit Lakes location inside Walmart. She

has been with Midwest Bank for the past 14 years and most recently held the position of Personal Banker/Teller. Ward replaces Spalla.

Midwest Bank is a locally owned, independent community bank with offices in the west central Minnesota communities of Barnesville, Callaway, Dalton, Detroit Lakes, Parkers Prairie and Waubun.

For more information about Midwest Bank, visit midwestbank.net .

Essentia makes patient vaccine status more easily accessible

In an effort to make it easier for patients to access their COVID-19 vaccine status, Essentia Health has unveiled a new feature that makes that information readily available via its MyChart patient portal .

This functionality is increasingly important as requests for proof of vaccination become more prevalent. For example, fully vaccinated people will be able to cross the Canadian border starting Aug. 9; some colleges will require a COVID-19 vaccine this fall; and many employers are considering vaccine mandates for their workers.

Essentia, like other health care systems, has experienced an uptick in patients asking for a report of their vaccine status.

“The COVID-19 vaccine and testing report is an exciting new feature that provides our patients with an official attestation document right in MyChart,” said Dr. Sarah Manney, chief medical information officer at Essentia. “Patients will be able to use this for travel, school, work or any activity where proof of COVID vaccination or negative COVID status is needed. Essentia Health is committed to providing our patients with easy access to their medical record through their MyChart portal.”

In MyChart, patients can see and present their vaccination status as well as results from their last five COVID tests. Patients also can download and print off their vaccination documentation.