Our 300th baby of 2021, Luca Wayne Miller, was born on July 31st at 6:20pm in the evening to parents Tristan and Alisia Bruns, of Forest City, Iowa. Baby Luca weighed 8 pounds 2.6 ounces and was 21.5 inches in length. OurMaternity Center is located at its Clarion Campus. “We...
Everyone is well aware that the Delta variant is spreading throughout the United States. Many people have had questions about what this means for them. Hopefully, I can answer some of those questions. What is different about the Delta variant that makes it such a concern? The Delta variant has...
Monica Halverson of Belmond, an employee of Iowa Specialty Hospital, Belmond, who is studying Paramedics at Iowa Western Community College has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation (IHERF), which is supported by the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA). Monica is among 60 students from...
Iowa Specialty Hospitals and Clinics is pleased to announce that Dr. Kenneth Adams is joining our system full-time, effective August 13, 2021. Dr. Adams will be seeing patients and performing colonoscopies and other procedures on the following schedule: Tuesday: Clarion Specialty Clinic Wednesday: Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Thursday: Fort Dodge...
Iowa Specialty Hospital’s 200th baby of 2021, Callie Marie Klein, was born on June 7th at 12:14 in the afternoon to parents Matt and Becca Klein. Baby Callie weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces, was 20 inches in length, and has brown hair and blue eyes. She will join sibling Nora,...
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has recognized Iowa Specialty Hospital with a Blue Distinction Center® designation in the area of bariatric surgery, as part of the Blue Distinction® Specialty Care program. The designation places Iowa Specialty Hospital among the nationally designated facilities shown to deliver quality specialty care based...
There are two major pieces of news this week pertaining to COVID-19. The FDA granted authorization for the Pfizer vaccine to be used in children aged 12-15 (it was already authorized for 16 and older) and the CDC has relaxed their recommendations to indicate that those who are fully vaccinated...
Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics Diabetes Education Program in Belmond and Clarion, Iowa has been awarded Recognition from the American Diabetes Association. The DSMES service was originally recognized in March of 2021. This service offers high-quality education services to their participants. Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics was previously accredited with...
In August 2018, the voters of Wright County approved the Ad Valorem property tax for EMS funding. FY2019/2020 was the first official year of funding available to EMS services in Wright County. The goal of this funding was to improve the EMS system for the citizens of Wright County. Since...
The number of COVID-19 cases locally has had a small recent uptick and the test positivity rate has increased over the last 2 weeks, indicating that we are less likely to be detecting all the cases that exist. For now, this is a fairly small increase but there are some...