Iowa Specialty Hospital’s 200th baby of 2017, Maeyēha Renee Rose Darnell, was born on July 17th at 9:03 in the evening to parents Ashley Poulin and Trē Darnell. She weighed 5 pounds 8.5 ounces and was 19 ¾ inches in length. Baby Maeyēha has brown hair and blue eyes and...
Iowa Specialty Hospital is excited to announce a new wound treatment available called ultrasound mist therapy. The purpose of this therapy is to help wounds heal more quickly by breaking up bacteria cells and stimulating cell growth.
Donna Johnson’s husband, Alfred, was a long time Cardiac Rehab patient at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion. He became very close to not only staff, but many of the patients as he was always willing to share his experiences to give someone else a boost after their cardiac events; and...
School is out and the last thing you want to think about is fall, but now is the time to plan ahead and schedule your children’s annual required physicals and any physicals needed for sports participation.
Awards recognize safe surgery practices and lower rates for complications and infections Iowa Specialty Hospital has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Experience, Patient Safety and Bariatric Surgery by the Women’s Choice Award®. These awards signify that Iowa Specialty Hospital is ranked 12th out of 1,283 hospitals...
The State of Iowa has updated their requirements for the meningococcal vaccine beginning this fall for the 2017-2018 school year. Learn if and when your child will need to receive this vaccination.
Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics has recently renewed its status as an accredited diabetes education program by the American Association of Diabetes Educators(AADE). This allows residents in and around Wright County increased access to critical diabetes education services. Diabetes education as a collaborative process through which people with or at...
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond was recently awarded a Healthgrades 2017 Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ which recognizes hospitals that provide an overall outstanding patient experience. The Belmond facility is among a group of only 13 recipients within Iowa, making this a wonderful achievement for Iowa Specialty Hospital based on the...
Iowa Specialty Hospital’s 100th baby of 2017, Citlaly Julissa Lomeli Curiel, was born on April 19th at 9:59 in the evening to parents Gustavo Lomeli and Nalleli Curiel of Clarion. BabyCitlaly weighed 8 pounds 8.4 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches in length. “This is the first girl in our...
The 20 highest ranked critical access hospitals (CAHs) in the country, as determined by iVantage Health Analytics, were recently announced by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). An awards ceremony will be held during NRHA’s Critical Access Hospital Conference in September in Kansas City, Mo. The determining factors for the...