Iowa Specialty Hospital – Clarion recently received a $20,000 donation from Hagie Manufacturing Foundation that helped the hospital’s Lab Department purchase a Biofire Filmarray, amuch needed piece of equipment. The BioFire Filmarray allows Iowa Specialty Hospital to stay on the leading edge of diagnostic microbiology testing. This means increased speed...
Volunteers from around the country are joining the American Heart Association, in connection with The Children's Heart Foundation, to celebrate American Heart Month by knitting and crocheting red hats for babies born in February at participating hospitals. Iowa Specialty Hospital’s Maternity Center is proud to be a part of this...
February is American Heart Month which brings attention to the importance of heart health. During this perfect time to commit to a healthy lifestyle, Iowa Specialty Hospital’s Cardiac Rehab Department will celebrate with activities and an open house. The month will kick off with National Wear Red Day on February...
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond has once again received a 5 star rating according to data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Compare. To calculate the HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) star ratings, HCAHPS survey information from one hospital is compared to that...
Iowa Specialty Hospital is excited to announce that we have been named a 2016 Guardian of Excellence Award® winner by Press Ganey and that we have also received accreditation from DNV GL Healthcare throughout 2019.
The following hospitals had 90 percent or more of patients give them an overall care rating of nine or 10 on the patients' HCAHPS survey. For comparison, the national average is 72 percent. Information was pulled from CMS' Hospital Compare website and represents HCAHPS scores from April 2015 through March...
Iowa Specialty Hospital is proud to announce that 345 babies were born in its Maternity Center during 2016. Casey Howell, OB Leader, had this to say. “This is an incredible accomplishment. One expects numbers like this from larger facilities. The fact that we’ve accomplished this at Iowa Specialty Hospital is...
Iowa Specialty Hospital is proud to announce the birth of the first baby of 2017. Reet Kaur, daughter of Harman and Mandeep Grover, was born on January 4, 2017 at 1:01 a.m. Reet weighed 7 pounds, 8.8 ounces and was 20 ¾ inches long. She has black hair and dark...
