PBS station, KSMQ, out of southern Minnesota recently stopped by to visit with Steve Simonin, Amy McDaniel, Dr. Renee Diamond, and Julie Richter with Wright County Public Health. During the interview several different topics were discussed including how we are making rural healthcare work from a medical and business perspective,...
Becker's Hospital Review has released the 2017 edition of its list of 61 Critical Access Hospitals CEOs to Know. Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics is proud to announce Amy McDaniel, Belmond CEO, has been named to this prestigious list. “This is a well-deserved honor, as Amy lives and breathes Iowa...
On August 9th, Rey Solis received the Governor’s Volunteer Award at a ceremony in Storm Lake. For more than 15 years, Rey has volunteered on an advisory council for the Office of Minority and Multicultural Health (OMMH) to address the need for certified interpreters, especially within the health care field....
Iowa Specialty Hospital – Clarion was the recent recipient of a donation from the First Citizens Charitable Foundation to be used towards the purchase of a neonatal monitor which will be utilized in the obstetrics, ER, and other departments for infant safety. “New standards for the national neonatal resuscitation program...
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...
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...
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...
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.
