Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond was recently merited a 2019 Top 20 Best Practices in patient satisfaction designation from the National Rural Health Association for the third year in a row. The Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals, including Iowa Specialty Hospital – Belmond, scored best among critical access hospitals as...
Becker’s Healthcare recently released a list of 67 critical access hospitals to know in 2019. Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics in Belmond and Clarion was named among this national listing. As shared in the announcement released by Becker’s Healthcare, Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics has two campuses, in Belmond and...
May 5th is National Silence the Shame Day and gives an opportunity to continue the conversation about mental health and wellness and erase the stigma associated with mental health. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States, 43.8 million, experiences...
April is designated as Rosacea Awareness Month. Rosacea is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition that most often affects the face and is often mistaken for acne, eczema, or a skin allergy. Rosacea appears to be more common among fair-skinned people and affects an estimated 14 million Americans (1 in 20...
On Saturday, April 27th, area Pharmacies in Wright County and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public its 17th opportunity in nine years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to...
• Each year, the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program partners with local farmers to provide grants to local nonprofits. • Sponsored by the Bayer Fund, the program provides farmers the opportunity to support and give back to nonprofit organizations they care about in their local communities by enrolling for a...
Our Maternity Department recently received the donation of a CuddleCot™ and Shnuggle™ Moses Basket. While many of the donations received for the maternity department go for improved care or comfort of mom or baby, this donation fulfills a different need. The CuddleCot and Shnuggle Moses Basket provide parents and other...
Iowa Specialty Hospital’s 100th baby of 2019, Matthew Ryan Sarmiento Noyola, was born on March 19, 2019 at 3:05 in the morning to parents, Nancy Noyola and Santos Sarmiento of Eagle Grove. Baby Matthew weighed 9 pounds 8 ounces and was 20 inches in length. He will be welcomed home...
Patient Safety Awareness Week is an annual recognition event that is intended to encourage everyone to learn more about patient safety and recognize the work being done to keep our patients safe in and out of the healthcare setting. At Iowa Specialty Hospitals, patient safety is our #1 priority. A...
Iowa Specialty Hospital – Belmond recently learned that it is number one for HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems). HCAHPS is a patient satisfaction survey required by CMS (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) for all hospitals in the United States. Surveys are for adult inpatients,...
