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,...
Legislators Heaton and Cownie View Technology Firsthand Iowa Specialty Hospital has partnered with University of Iowa Health Care to launch a Virtual Hospitalist Service within its inpatient and emergency departments. The service provides access to hospitalists at UI Hospitals and Clinics via a secure telemedicine connection between both hospitals. The...
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...
Iowa Specialty Hospital is proud to present, Stepping On, a fall prevention workshop. This 7 week workshop will be held every Wednesday from October 4th through November 15th from 9:00 am to 11:00 am in the lower level of the Belmond Campus. During the Stepping On workshops, participants receive support...
Iowa Specialty Hospital and Novo Nordisk are teaming together for Navigating Diabetes Myths. This free event will be held on Thursday, September 28th starting at 6:30 pm in the lower level of the Clarion Public Library located at 302 N Main Street. Certified Diabetes Educators, Stacey Cayler and Leah Keller,...
On September 12th, members of the counseling team at Iowa Specialty Hospital will be hosting Break the Silence, a suicide prevention learning opportunity. The public is invited to this special event that will be held from 6 – 8 pm at the Heartland Museum located at 119 9th St SW...
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...
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.
