Yuri McVey of Belmond, an employee of Iowa Specialty Hospital, who is studying Radiology at Mercy School of Radiologic Technology, has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship from the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation (IHERF), which is supported by the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA). She is among 34 outstanding students...
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 October in Kansas City, Mo. The determining factors for the...
Iowa Specialty Hospital’s 100th baby of 2015, Luke Robert Bernhardt, was born on May 1, 2015 at 9:45 in the morning to parents Mark and Emily Bernhardt of Clarion. Baby Luke weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 ¾ inches in length. Dr. Amanda Tew and Dr. Daniel Gabrielson...
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion’s Maternity Center recently purchased a new device called a Vein Finder. This device is used on infants or any other patients when staff have a hard time finding their veins to draw labs or start IVs. “We are very fortunate to have received the funds...
Iowa Specialty Hospital-Belmond, along with its partner, Iowa Weight Loss Specialists, were recently featured on KCCI Channel 8 News and WHOtv Channel 13, along with patient, Terry Mahoney. Mahoney, of Des Moines, has struggled with her weight her entire life. Weighing 630 pounds, she chose to undergo laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy...
Iowa Specialty Hospital – Belmond was recently named among hospitals with the cleanest inpatient rooms and bathrooms as reported by patients. Belmond was ranked 5th out of the 52 hospitals with reportable data. Results list Iowa Specialty Hospital – Belmond at 94 percent, clearly above the national reporting average of...
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond was recently named one of the iVantage Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the United States. “Iowa Specialty Hospital – Belmond is proud of the efforts of its providers and staff who have contributed to our hospital achieving this designation,” said Amy McDaniel, Belmond...
Iowa Specialty Hospital – Clarion was recently notified of its 5 Star Rating from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), placing the Clarion facility in the top 7 percent in the nation based on HCAHPS inpatient surveys. To calculate the HCAHPS star ratings, HCAHPS survey information from one...
Please join us on one of the following dates in Clarion Boardrooms A & B for a showing of the film: The Milky Way, a documentary exposé about breastfeeding in the United States. The film shows how women can reclaim their birthright and restore the nursing mother archetype. The film...
KCCI News spent the day at Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond on Monday, April 13th, interviewing Dr. Eibes and filming a weight loss surgery patient, Terry. Check out the link below to view the broadcast that aired Monday night. http://www.kcci.com/news/600pound-woman-undergoes-lifesaving-surgery/32349134
