News Library - 2012 Archive

Thank you to everyone that decorated a tree, wreath or an item for the Boone County Hospital Auxiliary’s Annual Festival of Trees. The silent auction brought in over $3,000 which will be utilized for various projects and needed items for the hospital. Also, thank you to the employees and visitors...

Congratulations to seven nurses from the Family Birth Center for receiving National Certification Corporation (NCC) certification as an inpatient obstetric nurse (INP). The credential is earned by meeting educational and/or practice requirements and taking a rigorous examination that covers the specified specialty areas. Sarah Droste, Autumn Grossnickle, Shannon Hill, Katie...

Long-time Boone County Hospital employee Tracy Koenig passed away on December 21, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Tracy was born and raised in Boone. Since 2000, she worked at Boone County Hospital and was the director of Patient Registration. In addition, she volunteered at the Boone Free...

New Information Technology on the Horizon at BCH. Patient Care and Safety is Priority

RSVP is a federal grant program administered by a local sponsoring agency that is responsible for the program and its activities. Since January 2009, RSVP of Boone and Greene Counties has been sponsored by Boone County Hospital (BCH). RSVP operates from its own generated budget of federal, state, city, counties...

Boone County Hospital (BCH) Volunteer Auxiliary members were recognized at the Annual BCH Auxiliary Fall Meeting/Supper in the hospital Atrium on October 15th. The volunteers provide assistance in various areas throughout the hospital such as the Atrium information desk, Surgery, Gift Shop, Coffee Shop, hair care, and flower/mail delivery, as...

Boone County Hospital (BCH) is excited to announce they have hired a chef. LJ Ames, CCC, CCPI, is the new Chef de Cuisine at BCH. In his more than two decades in the culinary field, LJ has worked his way up from a prep assistant at age 14 to his...

Dr. Amar Nath, Iowa Health Cardiology, will be providing services in the Boone County Hospital (BCH) Specialty Clinic the third Tuesday of each month. Dr. Nath received his Medical Degree from the Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna, India. He completed a Rotating Internship at Prince of Wales Medical College...