News Library - 2020 Archive - Page 3

Please follow these guidelines while in Boone County Hospital. Caregivers are NOT permitted to accompany patients during outpatient testing/procedures/treatments. The only exceptions are for minors and patients who are unable to communicate or make decisions. After the outpatient service is complete, hospital staff will arrange for you to be escorted...

The Pain Clinic at Boone County Hospital has reopened! Initially, the hours will vary and only patients that need injections will be seen. All other visits will be Telehealth visits. If you have questions, please call (515) 433-8760 and leave a message, so someone can get back to you.

We continue to treat both existing and new patients. Patients do not need a referral to come to the Wound Center, you can call us directly. At any given time, almost seven million Americans suffer from chronic, non-healing wounds. Some are associated with complications from diabetes and other related vascular...

Due to the overwhelming need for homemade masks for our patients coming to outpatient appointments at the Hospital and Clinics, we need more time for our volunteers to sew masks and therefore, we are unable to begin the process of distributing masks until further notice. The good news is we...

If you have your own mask, you are allowed to wear it to your appointment at the hospital or clinics. However, if you do not have your own mask, a mask will be available for you to wear at your appointment. Beginning Thursday, April 16th, homemade, resusable/washable masks will be...

This is a great tool from the Centers for Disease Control on steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if you are sick.

Our Walk-In Clinic located at Boone County Family Medicine North IS OPEN! Please spread the word! We have opened a Respiratory Clinic in the same location. However, patients with non-respiratory issues coming to the Walk-In Clinic will be see in the family practice side of the Clinic and patients with...

Four Family Birth Center nurses passed national certification exams in March. They are Jamie Fox-Clayton, Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics, and became Certified in Electronic Fetal Monitoring; Mindy Green, Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics; Christine VanderLeest, Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics; and Kaci Mahannah, Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics, and became Certified in Electronic...

Health providers in Boone county need your help in acquiring personal protective equipment (PPE). The Boone County Emergency Management Office is set up to handle donations from our community partners and the citizens of Boone County. Donations will be distributed to the entities with the critical needs. Needed items are:...