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The Boone County Hospital Family Birth Center staff and physicians are pleased to offer a safe option to delivering mothers that has been available to patients since May 2019. Prior to May 2019, when a patient had a cesarean section, they had the choice of a repeat cesarean section in...

Earlier this spring, Dr. Tracey McIntire and the Gabrielson Clinic for Women announced that Dr. McIntire would be discontinuing the delivery of babies at Boone County Hospital. This change will take effect on July 1, 2021. Boone County Hospital remains committed to our OB service. We are very fortunate to...

Patients with respiratory symptoms are now welcome and encouraged to be seen by their Primary Care Provider in our Boone, Madrid or Ogden Clinics, if they have received their COMPLETE Covid vaccine series and it’s been at LEAST two weeks since completion. Please call to schedule an appointment. It is...

Congratulations to Brianne Wessels, ARNP, for being named “One of Iowa’s Great 100 Nurses”. Brianne is a PRN provider at the Boone County Family Medicine Walk-In Clinic. She also works in the Boone County Hospital Emergency Room PRN. In addition, she is part-time as a Trauma Program Manager at Mary...

INPATIENT UNITS (MSP & Family Birth Center) Visiting hours will be limited from 9am – 5pm. Visitors must be 18 years of age. We ask that visitors for inpatient units present to the main entrance (atrium) only during the weekdays. One visitor per patient at a time will be allowed....

As of Thursday, April 15th, the Boone County Family Medicine (BCFM) Respiratory Clinic for COVID-19 testing will be moved back to its former location at BCFM North, located at 120 South Story Street, Boone. If you have COVID-like symptoms or respiratory symptoms, pull your car into the parking lot at...

National Public Health Week (NPHW) is April 5th through the 11th. This is the second year in a row that NPHW will be celebrated during the COVID-19 pandemic, an event which has defined the career of public health professionals. The theme for NPHW is “Building Bridges to Better Health”. As...

March 30th is National Doctor's Day. Thank you to all of our doctor's and providers for the care they provide each and every day. You are appreciated!

The Boone County Hospital (BCH) Wound and Hyperbaric Center (W&HC) earned the 2020 “Going the Distance” Award, issued by RestorixHealth, an organization that specializes in the development and management of comprehensive wound healing and Amputation Prevention Center® facilities. Healthcare professionals have been tasked with maintaining quality through patient outcomes despite...