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November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Listen to Dr. John Erickson from the Foot and Surgery Clinic and the Wound and Hyperbaric Center at Boone County Hospital as he discusses diabetes and foot care. To view Dr. Erickson's video, CLICK HERE!

Congratulations to Dena Sytsma, Family Birth Center (FBC) Director, for receiving the Brown Award. The Eunice D. and Everett C. Brown Award is designed to honor an employee who does outstanding work, participates in hospital activities in addition to his or her job, and provides a positive image for Boone...

As our North Clinic has become increasingly busy, we have made the decision to move Dr. Logan’s practice to our Boone County Family Medicine South Clinic. What does this mean for his patients? Beginning December 1st, Dr. Logan and his Clinic Assistant, Michela, will begin seeing patients in their new...

INPATIENT UNITS (MSP & Family Birth Center) Visiting hours will be limited from 9am – 5pm. We ask that visitors for inpatients present to the main entrance (atrium) only during the weekdays. One visitor per patient per day will be allowed. This includes the support person for the laboring patient...

If ANYONE in your household is tested for COVID because they are having some possible symptoms, please remember the following: EVERYONE in your household must self-quarantine until the test results are back and the family member is found negative. This means that all other children in the household must NOT...

Congratulations to Sarah Salati, RN, BSN, Med/Surg/Peds at Boone County Hospital (BCH), who received the 2020 Daisy Award. Sarah was presented the award at a small ceremony in the BCH south garden on September 3rd. Sarah is a big believer that it is undignified for anyone to die alone. She...

Effective Friday, August 21 at 6 a.m. NO visitors will be allowed at Boone County Hospital. Exceptions to this restriction: One adult (18 of age and over) designated caregiver will be allowed in the following circumstances: The designated caregiver is needed to assist the patient with mobility (w/c, walker). In...

Many parts of Iowa were affected by a severe storm that swept through the state Monday, causing power outages for hundreds of thousands of people. As utility crews work around the clock to restore power, and Iowans continue cleaning away storm debris, the Boone County Public Health Department reminds everyone...