News Library - 2019 Archive - Page 3

Nurses at Boone County Hospital (BCH) are being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. The award at BCH is co-sponsored by Mercy Medical Center. The not-for-profit DAISY Foundation was established...

Janeen Busch MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, Dermatology, is now seeing patients in the Boone County Hospital Specialty Clinic. She graduated from Graceland University, and also earned her Master of Science in Nursing and her Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certification from Graceland. Janeen provides dermatology care to all ages. To schedule an...

Congratulations to BCH Board of Trustees member Lisa Kobernusz who recently completed the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) Board Certification Program. Lisa, along with other Iowa hospital trustees, will be recognized at a Forum in late April in Des Moines. IHA has designed the Hospital Board Certification program to help hospitals...

The Iowa Chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Medicine (Iowa Chapter of ACOFP) elected Jason Sheffler, D.O., as President to the Board at their recent annual conference and scientific seminar held in Des Moines. Dr. Sheffler is a physician in the Emergency Department at Boone County Hospital. The...

Boone County Hospital had a visit from Senator Joni Ernst yesterday. The visit included a tour of select hospital departments that demonstrate the importance of the 340B Program, a brief meeting with key hospital leaders, and a press conference with the media. Pictured: Joe Smith, BCH CEO, Carrie Galvan, Pharmacy,...

Congratulations to Jill Higgins, Boone County Hospital (BCH) Home Care Services, who was honored as the 2018 Brown Award Winner at a Recognition Ceremony in the BCH Atrium on January 21st. Weldon J. Brown established the Brown Award in honor of his parents, Eunice D. and Everett C. Brown, long-time...