News Library - 2021 Archive

Boone County Hospital is pleased to announce their Wound and Hyperbaric Center (W&HC) is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s Patient Satisfaction Award. Recipients of this award meet or exceed national patient satisfaction benchmarks over a set period of time. “This achievement reaffirms our commitment to the patient experience and the quality...

Boone County Hospital (BCH) would like to thank Denny Kollbaum for his many year's of service to the BCH Board of Trustees. He served on the Board from 2010 to 2021 and stepped down in December. As a retired optometrist, Denny has always been an advocate for healthcare and that...

The Family Birth Center (FBC) received the MamaNatalie birthing simulator in September from the Iowa Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the University of Iowa Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Every Level I hospital in the State of Iowa received one. The funds used to purchase MamaNatalie were supported...

We are pleased to welcome Stephanie Gorsuch, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, to the Boone County Hospital Walk-In Clinic. In addition to working in the Walk-In Clinic part-time, Stephanie will be PRN in the ER, and PRN at Exemplar Urgent Care in Des Moines. Stephanie received her Master of Science in Nursing...

First and foremost, thank you for supporting Gifts Galore by stopping in and buying things ‘you can’t live without’, gifts for others including babies, books, cards, food items and lotions. We still have some beautiful fall items, and if Christmas isn’t out by the time this newsletter is out, it...

It’s a crisp autumn morning as you venture out the front door to walk the dog. You are just getting started down the street, past the neighbor’s houses as you begin your morning routine. You wave hello to the guy on the corner who was nice enough to let you...

What does asymptomatic mean in terms of COVID-19? Being asymptomatic means having COVID-19 but not showing any symptoms at all. The Boone County Family Medicine Walk-In Clinic DOES NOT test asymptomatic people. You have to be symptomatic for the Clinic staff to test you. The following businesses DO TEST ASYMPTOMATIC...

Patients can now pre-register for appointments on the Health Portal. The patient will receive an email two days prior to their scheduled appointment to pre-register. The patient can click on the link emailed to them and it will take them to the pre-registration page. While in there, the patient can...