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Conditions Treated in the Walk-in Clinic

Enjoy the Health Portal. It will allow you to access complete health information online, versus over the phone or in person, request appointments, request prescription renewals and pay your bills online. Now you can easily access your Portal from a mobile device. Simply download the MHealth App from the Apple...

Dr. Josiah Goldammer, Family Practice, is a member of the Boone County Hospital Medical Staff, and is now providing care at Boone County Family Medicine (BCFM) South, 1115 South Marshall Street, Boone, with Dr. Anderson, Dr. Dunker, Dr. Peterson and Dr. Sheffler. Dr. Goldammer received his Doctorate Degree from West...

$5 Jewelry Sale

Boone County Hospital (BCH), in conjunction with the American Heart Association (AHA), The Children’s Heart Foundation, and participating hospitals, launched the third year of Iowa’s Little Hats, Big Hearts initiative. The program outfits newborns with knitted red caps during Heart Month in February to raise awareness of heart disease, the...

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

Congratulations to Rebecca Turbes, Boone County Hospital (BCH) Home Care Services, who was recently honored as the 2017 Brown Award Winner at the BCH Annual Employee Recognition Party in January. Weldon J. Brown established the Brown Award in honor of his parents, Eunice D. and Everett C. Brown, long-time residents...

An Update to Our EHR is Coming

Hazem El-Arousy, M.D., Ph.D., vascular surgeon from The Iowa Clinic, is providing care one day a month in the BCH Specialty Clinic. Dr. El-Arousy received his Medical Degree from Cairo University, Egypt, and completed a Vascular Residency at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, a General Surgery Residency at Geisinger Medical Center, Pennsylvania,...

Boone County Hospital (BCH) was recently notifed by the Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) of our achievement of success with our CAUTI (catheter associated urinary tract infection) rate from May through July, 2017. BCH is among the top 10 performing hospitals in Iowa for this particular measure. CAUTI is a...