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Congratulations to all of our Milestone Honorees for 2024. They were recognized last week at a Recognition Event at the Hospital. Thank you all for your many years of service! Following are our 2024 honorees: 35 years: Lynette Lantz, Med/Surg; Cristine Lande, BCFM South; Juanita Gilley, Nursing Admin. 30 years:...

A new partnership between the Ivy College of Business and Boone County Hospital (BCH) in Boone, Iowa, benefits students who want to pursue a degree in healthcare management. The two organizations recently signed an agreement to open a pathway for healthcare management students to gain internship experience. The partnerships help...

Boone County Hospital is happy to welcome Zaki Ibrahim, M.D., to their Specialty Clinic. Dr. Ibrahim specializes in orthopedic spine surgery. He received his Medical Degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN. His medical interests are minimally invasive spine surgery and motion-preserving surgery. Dr. Ibrahim will begin...

The Boone County Hospital Wound and Hyperbaric Center (W&HC) was recently presented with two outstanding achievement awards from RestorixHealth. The first award, the Clinical Distinction Award is presented to wound centers that demonstrate exceptional success by meeting or exceeding national healing benchmarks, including: Days to Heal: 32 median Healing Percent:...

Boone County Hospital is happy to welcome Kelsie Holmes, D.O., to the Medical Staff. Dr. Homes will start seeing patients in Boone County Family Medicine South in October. She received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lynchburg, VA, and continued with an OB Fellowship...

Boone County Hospital is happy to have Haydee Hernandez, D.O., join our Medical Staff. Dr. Hernandez will start seeing patients in the Boone County Family Medicine Clinic, Ogden, on September 16. Dr. Hernandez earned her Osteopathic Medicine Degree from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York. Her specialties include family...

Have you noticed the commotion on the north side of Boone County Hospital (BCH)? The Hospital is in the process of replacing the entire helipad and roof on the northeast corner where the old helipad was located. The helipad was built in 2000 with the new Hospital addition and has...

Boone County Hospital (BCH) is a proud participant in the Compass Hospital Quality Improvement Program from 2020-2024. The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative and its partner organizations, collectively known as the Compass Network, are proud to be one of nine Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor awardees. Throughout...

The new Siemens Aera 1.5T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was installed in June and is now being used. An MRI is a sophisticated and highly accurate imaging technique used to diagnose diseases of the brain, spine, skeleton, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and blood vessels. It is a completely safe, non-invasive, and...