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The Boone County Hospital (BCH) Auxiliary recently made a $2,000 donation to the BCH Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The program raises funds to assist hospital or clinic employees who are experiencing temporary financial difficulties due to the loss of a spouses job, illness, injury or other life issues that can...

BCH Rehab Offers Concussion Care

Walk-in Schedule for July 4th

Dr. Craig Mahoney, orthopedic surgeon, Iowa Ortho, has performed the first robotics-assisted total knee arthroplasty at Boone County Hospital using the NAVIO Surgical System. The surgical milestone represents one of the first CT-free robotics-assisted total knee arthroplasty procedures using the NAVIO Surgical System in the world. "The NAVIO system provided...

June EEU on Medical Robotic Technology

Boone County Hospital is happy to welcome Dr. Diana Wright, Endocrinology, to their Medical Staff. Dr. Wright is now providing services the third Monday of each month at Boone County Family Medicine South. She retired from Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines in March. Special interests include general endocrinology, diabetes,...

Boone County Hospital is happy to welcome Lance Mueggenborg, FNP-BC, to the Boone County Family Medicine North Walk-In Clinic. Lance received his Master of Science Degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has worked PRN as a nurse in our Emergency Department...

Congratulations to Katie Merriam, RNC-OB, Family Birth Center, Boone County Hospital (BCH), who received the 2019 Daisy Award. Katie was presented the award at the Nurses Day Recognition Breakfast on May 10th. One of Katie’s peers said, “Katie is one of the most compassionate nurses I have ever worked with....

Dr. Craig Mahoney is performing robotics-assisted total and partial knee surgery using the NAVIO® Surgical System at Boone County Hospital. The first surgery using the unit is slated to take place some time this Spring. Unlike other robotics-assisted platforms, the NAVIO system does not require a pre-operative CT scan. Instead,...

The Boone County Hospital (BCH) Auxiliary is having a Pansy Sale on April 22nd from 9 a.m. until they are gone in the BCH Atrium. The pansy's are from Salama's Greenhouse in Boone. All proceeds from the event will benefit future projects and equipment for the hospital.