submitted article LEE COUNTY – LCHD-Hospice has been helping families honor and remember their loved ones with their Tree of Love since 1992. The 2018 ornament is “Bridging to new beginnings”, designed by Mystic Images [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Internal Medicine Clinic at Fort Madison Community Hospital is pleased to welcome Internist, Dr. Pauline Agornyo. Dr. Agornyo is a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician. Dr. Agornyo completed a [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – FMCH is partnering with Quincy Medical Group to expand their hematology and oncology services. Dr. Pastorini is an Oncologist/Hematologist who will start seeing patients in the FMCH Annex Wednesday, November [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Lee County Health Department has announced Becky Worster, BSN, as the new Community Health and Nursing Program Director. Worster will manage and provide leadership in the day-to-day operations of [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital recognized Mary Overton as their September Employee of the Month. Overton is part of the Courtesy Services team. She has been with FMCH for twenty-nine years. [Read More…]
Submitted article LEE COUNTY – Many homes built prior to 1978 have lead paint, but the majority of homes built before 1960 have an even greater chance of having lead paint on or in them. [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital (FMCH) Home Health & Hospice Care along with the FMCH Foundation will be offering a free seminar on end of life planning entitled, “Looking Beyond the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital (FMCH) Education Department is offering the American Heartsaver CPR/AED Course on Thursday, October 25, 2018. The class will take place from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Community Hospital Auxiliary will hosting a fundraiser featuring The Nutman Company. The Nutman Company will be onsite Thursday October 11 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – About 33 county health administrators, officials, and advocates met in Montrose Thursday afternoon to discuss the county’s health priorities through 2021. The Lee County Health Department, in conjunction [Read More…]
Lee County Health Department will be holding Flu Clinics throughout the month of October at various locations throughout Lee County. Flu clinics are open to the public, and offered to anyone ages 6 months or [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital Clinics is collaborating with The Madison, a Long-term Care Facility in Fort Madison to place an onsite Primary Care Provider to help manage their residents’ health care. Family [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – Area residents are invited to share personal experiences on children’s mental health services at a listening post set for Monday, October 8 at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main, [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Live Healthy Lee County will be at the Fort Madison Farmers Market for the final time this season from 5:30-6:00pm on Monday, Sept. 24 to pick-up any donated produce for [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital recognized Hallie Eisnnicher as their August Employee of the Month. Eisnnicher is a nurse in the FMCH Clinic. She has been with FMCH for nine years. [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Community Hospital Foundation announces the following changes to their Board of Directors. Completing their terms on September 30, 2018: Sharon Scholl – Naublsi – a member of [Read More…]
Submitted article DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), the Johnson County Public Health Department, and the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) today issued a consumer advisory for sorghum made [Read More…]
Submitted article MONTROSE – Montrose Health Center has been named to the Iowa National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative Honor Roll to recognize its performance on the Nursing Home Compare long-stay quality measures. Nursing homes [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Family Practice Clinic at Fort Madison Community Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Ruth Barosy. Dr. Barosy was born and raised in Queens New York but recently relocated from Connecticut. She [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Pediatric Clinic at Fort Madison Community Hospital has added three new pediatricians in August. Dr. Gary Palicka is a Board Eligible Pediatrician. He completed his Pediatric Residency training [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A Fort Madison assisted living facility continues to get national recognition for care programs and staff achievements. On July 31, Amanda Garcia, a registered nurse and the [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Family Practice Clinic at Fort Madison Community Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Amy Huber and Dr. Josh Sirucek Dr. Huber is a Board Certified Family Practitioner. She recently [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital recognized Teri Welborn as their June Employee of the Month. Welborn works in the Accounting Department at FMCH and she has been with FMCH for [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Lee County Health Department is looking for more surveys as part of a three-year reboot on a community health needs assessment and improvement plan. The LCHD [Read More…]
WEST BURLINGTON – Great River Klein Center has been named a 2018 Silver – Achievement in Quality Award recipient by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). The award is [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON -With competition for medical professionals feverish among health care facilities across the country, Fort Madison Community Hospital is seeing unprecedented success in recruiting in the past year. Parallel [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Women’s Center at Fort Madison Community Hospital is pleased to welcome Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Dr. Yadira Rafuls Dr. Rafuls is a Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist and has been practicing at Kaldas Center [Read More…]
Submitted article BURLINGTON – Plans are underway for the 14th annual Mystery Ride, a fundraiser for Great River Health System-Hospice in West Burlington and Lee County Health Department-Hospice in Fort Madison. This year’s event will [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital Birthplace will be hosting a Mommy & Baby Gear Fair on Saturday, July 14th from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. This new event will take place in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A $2 million technology upgrade at Fort Madison Community Hospital will result in a more streamlined user experience and will include some new bells and whistles. According [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Community Hospital Board of Directors consists of seven community members who volunteer their time to guide FMCH in fulfilling their mission and vision. Neal Dodd was approved [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital recognized Mary Jo Koller as their May Employee of the Month. Koller works in the Business Office at FMCH. She has been with FMCH for twenty-eight [Read More…]
Provided by Lee County Health Department – Hospice LEE COUNTY – Being a hospice social worker can be difficult and rewarding profession all at the same time. The Social Worker meets with families to discuss [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Kensington went purple Friday afternoon as more than 100 community members held hands in a group hug Friday afternoon at the Kensington to recognize the daily [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The General Surgery Clinic at Fort Madison Community Hospital is pleased to welcome General Surgeon, Dr. Rachel Knudson. Dr. Knudson will join Dr. Riggs Bagan in the clinic. Dr. [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Lee County Health Department-Hospice welcomes Massage Therapists Donna Via and Julie Schneider to the hospice team. Donna Via has been a licensed Massage Therapist since 2012. Her decision to go [Read More…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to raise the cap on the Universal Service Fund’s Rural Health Care Program by $171 million. This [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Psychiatry Clinic at Fort Madison Community Hospital is pleased to welcome Mariah Skelley, to their team of health care providers. Skelley is a Board Certified, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Live Healthy Lee County will be at the Fort Madison Farmers Market from 5:30-6:00pm on Monday, June 4th to pick-up any donated produce for their Produce Box Project. Anyone [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Since 1989 Lee County Health Department-Hospice has been providing hospice services to the surrounding area. Also since that time the Hospice program requires that a percentage of the direct care to clients [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Lee County Health Department will hold a Children’s Immunization Clinic Thursday, May 24, 2018 at Lee County Health Department’s new facility located at 3 John Bennett Dr., Ft. Madison from 12 noon [Read More…]
LEE COUNTY – The 2018 Live Healthy Lee County Local Food Guide is ready to assist you and your family on where to find fresh, locally grown produce; restaurants that use fresh, local foods; grocery [Read More…]
Submitted article DES MOINES – Morel mushrooms are classified by the Food Code as a potentially hazardous food item and may be sold only if they are first identified and found to be safe by [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Family YMCA will be hosting a Murder Mystery party on Friday, May 18 at 7pm at the Comfort Inn & Suites event center at the corner of [Read More…]
Submitted article KEOKUK – Lee County Health Department will be holding a Children’s Immunization Clinic Thursday, May 10, 2018 at Trinity Methodist Church, 2330 Plank Road in Keokuk from 12 noon until 4:30pm. The clinic [Read More…]
SUBMITTED ARTICLE FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital recognized Joyce Hawes as their March Employee of the Month. Hawes is a nurse in the FMCH Birthplace. She has been with FMCH for two-and-a-half years. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Lee County Health Department will hold a Children’s Immunization Clinic Thursday, April 26, 2018 at Lee County Health Department’s new facility located at 3 John Bennett Dr., Ft. Madison [Read More…]
MONTROSE – More than 60 people participated in cold, windy Live Healthy Iowa 5K in Montrose Saturday morning. The top finisher of the race was Thomas Klann with 23:56 time in the male division, while [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Ambassador Club welcomed new providers at Fort Madison Community Hospital on Friday morning. Pictured are 5 of the 10 new providers: Gwen Scott, ARNP, Family Practice, Bobbi [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Mobile Nursing Services announced in February it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Home Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The [Read More…]
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