Articles with the Tag: St. Luke Community Healthcare

News from St. Luke Healthcare Network RONAN — It’s no secret that there is a shortage of family medicine doctors in rural areas of the country such as Montana. According to a study by the Bureau of Health Professions, about 20 percent of the US population — more than 50 million people &m...

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare  RONAN — Can I do it? Should I do it? Those are questions Montanans are facing as important deadlines for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, loom on the horizon. As it stands now, anyone wishing to have insurance coverage ...

  RONAN — The St. Luke Foundation Employee Giving Program is selling a pair of custom made pink chinks at silent auction. The chinks or cowboy chaps made by Steve Krumm of Muley Bluz have a red yoke adorned with Breast Cancer Awareness Conchos on the scrolls. Bidding closes at 3 p.m., Thursday,...

FLATHEAD RESERVATION — On average, 24 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Lake County each year, according to data analyzed by the National Institute for Health. October is the month where the entire nation goes pink in honor of these women and a spotlight is shone on the disease they fight. Brea...

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare Network RONAN — Since October is breast cancer awareness month, St. Luke Community Hospital in Ronan has once again set the wheels in motion to make it easier for women to get an annual screening mammogram. For the 10th year in a row, funding from the ...

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare  RONAN — Oct. 1 is a significant date in the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or what is commonly referred to as “Obamacare.” Oct. 1 marks the beginning of open enrollment in health insurance marketplaces. W...

After a quarter century of working to improve healthcare needs of the community, Shane Roberts, the chief executive officer of St. Luke Community Healthcare, retired Sept. 1. He handed the reigns over to former chief operations officer Steve Todd.  Todd, who has served in St. Luke administration sinc...

RONAN — The community is invited to attend the annual Susie Hanson Ice Cream Social at St. Luke Extended Care in Ronan. This year, the festive occasion that features music, ice cream and cake, will be held Thursday, Aug. 22, beginning at 3 p.m., in the courtyard of St. Luke Extended Care.  &...

News from St. Luke Community Healthcare        RONAN — Despite the seemingly continuous changes bombarding the healthcare industry, the one constant that remains is the need for compassionate caregivers for the increasing number of aging Americans. Because of that need, St. Luke ...

RONAN — Small droppings marked the trail to the petting zoo Thursday — right up the concrete steps and through the doors of the St. Luke Extended Care Facility in Ronan.  Custodians, nurses and aides didn’t mind keeping tabs on little messes, because the heifer, the pony, the bunnie...