Articles with the Tag: St. Luke Community Healthcare
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...
RONAN — As changes in the nationwide health care system continue at an unprecedented rate, measuring the improvement of the quality of that care becomes a major focal point. To that end, the National Rural Health Resource Center has initiated a public recognition program of critical access hospitals...
During the past month, some residents of Lake County have been filling out a survey designed to identify local healthcare needs. The survey, sent to a random sample of homes, will help St. Luke Community Healthcare identify health services needed throughout the Mission Valley and St. Luke service area. &l...
RONAN — Recent national news stories about meningitis deaths from steroid injections have raised the question of how safe the drugs may be here in the local area. Greg Weller, pharmacist at St. Luke Community Healthcare in Ronan, reassures that none of the steroid injections available for patients a...
