San Luis Valley Health team members accept the generous contribution from the Colorado Potato Administrative Council of $5600. Of this amount, $850 was raised from the annual Tator Trot during the September Potato Festival. The other $4750 was generously donated by CPAC. In addition to this, Farm Fresh Direct of America donated another $2,000 toward this cause.
We were blessed to receive the Rural Award for Excellence presented at the El Pomar Night of Excellence Ceremony. This night celebrates outstanding nonprofit organizations and spotlights their extraordinary impact they make in Colorado.
I am immensely grateful to have been chosen as the recipient of the American Society of Administrative Professionals (ASAP) 2023 Impact Award. The experience has been truly incredible, and I am overwhelmed by the love and support shown by both attendees and faculty.
Three full-time and two as-needed K-9 teams roam the halls of St. Mary’s with their Security Handlers. They keep an eye on patients and provide much-needed snuggles to staff. Patients are allowed to request to see a K-9 officer on duty if they are feeling emotionally elevated or experiencing anxiety.
Today, the leaders and respective boards of Hills & Dales Healthcare (Hills & Dales General Hospital) and United Healthcare Partners (Deckerville Community Hospital, Marlette Regional Hospital and The Heartlands Marlette Senior Living) announced that they have signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to combine the organizations. Together, the organizations plan to improve the delivery of care to the communities they serve.
Pioneers Medical Center announced today that it has been recognized as a 2024 Joint Replacement Excellence Award™ recipient by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients. Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Awards recognize the nation’s leading hospitals across 18 specialty care areas – recipient hospitals represent the Top 10% of hospitals in the nation for each specialty.
Community Hospital is proud to host a ribbon cutting ceremony to honor the successful implementation of Project SEARCH, a program recognized as a best practice model for building employment opportunities for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Grand River Health, which scored a 97.5 on the pediatric-readiness test in June, shows how emergency rooms can take simple and inexpensive steps to be ready to take care of young patients. Its experience also shows the important role that health authorities play when they push hospitals to improve.
For one, Moose’s brown eyes and reassuring presence were hard to resist. Having Moose around to pet and love is definitely a beneficial boost to the psyche on a tough day, said Ziek, a registered nurse working in St. Mary’s Medical Center’s emergency department.
Nonprofit organizers, Mercy Hospital officials and other area stakeholders gathered at the hospital Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the region’s recipients of the 2022 and 2023 Health Equity & Advancement Fund grants, which included Manna Soup Kitchen, Community Compassion Outreach and the Southern Colorado Community Action Agency.