Subject: July Newsletter: Hartley Family Care Opening in August

Hartley Family Care Announces August 17 Opening

Hartley Family Care of Spencer Hospital will begin offering patient services on Wednesday, August 17. The family medicine clinic will be open four days each week – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday – from 8 AM to 5 PM. The clinic is located at the Community Memorial Health Center facility in Hartley. Jamie Billings, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, will serve as the clinic's primary healthcare provider.

Hartley Family Care

Spencer Hospital Earns National Accreditation

At Spencer Hospital, we focus daily on quality services for our patients...and it's been recognized. The hospital was recently awarded accreditation by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ), a national accreditation organization sanctioned by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The recognition reflects the hospital’s commitment to care practices and standards that are consistent with patient safety and quality outcomes.

For more information about Spencer Hospital's CIHQ accreditation, please follow the link below.

CIHQ Accreditation

Local Students Receive Healthcare Scholarships

Six local students pursuing healthcare careers recently were awarded educational funding through programs administered by Spencer Hospital.

This year's Bennie B. and Ernestine F. Shine Scholarship recipients include Molly Lovin, Jodi Bents, Haley Bouse, Jordyn Broek, Nicole McLaughlin and Ashton Wooten. Karenna Hoben was awarded an Adam J. Anderson Scholarship.

Scholarship Recipients

Botox May Provide Relief for Chronic Headaches

Is your head pounding...again? If you suffer from chronic headaches, you may be a candidate for Botox injections to help prevent headaches before they start. Family medicine physician, Dr. David Keith, sought additional training to become certified in providing relief from chronic headaches using Botox, as has physician assistant Jason Zinnel. Jason and Dr. Keith recommend patients visit their family practitioner to determine if Botox injections are a viable treatment. If appropriate, your provider will refer you on for possible Botox treatments.

To continue reaching about Botox providing relief for chronic headaches, please follow the link to our latest blog from Dr. Keith.

Botox Blog

Eating Mindfully for Brain Health

Our brains serve as the command center for our bodies, controlling our thoughts, speech, emotions, memories, judgment, body movements, digestion, and breathing. Too often, we take our brains for grants. To keep your brain healthy, it needs exercise, both physical and mental, and your brain also needs rest and a good diet.

Spencer Hospital's Registered Dietitian, Darlene DeWitt, focuses on healthy eating for your brain and an introduction to the MIND diet in her latest blog.

Eating for Brain Health

FREE Family and Friends CPR Session

Spencer Hospital is hosting a Family and Friends CPR Session on August 22nd from 5:30-7:30 PM! This course will cover adult and pediatric CPR and choking first aid via skills demonstrations in the practice-while watching format. This is a not a certification course.

This course is FREE to participants, thanks to the sponsorship of the Spencer Regional Healthcare Foundation, and the generosity of its donors.

Space is limited, please register online by following the link below or call (712) 264-6117.

Free CPR Session

Celebrating July Work Milestones at Spencer Hospital

These amazing healthcare professionals collectively represent 130 years of wisdom and commitment as they each celebrate major anniversaries at Spencer Hospital this July.

Congrats and many thanks to these outstanding women (pictured left to right): Deb Brodersen, Behavioral Health director, for her 35 years of service; Janet Iedema, radiation oncology therapist at Abben Cancer Center for her 25 years of service; medical-surgical nurse Gretchen Funk, who is celebrating 40 years of dedicated service; and Tonya Cornwell, Surgery Center pre-authorization nurse, for her 30 years of service. Thank you for your dedication to Spencer Hospital and your wonderful care and service to your patients!