Do you regularly experience knee pain and find your discomfort is limiting your activities? Chances are you’ve tried therapy and other non-invasive treatments, yet you’re putting off surgery because the timing never seems right. Spencer Hospital’s Short Stay Knee Replacement Program may be the right fit and right timing for you. “As the term ‘short...
Sinus and ENT specialist Dr. Greg DeSautel has joined Northwest Iowa Ear, Nose & Throat. Dr. DeSautel will join Dr. Josh Espelund and Dr. Daniel Jorgensen in providing comprehensive pediatric and adult care to patients through the Spencer-based practice and six satellite clinic locations. “We’re pleased to welcome Dr. DeSautel to our practice,” commented Dr....
Losing a loved one is indescribable to someone who has not felt the loss of death. Hospice of Spencer Hospital’s professional team understands the tragedy of losing a loved one and they identify with the difficult decisions and emotions that the person left behind faces. To help people cope with the death of a loved...
A recent study by the Iowa Hospital Association indicates that Spencer Hospital generated nearly $46 million in economic impact for the local economy last year. “We’re all aware of the importance of access to local healthcare services,” commented Bill Bumgarner, Spencer Hospital president. “However, an added benefit that a hospital offers its community is the...
Abben Cancer Center of Spencer Hospital is hosting a Survivors’ Day Celebration on Monday, June 3 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Abben Cancer Center. This event provides an opportunity for all people living with a history of cancer or currently undergoing cancer care to connect with each other, celebrate milestones and recognize those who...
The Spencer Regional Healthcare Foundation recently received a gift of $2,500 in support of cancer care provided to patients treated at the Abben Cancer Center of Spencer Hospital. The gift represents proceeds raised during the annual Golf for a Cure tournament held May 3r at Emerald Hills Golf Club in Okoboji. “We are appreciative of the...
Spencer Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR), the only mammography center in the region to have achieved ACR accreditation. The American College of Radiology reports that the ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level...
In the year 2000, measles was considered eliminated in the United States. Yet in the first four months of 2019, nearly 700 cases of measles have been confirmed in the U.S., two of which were recently confirmed in Iowa. The two Iowa cases are linked to travel outside of the country. The first Iowan was...
Spencer Hospital nurses Melissa Brent, Colleen Hart and Jolie Threlkeld have been selected as three of Iowa’s 100 Great Nurses for 2019 and will be honored at a May 5 celebration in Des Moines. The 100 Great Iowa Nurses program identifies 100 outstanding nurses every year whose courage, competence, and commitment to patients and the...
In a continuing effort to make healthcare services more convenient and affordable, Spencer Hospital has opened Rehab @ the Clinic, a free-standing outpatient rehabilitation therapy clinic located on second floor of the Spencer Medical Arts Building. “It’s the same great care from the same great Spencer Hospital physical therapists, just at an alternative location, which...