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ALBION, Nebraska (January 25, 2023) – Boone County Health Center (BCHC) recently donated two automated external defibrillators (AED)s. One donated to the Albion Sports Complex and one to Warner Hall in Petersburg. AEDs are portable medical devices that automatically analyze and detect cardiac arrhythmias of sudden cardiac arrest patients through More…
Boone County Health Center is celebrating their 10,000th foot clinic visit this week! Gayla Oakley, RN, FAACVPR, the Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation, had a vision for this life-changing service and it became a reality with the addition of the Rudman Rehabilitation Center over 13 years ago. Now it has grown More…
Thanks to Nikki Heidemann’s creativity, “BYOB-Bring Your Own Bottles” is the catchy, new slogan for the medication reconciliation project at Boone County Health Center this year. This project is aimed at helping patients remember to bring all their medication bottles, including supplements and vitamins, to every visit. “It’s vital to More…
Boone County Health Center is excited to announce Dr. Carissa Mangus will join the Health Center in July of 2022. Dr. Mangus is the daughter of recently-retired Boone County Health Center Physician Assistant Jacquie Brugman. “We are privileged to welcome Dr Mangus to our medical team as we continue providing More…
Orthopedic Specialist Dr. Jared Rickert of Faith Regional Physician Services, LLC will now see patients at Boone County Health Center’s Specialty Clinic in Albion the first and third Tuesday of every month. Dr. Rickert performs joint replacement of the hip, knee and shoulder (including partial knee replacement and anterior hip More…
Read here: BCHC Newsletter Spring 2020-final
Boone County Health Center is pleased to announce Kristie Stricklin will be the new Vice President of Clinic Services, overseeing all five of our clinics. Stricklin has a Masters in Healthcare Administration and brings 17 years of health care management experience to Boone County Health Center. “Kristie’s solution-focused attitude and More…
A new plan at Boone County Health Center (BCHC) helps patients who need to see the “shot nurse” get in and out of the clinic faster. “Things are changing quickly at the clinic as we move toward being a certified Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH),” said Clinic Supervisor Lacy Bottorf. More…
Boone County Health Center’s (BCHC’s) Board of Trustees members Kim Beierman, Don Casper, Jody Choat, Paul Groeteke and Ken Schmitz have achieved the status of Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) Certified Hospital Trustee by completing the requirements of the NHA Research and Educational Foundation’s Hospital Trustee Community Accountability Education Certification Program. More…
While many small town hospitals are no longer able to offer obstetrical (OB) care, Boone County Health Center (BCHC) is leading the state with training that can save the life of a premature baby. This is in part thanks to generous local citizens who donated to BCHC’s First Breath Priority More…