IHA Rolls Out Hospital Board Self-Assessment Tool
IHA has launched a new Hospital Board Self-Assessment program, replacing the paper-based survey IHA has provided to members over the past several years. The new system allows for both individual board member self-evaluations as well as an evaluation of the full board. Hospitals that elect to utilize this tool will be able to use a survey with common questions for benchmarking opportunities as well as add custom questions unique to their hospital.
Decorah Nurse Finds Military Service a Good Fit
Providing health care at a community hospital is often a tough, demanding job that comes with high expectations and high pressure. It requires people who are well trained, highly confident and deeply motivated and who work well in a team-oriented environment. There is another place that could be described similarly – a military unit.
In Red Oak, Hospital Expands to Meet Community Need
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak will officially open a major addition and remodeling project today. The project is a good example of how Iowa hospitals are responding not only to a growing need for health care, but also to the changing health care environment that focuses on patient-centered care as well as the move from inpatient to outpatient care.
IHA Celebrating Employees of New Hampton Hospital
Mercy-New Hampton is a powerful part of the Delaware County economy, with 270 employees and an economic impact exceeding $12 million. Over the last six years, the hospital has done major renovations that gave it improved spaces for the emergency department, operating rooms and outpatient services and created a brand new family practice clinic.
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