For the many patients who see their providers at Community Health Center of Fort Dodge, some recently completed renovations will allow the center to serve their needs even better. The work includes an expanded dental area and additional mental health care offices. Beyond the construction ...

Mammography and rehabilitation services were moved onto the main campus of UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center in a shift intended to create a convenient and cost effective site for patient care. The shift of those services was one of the most noticeable changes at the ...

POCAHONTAS — Trained personnel, both paid and volunteer, are prepared to come to the rescue whenever someone needs emergency care in Pocahontas County. The county’s voters decided in November that they are willing to pay some additional taxes to make sure that emergency medical service ...

Kelsey Felch’s hands were a blur as they flitted across a black screen, touching groups of green lights as soon as they lit up. In less than a minute, Felch, the manager of Next Edge Performance in Fort Dodge, completed the hand-eye coordination drill on the Reflexion system, one of the ...

CLARION — Orthopedic surgeons at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion now have a robotic assistant to help them do knee replacement surgeries. The device is known as a Robotic Surgical Assistant and is called ROSA for short. Orthopedic Specialists, a team of orthopedic surgeons that ...

LAKE CITY — After the Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the football field on Jan. 2, it was a shocking reminder that seconds count during a health emergency. While the NFL is far removed from Stewart Memorial Community Hospital (SMCH), this rural ...