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A recent Simplot policy requires all vendors, contractors and subcontractors to be vaccinated for COVID-19 to enter the company’s food processing plants after June 14. Between May and June 14, these same visitors to Simplot plants without proof of vaccination ...

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center has added John Voight, MSN, RN, NEA-BC as chief nursing officer (CNO). In this role, he oversees clinical nursing operations throughout the hospital, ensures quality patient care and leads efforts to increase patient satisfaction. He ...

For the first since the pandemic began, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its star ratings for hospitals on April 28. No Idaho hospital was listed in the lowest one-star category. CMS star ratings are not ...

St. Luke’s Health System named Rene Pallotti as the vice president for population health for the Meridian, Eagle, Nampa and Fruitland region of the health system. She joined St. Luke’s in 2014, serving first as senior director for St. Luke’s ...

Power County Hospital District is celebrating celebrate two milestones this year — its 60th anniversary, and the completion of a nearly four-year new construction and renovation project. The hospital’s entire infrastructure — individual patient rooms, exterior and interior structures, workflow, ...

Recognition in the annual IBM Watson Health top hospital and health system ranking is the Pulitzer Prize of health care. Once again, Idaho has two health systems serving Idahoans on its lists for 2021 as well as three hospitals. Just ...

As we emerge from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, one sentiment persists: We’re entering a “new normal” that will lead to changes in our daily lives, including the design and development of hospitals and medical facilities. In the wake ...

St. Luke’s Elmore Medical Center in Mountain Home cut the ribbon on April 9 for its just-completed $1.2 million renovation at the south wing of its long-term care facility. The work included rewiring the facility for telehealth to give residents ...

Peter Purrington, chief clinical officer for Heritage Health, has been conferred the Degree of Fellow by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The Degree of Fellow recognizes AAFP members who have distinguished themselves among their colleagues, as well as ...

Portneuf Medical Center (PMC) announced that it will officially break ground on May 5 for a medical plaza inside the Northgate master-planned community in Pocatello. The medical plaza building will become the home for an Portneuf urgent care center, a ...