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August Employee of the Month is a true team player
One thing Deontae Curtis’s teammates at Boone Hospital Center can agree upon: he is great with his patients on the Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery unit. “Patients always love to see Deontae enter their room,” wrote one of his peers. Another staff member nominating Deontae to be our next Employee of the Month wrote, “He works well with his patients. They all love him.”
Read MoreBoone Hospital Center along with other BJC HealthCare Hospitals Lead State Hospital Rankings
Boone Hospital Center and two other BJC hospitals have earned top rankings for the State of Missouri by U.S. News & World Report. Boone Hospital Center ranked #4 overall. In addition to Boone Hospital Center, BJC’s Barnes-Jewish Hospital, ranked #1, and Missouri Baptist Medical Center, ranked #3, were also among the top hospitals in the state. BJC Collaborative member, Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, was ranked #2. Boone Hospital Center is a part of the 36-hospital BJC Collaborative, formed in 2012.
Read MoreBoone Hospital Center receives third Magnet designation for nursing care
Boone Hospital Center has attained Magnet® recognition as part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® for a third consecutive time. This voluntary credentialing program for hospitals recognizes superior quality in nursing care as evidenced by performance outcomes. Magnet recognition is the highest honor a health care organization can receive for professional nursing practice.
Read MoreBoone Hospital Center breaks ground on our new campus
On Thursday, July 24, the Boone Hospital Center Board of Trustees broke ground on the new south campus medical plaza, located at the corner of Nifong Boulevard and Forum Boulevard.
Read MoreBoone Therapy and Bioness: ‘It’s amazing what they do here.’
When Karen Holbrook of Farber, Mo., realized she was experiencing the symptoms of a stroke, there was only one place she wanted to be: “I had to take a helicopter here, and I told them, ‘You get this in the air, and you land at Boone. If you land anywhere in-between, I won’t ride with you anymore.’”
Read MoreIndependence Day Closures
Boone Hospital Center is always open to serve our community, however, some of our clinics and departments will be closed today.
Read MoreEmployee of the Month found her second family at Boone
“There is a never a dull moment in the Emergency Department,” says Michelle Crane, unit secretary. But she wouldn’t want it any other way: “I like the intensity. When the team goes into action to save a life, we’re all involved. We all have a role. It feels good to be a part of that.”
Read MoreEmployee of the Month gets hospital staff “running back up to 100%”
Whenever Tyler Compton is called upon to fix a computer, one concern is first and foremost in his mind.
“Our first question is ‘Is the patient being taken care of?’” he says.
Read MoreMemorial Day Closures
Boone Hospital Center is always open to serve our community, however, some of our clinics and departments will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.
Read More“Amazing attitudes and compassion”: A father’s gratitude
Our son Cooper was born at Boone Family Birthplace at 37 weeks on April 22, 2014 by emergency C-section and was in the ICN until the following Saturday, April 26.
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