Due to increased illness in our community, visitor restrictions are in place at the Regional Medical Center. Children 12 and under, as well as anyone with cold and flu-like symptoms are restricted from visiting the Regional Medical Center unless they are seeking care. Click here to learn more
An important kind of care goes into filling the boxes of food that Helena resident Sharon Tatum receives every other week. Sharon manages several health conditions, including celiac disease, diabetes and heart disease. The new Food is Care pilot program run in partnership by St. Peter’s and Helena Food Share helps people like Sharon with challenging, diet-sensitive health conditions get ...
There were hugs all around when Shawn and Lori Schroeder made a quick stop to see staff outside the St. Peter’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on Oct. 1. The happy reunion came on the day Shawn, 51, was finally going home after a long and difficult battle against COVID-19. Shawn spent 40 days in the St. Peter’s ICU. He then ...
I worked as a dispatcher for the Montana Highway Patrol for 14 years before starting at St. Peter's Health as the American Heart Association (AHA) trainer last year. Sometimes, when people learn that I was a dispatcher, they ask: "is there a certain call that you will remember forever?" I have responded to all types of emergencies, but I do ...
Today, dedicated, outpatient and expanded St. Peter’s Health Wound Care program celebrates one year in operation. The specialty clinic brought the best-in-class outpatient wound care treatment and technology to the greater Helena area. The program operates in partnership with Healogics, Inc. the nation’s leading provider of advanced wound care services. The multidisciplinary team is dedicated to healing chronic wounds that ...
St. Peter’s Health presented BEE Awards to Finance Supervisor Vickie Caldwell, CPA and Speech-Language Pathologist Tim Ferber, MA CCC-SLP. A companion to the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, the BEE Award is given to any exceptional general or professional St. Peter’s staff member nominated by patients, family members and/or colleagues. Caldwell was nominated for the BEE Award by a colleague ...
When I was growing up, my brothers and sisters and I would earn a $5 reward from my mom if we had no cavities after we went to the dentist. Her reasoning was that it cost her less to pay us $5 than to get cavities filled, and this created an incentive for us to brush and floss regularly. What ...
January is “Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.” This is the perfect time to highlight the importance of getting your regular women’s health screenings. The conventional screening called a “PAP” smear was developed by Dr. George Papanicolaou in the 1940s. It is the most common cancer screening test for women and consists of a pelvic exam and sampling of the cervical cells ...
January 26, 2022
Organizations warn that operations are impacted & encourage applicants St. Peter's Health and Shodair Children's Hospital, two of the largest health care organizations in Helena, are warning the community today ...
Cardiologist Dr. Sharon Hecker has been practicing medicine in Montana since 1996 and earned her Doctorate of Medicine at the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. She completed her fellowship at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center, her internship at the Northwestern University– Evanston Hospital and her residency at Loyola University Medical Center. She is a board-certified member of the American ...
January 17, 2022
Near-term plan calls for local ultrasonography organization to continue to operate as independent organization St. Peter's Health and Sound Health Imaging announced today that St. Peter's completed a stock ownership ...