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
As we face a new year, many of us are thinking of ways we can help those in need. Donating blood is one of the most selfless and impactful actions that we can take to help others in our community. Did you know that when you choose to give blood, you are giving a potentially lifesaving gift to up to ...
January 10, 2022
St. Peter's Health encourages Helena-area residents to get their annual influenza vaccine, more commonly known as the flu shot. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the ...
Sharon Tatum says she doesn't know what she would do without it. She is one of 10 people participating in the Food is Care program recently launched by St. Peter's Health and Helena Food Share that brings healthy food to area residents dealing with food insecurity while managing chronic or complex medical conditions. "If they were not there for me ...
December 27, 2021
Helena – The Healthy Together Steering Committee has released the 2021 Community Health Report for Lewis and Clark County. The Community Health Report provides a snapshot of our community on ...
Third annual challenge starts Jan. 1 Registration is now open for the St. Peter's Health Third Annual 31-Day Sugar Challenge. Americans, on average, consume significantly more added sweetener per day than recommended by the American Heart Association. Excessive consumption of added sweetener contributes to many chronic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, inflammation and heart disease. The free health challenge is open ...
A primary care provider, or a “PCP,” is a physician or an advanced practice provider such as a physician’s assistant (PA) or a nurse practitioner (NP). Providers who typically fill these roles have a background in family medicine (care for patients of all ages), internal medicine (care for adults), and pediatrics (care for children). A PCP typically serves as your ...
Volunteers sew handmade stockings gifted to hospitalized community members and newborns during the month of December St. Peter’s Health Association “Arlene Mathews Sock Sew” volunteers are celebrating 68 years of making handmade stockings for those who are hospitalized at St. Peter’s Health and babies born in the month of December at the Regional Medical Center (hospital). The tradition was started ...
St. Peter’s Health Registered Nurses Rhonda Hinrichs and Samantha Bradley received DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses. DAISY awardees are selected quarterly from nominations submitted by St. Peter’s patients and their family members. Hinrichs is the St. Peter’s Practice Administrator for Primary and Urgent Care and has been a registered nurse for 35 years. A local couple nominated Hinrichs after she ...
December 20, 2021
St. Peter's Health announced today that it is no longer under crisis standards of care. Instead, the local health care system describes operations as contingency standards of care, a step ...
December 15, 2021
Dear community members, I would like to take this opportunity to share some additional information that wasn’t included in the recently published story by Kaiser Health News on Montana hospitals ...