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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 ...
St. Peter’s Health Medical Group welcomes Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner Gina Deem and Gastroenterology Physician Assistant Ashley Vander Sys. Deem earned her Doctor of Nursing, Accelerated Bachelor of Nursing and her Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Development at Montana State University. She is a certified member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and will practice at both ...
November 22, 2021
Dr. Elizabeth Bigger joins Medical Staff and Cancer Care team in February 2022 St. Peter's Health announced today the appointment of a new board-certified oncologist and hematologist to the St ...
As the pandemic rolls on and the dangerous Delta variant continues to take the spotlight, many people are asking, “What about flu season?” Last year, the flu season was essentially nonexistent. Without universal infection prevention precautions like masking in place, we will likely experience flu season differently this fall and winter. In efforts to reduce our chances of a “twindemic,” ...
St. Peter’s Health’s Suzette Jensen, CNA/CHHA and Patty Dahlstrom received inaugural BEE Awards. 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, their family members and colleagues. Jensen is a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and has been with the St. Peter’s Home ...
When I think of breast cancer, I think of education, emotional support and awareness. When I think of breast cancer, I think of encouragement, hope, strength and patients with superwoman capabilities. When I think of breast cancer, I don’t normally think of guilt. Guilt. What an ugly word, guilt. Yet, there it is at the tip of my tongue as ...
St. Peter’s Health Medical Group welcomes Primary Care Providers Dr. Robert Johnson and Dr. Kelsey Hoffman; Hospitalist Dr. David Goodwin; and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist Dr. Anita Lowe Taylor. Dr. Johnson earned his medical degree at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and his Bachelor of Science in Microbiology at Brigham Young University. He completed his Family Medicine ...
October 7, 2021
St. Peter’s Health announced today that the organization is raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour as part of an aggressive effort to attract and retain critical staff. The ...
Two special new team members have joined St. Peter’s: Mocha and Blue Bonnet are trained therapy dogs who work with their handlers throughout the hospital and clinics to provide comfort and calm in a way only dogs know how. Funded by community and employee donations, the Facility Dog program expands St. Peter’s therapeutic support offerings for patients, employees and visitors ...
It wasn’t a given that Drs. Katrina and Robert Maher would follow in their father’s footsteps. Dr. James Maher practiced medicine for more than 33 years in Helena before retiring in 2015. Katrina and Robert grew up in Helena and medicine was just a part of life. As kids they rounded at St. Peter’s with James and flipped through anatomy ...