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Falls are the second leading cause of traumatic injuries in the Portneuf Medical Center (PMC) Emergency Department (ED). Every year, approximately one third of older adults experience a fall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Emergency medicine physicians regularly treat patients, many age 65 or older, with life-threatening injuries associated with falls.…

FREE Speech, Language, Voice and Hearing Screenings May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. 8%–9% of children suffer from speech disorders, but many parents wait too long to seek treatment. During the month of May, Portneuf Physical Medicine Speech Pathology Department will be offering FREE speech, language, voice and hearing screenings for children and adults.…

Portneuf Medical Center has received accreditation for our Chest Pain Center from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC), an international organization dedicated to eliminating heart disease as the number one cause of death worldwide. Hospitals that have received SCPC accreditation have achieved a high level of expertise in dealing with patients who arrive with…

There are over 3.1 million registered nurses working to make a difference in the lives of their patients and coworkers every day. Each year, America honors their hard work and dedication with a national week-long celebration. National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th as RN Recognition Day, and ends on May 12th, Florence…

Thanks to the quick response of Portneuf Medical Center’s trauma program, 15-year-old Dylan Anderson is back where he belongs—on the basketball court. On October 17, 2014, Dylan, a high school student from Pocatello, Idaho, was on his way out of Holt Arena after watching a football game when he fell approximately eight feet onto a…

BY JOURNAL STAFF Idaho State Journal article POCATELLO — The Wound Center at Portneuf Medical Center was recognized for clinical excellence for the fourth year in a row, and the application of hyperbaric treatment continues to grow because, as Kaye Hunter of Pocatello can attest, it works. Hunter is diabetic, and she received hyperbaric treatment to…

Portneuf Medical Center is pleased to announce that we are partnering with a new air ambulance provider on April 1, 2015. We have contracted with Air Methods, an air ambulance service based in Englewood, CO. At present, they have more than 300 bases of operations serving 48 states; including service to both Eastern Idaho Regional…

It’s time for Idaho lawmakers to consider a unique health care plan to increase the quality and efficiency of the care most Idahoans receive, as well as expand health care coverage to 103,000 Idahoans working and living at the poverty line, including 3,800 veterans and their spouses. If implemented, Healthy Idaho saves our state $173 million which…

Idaho State Journal/Michael H. O’Donnell – November 30, 2014  POCATELLO — Donald Best, 68, of Blackfoot could care less that he made medical history in Idaho last Thursday when he received a new aortic valve manufactured by Medtronic. He’s just happy to be feeling well again. And Portneuf Medical Center’s chief heart surgeon, Dr. Jacob…

Portneuf Medical Center was ranked the best hospital in Eastern Idaho by a national magazine and our joint commission scores gave us a national safety and quality award that was one of the highest in the country. In fact, PMC was the only hospital in Eastern Idaho to receive an award for quality and safety.…