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Hospitalists

Hospitalists are internal medicine physicians, family medicine physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who focus exclusively on the care of hospitalized patients. The Hospitalist is the physician that cares for ...

Housing is Health Care aims to improve health through housing

Supervisor of Community Based Services Kayla Morris discusses St. Peter's Health's innovative use of community health workers and how the Frequent Users of System Engagement (FUSE) program helps improve health outcomes for patients with unstable housing in this interview with Mountain-Pacific Quality Health. ...

Housing is Health Care in Action

“I was very relieved that he was able to keep his home and extremely grateful for his support system at St. Peter’s.” This was the testimony of Kris Ellertson, a Billings-based nurse whose adult brother lives in Helena. Her brother, Kevin Ellertson, 47, is developmentally delayed and frequently visits St. Peter’s for care. In the late spring, Kevin’s Nurse Care ...

How St. Peter’s Health is building gold standard cancer care for the Helena community

St. Peter’s growing Cancer Care program recently welcomed two new members to the team. Director Connie Heyob, RN, MSN-FNP, MBA and Melissa Cotner, DNP joined oncologist Elizabeth Bigger, MD and radiation oncologist Andrew Cupino, MD, and together with oncology-certified nurses, medical assistants and technicians provide full-spectrum cancer care for the Helena community. The St. Peter’s Cancer Care doctors and team ...

Huntsman Cancer Institute affiliate

St. Peter's Health is a proud affiliate of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. Huntsman Cancer Institute is the only National Cancer Institute Designated (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center ...

Huntsman Cancer Institute: 45 IS THE NEW 50

St. Peter’s Health is a proud affiliate of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. As such, St. Peter’s is given access to articles, resources, clinical expertise and research to share with our local community. Every year, around 145,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer. More than 50,000 people die from it. But the good news is that colorectal ...

Huntsman Cancer Institute: Five things you can do to prevent cancer

By Gabriela Silva, Huntsman Cancer Institute community health educator St. Peter’s Health is a proud Huntsman Cancer Institute affiliate since 2021 February is Cancer Prevention Month. Despite being the second leading cause of death in the United States, more than 50 percent of cancers can be prevented. Here are five lifestyle choices that can reduce your risk: Avoid tobacco. Tobacco ...

Hypertension

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, occurs when the systolic pressure is consistently over 140 mm Hg, or the diastolic blood pressure is consistently over 90 mm Hg. ...

ISO-9001:2015 certification

Leading the way in quality and patient safety In August 2021, St. Peter’s became the first health care system in Montana to receive ISO-9001:2015 Quality Management certification following a spring ...

Immediate impact: Crisis response team shares early success

The St. Peter’s Health Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) program began partnering in November with local law enforcement agencies to provide crisis intervention services throughout the community. In less than four months since the program’s launch, our crisis response team can already see the tremendous impact the program is having on community mental health issues. The MCRT team has already ...