Visitor Restrictions in Place: Due to increased illness in our communities, including measles, we have precautions in place at all St. Peter's Health facilities to protect patients and staff members. Anyone experiencing the symptoms posted at facility entrances are restricted from entering unless they are seeking care. Children 12 and under are not allowed at the Regional Medical Center unless seeking care. Click HERE to learn more.
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 ...
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 ...
Annual Light a Life Fundraiser Supports St. Peter’s Health Hospice Program The St. Peter’s Health Foundation is encouraging the community to donate to Light a Life - Helena’s only fundraising event for St. Peter’s Hospice. Light a Life gifts make end-of-life care available to anyone in our community, regardless of their ability to pay. St. Peter’s Director of Post-Acute Care ...