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.
April 15, 2020
A graph of COVID-19 cases over time in Lewis and Clark County shows a curve that’s been “encouragingly flat,” according to public health officials. Since the first local case of ...
St. Peter’s Health announced today that Townsend resident and Physician Assistant Dwight Thompson, PA will join the nonprofit health care organization as a primary care provider. Thompson will continue to serve the Townsend community, and in mid-April will begin delivering care using telehealth until the Townsend clinic opens in May and the spread of COVID-19 has decreased locally. “This is ...
March 26, 2020
St. Peter’s Health today announced a community project to help the local health system build its supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for caregivers. With a nationwide shortage of some ...
March 24, 2020
St. Peter’s Health today introduced new prevention measures and expanded care options for community members to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The measures include increased availability in the call center ...
March 16, 2020
St. Peter’s Health announced today the implementation of comprehensive prevention measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Building on the previous visitor restrictions, the new measures include expanded visitor restrictions ...
March 1, 2020
St. Peter’s Health has been named a 2020 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. This annual award honoring rural hospital performance is determined ...
Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the estimated health care costs related to tobacco in Montana alone top over $440 million each year. A 2019 research article published by Truth Initiative listed Montana’s smoking rate as higher than national averages in ...
It’s estimated that 75 percent of tobacco users indicate that they want to quit, but only four percent can do so successfully on their own by quitting “cold turkey.” That’s why St. Peter’s Health has teamed up with the American Lung Association to bring a new evidence-based tobacco cessation program to the Helena area. The goal of the seven-week program ...
Nephrectomy – prostatectomy – cystectomy. Or, in non-medical terms: The surgical removal of all or part of the kidney, prostate and bladder. These are all surgeries that we are able to complete here in Helena thanks to robotically-trained surgeon and urologist Dr. Kevin Brown, the da Vinci Xi™ robot and a skilled Operating Room team. Program Launch The St. Peter’s ...
January 22, 2020
Montana leaders Bozeman Health and St. Peter’s Health, are proud to announce a regional collaboration for the expansion of neonatal intensive care services at Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital. As part ...