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Walk your way to better health: St. Peter's Health kicks off new Walk with a Doc series and annual 60-day HealthyWage Step Challenge

St. Peter’s Health is inviting the community to participate in a host of upcoming free and low-cost walking events. According to the American Heart Association, walking has the lowest dropout rate of any physical activity. St. Peter’s Lifestyle Medicine Specialist Dr. David Krainacker says walking is low impact making it easier on the joints than running and has a number ...

Johnson recognized as CEO-to-know

May 17, 2023

St. Peter’s Health Chief Executive Officer Wade Johnson, FACHE has been recognized on Becker’s Hospital Review 2023 “107 Community hospital CEOs to know” list. The Becker’s editorial team accepted nominations ...

St. Peter’s Health Medical Group Welcomes Nurse Practitioner Rebecca L. White to Psychiatry Team

Nurse Practitioner Rebecca L. White earned her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner and as a Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner from the University of Wyoming. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Montana State University. Her career as a Nurse Practitioner includes extensive experience in Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Allergy, Asthma, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics and ...

Health Matters: Be Fast - You can help by knowing the signs of stroke

Did you know that every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke? According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are many factors that may increase the risk of stroke, including things like age and health conditions like high blood pressure. Strokes can happen in one of two ways. First is when the blood supply to the ...

Independent features important Housing is Healthcare work by St. Peter’s FUSE team

Helena’s Frequent Users of System Engagement project helps people who are unhoused or unstably housed who often use the emergency room or other forms of crisis care at a disproportionate amount, but the past couple of years, the cost of housing in and around Helena has been a barrier that's difficult to overcome. “With the change in the rental market ...

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. ...

St. Peter's Auck and Eslick Receive DAISY Awards

St. Peter’s Health Registered Nurses Cody Auck and Katie Eslick received DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nurses. DAISY Awardees are selected quarterly from nominations submitted by St. Peter’s patients, their families and fellow colleagues. Auck works as an RN in the Emergency room. The patient who nominated Auck said, “My son and I have been to the ER many times, and ...

Health Matters: The importance of prenatal care

As an obstetrician, I specialize in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth. Obstetricians do many things for patients. They deliver babies, of course, but also provide routine care and guidance during pregnancy. As much as I love delivering babies, the “prenatal care” part of my job that happens before a baby is delivered is especially important because regular ...