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Congratulations CARE Counts Award Winners and Nominees
Friday, 10 September 2010
Our commitment to CARE values shapes each of our daily decisions and practices at Allen Hospital. Nowhere is that more visible than in CARE Counts. CARE Counts puts our words into action.
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New Chaplain Joins Allen's Spiritual Care Team
Friday, 10 September 2010
Chaplain Lauryl Ivers Stockness comes to Allen with 15 years of parish experience as an ordained minister with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and has recently completed her Chaplain Residency at St. Joseph’s Hospital, part of HealthEast Care System, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lauryl is working toward board certification through the Association of Professional Chaplains.
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Allen Hospital to Host Young Parents Together at YWCA
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Young Parents Together (YPT) will meet Monday evenings Sept. 13, 20 and 27, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., at the Waterloo YWCA, 425 Lafayette St. There is no cost to participants or their children.
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Free Cholesterol, Blood Sugar Screenings Available at Waterloo Salvation Army
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
The ACE-SAP Clinic (Allen Community Engagement-Salvation Army Program), located at the Salvation Army, 207 Logan Ave., will offer free, walk-in or scheduled physicals and cholesterol and blood sugar screenings on Thursdays, Sept. 9, 16 and 30, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Title X Anniversary
Friday, 13 August 2010
Allen Women's Health Marks 40th Anniversary of Title X.
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Allen Wins Service Award
Friday, 13 August 2010
Allen Hospital was honored for 20 years of service to the community through its Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP).
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Willsher to Join Trinity Health System
Friday, 13 August 2010
Jay Willsher, regional operations vice president of Allen Health System has been appointed to serve as chief administrative officer at the Trinity Bettendorf campus of Trinity Regional Health System in the Quad Cities.
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Craft Sale Vendors Needed
Friday, 13 August 2010
The Allen College Alumni Association invites craft vendors to register for its 2010 Alumni Craft and Bake Sale.
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Iowa Health System, Parent Organization of Allen Hospital, Honored as 2010 Most Wired
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Iowa Health System, parent organization of Allen Hospital, has been recognized as one of the nation’s “Most Improved,” according to the results of the 2010 Most Wired Survey released in the July issue of Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
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Rural New Hampton Resident Libby Abbas Receives Full-Tuition Rural Medicine Scholarship
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Libby Abbas, a rural New Hampton resident, was awarded one of six full-tuition scholarships to Des Moines University (DMU) through the Rural Medicine Educational Pathway (RMEP). The RMEP program prepares students to serve rural, underserved areas in Iowa. With her connection to rural Iowa, Abbas knew it was the program for her. “I have seen firsthand the importance of physicians in small towns,” she said.
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Allen Hospital Part of One of Best-Performing Health Care Systems in U.S.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Allen Hospital and its parent organization, Iowa Health System, are among the top health care systems in the nation. The ranking is based on clinical quality and efficiency, according to results of Thomson Reuter’s 100 Top Hospitals: Health System Benchmarks Study. All health systems in the United States with two or more short-term, general, non-federal hospitals – a total of 255 – were assessed for the annual study.
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Allen Gynecologist Earns da Vinci Surgery Certification
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Dr. Bill Kaaki with Allen OB/GYN has earned certification to train other gynecologists to perform surgeries with the da Vinci® Surgical System.
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Four Sets of Twins Arrive at Allen
Friday, 21 May 2010
Four sets of twins at the Allen Birthing Center were joined by a fifth set on Friday, May 21.
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Allen Foundation Announces Grants Manager
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Brande Orr has been named grants manager for Allen Foundation.
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Allen Chief Operating Officer to Serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer
Monday, 10 May 2010
Allen Health System chief operating officer Sara Poling will serve as interim CEO beginning June 1. She will serve in this capacity during the search for a permanent replacement for Richard A. Seidler, president and CEO of Allen Health System since 1998.
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Allen President Rick Seidler Named President, CEO of Trinity Regional Health System in Quad Cities
Friday, 16 April 2010
Richard A. Seidler, president and CEO of Allen Health System in Waterloo, has been appointed president and CEO of Trinity Regional Health System in the Quad Cities effective June 1, 2010.
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Danielson Receives Health Education Center Award
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Iowa State Senator Jeff Danielson is the first recipient of the “Iowa AHEC Service Award,” presented April 6, at Allen Hospital, in celebration of National Area Health Education (AHEC) Center Week.
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2009 Allen Accomplishments
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Building a better Allen for you.
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Allen's DeVries is a Hero Among Us
Friday, 26 March 2010
Allen Hospital nurse Angie DeVries of Cedar Falls was awarded the honor of medical hero at the annual Heroes Among Us banquet in Cedar Falls. DeVries, an infection control specialist at Allen, was recognized for coming to the aid of a boy injured when a car crashed into a tree in her neighborhood.
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First Da Vinci® Robotic Surgeries in Cedar Valley Introduced at Allen
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Allen Hospital Brings Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Closer to Patients February 8, 2010, Allen Hospital became the first in the Cedar Valley to introduce minimally invasive robotic surgeries. Dr. Bill Kaaki of Allen OB/GYN used Allen’s new da Vinci® Surgical System to perform both a hysterectomy and an oophorectomy, a procedure to remove ovaries.
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