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Mid-week doctor: Stay at home nursing

It is less restrictive than it sounds
Posted by Fred Steiner on July 7, 2020 - 4:26pm

By Jenna Cotterman MOT, OTR/L, COQS
Home Health Therapy Manager
Bridge Home Health & Hospice

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, being able to stay at home to receive nursing care and therapy services may be a newer thought to some.

Many aging individuals aren’t aware of the insurance benefits they already have that include in-home care. Those with Medicare as their primary insurance are typically covered 100 percent for home care services, as long as certain criteria are met.

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Weekend doctor: What is a forensic nurse?

Eleven active forensic nurses serve victims of violence in Hancock and Allen County hospitals
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 20, 2020 - 6:30am

By Mindy Lause, RN
Blanchard Valley Health System
Emergency Department

With social justice issues like human trafficking, sexual assault and intimate partner violence in the media, one might ask: “What is a forensic nurse?”

A forensic nurse is a registered nurse who blends the holistic care of nursing to the body, mind and spirit—to include principles from the law, medicine and science.

A forensic patient is an individual who has a healthcare issue and intersects with the legal system.

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BVHS corporate PR and Marketing wins three national awards

All communications materials receiving awards were conceptualized, written, developed and printed by the team.
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 19, 2020 - 10:29am

The Corporate Public Relations & Marketing Department at Blanchard Valley Health System has been named the winner of three national awards for their Mayo Clinic Care Network campaign.

These awards include a Bronze Aster Award, a Silver Telly Award and an Award of Distinction.

“We are elated to learn that our team received these awards for our work on the Mayo Clinic Care Network campaign,” shared Amy J. Leach, director of Corporate PR & Marketing.

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Weekend doctor: Osteoporosis - What is it?

Who is at risk? How can it be prevented?
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 13, 2020 - 6:41am

By Leah Eiden, MD
Family Medicine
Bluffton Primary Care
If anyone has ever told you to “Go out there and break a leg,” hopefully you didn’t think they were advising you to fall and fracture, but realized they were using an idiom to wish you good luck during a performance.

Your family doctor does not want you to break a leg, hip or any of your bones. In fact, we would like to help you prevent fractures if at all possible. Thus, our interest in osteoporosis.

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Bluffton Hospital to allow one visitor for most patients

Also effective for Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay
Posted by Fred Steiner on June 7, 2020 - 3:54pm

Effective June 3, Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS), including Bluffton Hospital, will allow one visitor at a time for most patients. Daily visitation hours will be from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

One designated visitor, age 16 or older, will be permitted to accompany inpatients at all BVHS locations as well as accompany patients to clinic appointments. 

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Bluffton Hospital births in May

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 2, 2020 - 9:04am

Here is the list of babies born in Bluffton Hospital in May:

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