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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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Bluffton Hospital cardiopulmonary receives additional 3 year accreditation

From Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC)
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 31, 2020 - 5:12pm

Bluffton Hospital cardiopulmonary department has received an additional three-year term of accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in Echocardiography in the area of Adult Transthoracic.

This accreditation demonstrates the hospital’s ongoing commitment to providing quality patient care in echocardiography.

Echocardiography, or echo, is used to assess different areas of the heart and can detect heart disease or signs of serious conditions. 

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Mid-week doctor: A couple reminders about hand hygiene

When practicing hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette, you are not only protecting yourself, you are taking measures to protect others
Posted by Fred Steiner on May 27, 2020 - 6:43am

By Colleen Abrams, Infections Preventionist
Blanchard Valley Health System
Proper hand hygiene is the number one way to prevent the spread of infection, any time of the year. This is particularly important during winter months.

According to the Ohio Department of Health, this flu season alone, there have been over 5,400 influenza-related hospitalizations in Ohio. You can take measures to prevent illness at any time of the year by taking the following minimum measures every day:

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