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BVRMC Thanks Donors at Life Saver Reception

Amber Chrischilles | May 19th, 2023

The Buena Vista Regional Healthcare Foundation held a Life Saver Reception May 15 to thank donors and demonstrate the life-saving equipment purchased through the Foundation’s annual Life Saver Campaign last…read more

Get a Colonoscopy for Yourself, Your Family and Your Friends

Amber Chrischilles | March 6th, 2023

After a colonoscopy revealed a tumor about the size of a golf ball in his colon, Alex Kazos from Storm Lake was thankful he didn’t put off getting a colonoscopy…read more

BVRMC Nurse Receives 2023 Great Iowa Nurses Award

Amber Chrischilles | February 8th, 2023

  Buena Vista Regional Medical Center’s Sarah Thompson, Director of Medical/Surgical/ICU, has been awarded a 2023 Great Iowa Nurses Award. Seventy-seven nurses from throughout Iowa have been recognized as 2023…read more

Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Receives Performance Leadership Award for Patient Perspective

Amber Chrischilles | January 17th, 2023

Buena Vista Regional Medical Center has been recognized with a 2022 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Patient Perspective. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership…read more

New Art Featured at BVRMC

Amber Chrischilles | January 2nd, 2023

Marilyn Tamm-Schmitt Fonda, Iowa Biography Fonda photographer, Marilyn Tamm-Schmitt, has a passion for nature photography stemming from her childhood love of all natural beauty. During her over 30 year career…read more

BVRMC Receives the 2023 Women’s Choice Award® as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Obstetrics Five Years in a Row

Elissa Doebel | December 29th, 2022

Buena Vista Regional Medical Center has been named as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Obstetrics by the Women’s Choice Award® for the fifth consecutive year. According to the Women’s…read more

BVRMC’s AWARE Provides Gift to Patients Fighting Cancer

Amber Chrischilles | December 19th, 2022

Holiday gifts from BVRMC’s AWARE committee were given to patients fighting cancer this December. Phil Meyer, a patient fighting cancer and receiving treatments in BVRMC’s Oncology & Infusion Center, expressed…read more

BVRMC Receives the 2023 Women’s Choice Award® as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Patient Experience

Amber Chrischilles | December 13th, 2022

Buena Vista Regional Medical Center has been named one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Patient Experience by the Women’s Choice Award®. The award signifies that BVRMC has been ranked…read more

BVRMC Now Accepting Nursing Scholarship Applications

Amber Chrischilles | December 9th, 2022

The Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Nursing Scholarship Committee is accepting scholarship applications until March 31 for the 2023-2024 academic year. The annual scholarship award is $1,000. Since its inception…read more

First Patient at BVRMC to Use Ultrasound Technology to Insert I.V.

Amber Chrischilles | December 8th, 2022

Lance Bellinghausen, BVRMC Oncology & Infusion Center patient, was excited to be the first patient at BVRMC to use a new tool to start his I.V. With the use of…read more