Surviving Breast Cancer: McKenzie Jacobson Shares Her Story Delta, CO (June 27, 2023) – When you go in for your first routine mammogram, you expect to get a call back about your results, but you don’t expect to be hit with the news that you have cancer when you’re so young. For McKenzie Jacobson, that was her reality when she was diagnosed …
Registration is open for Delta Health Blood Draws and Health Fair
Delta, CO (June 23, 2023) – Registration is now open for the Delta Health Blood Draws and Health Fair happening on August 8th – 11th by going online to https://my.itstartswithme.com/HealthFair/1811523. Appointments are required, but walk-ins are welcome during the Health Fair on Friday, August 11. This year the blood draws are being held in three locations at Cedaredge, Hotchkiss, and Delta. August 8 …
Delta Health Recognizes Extraordinary Nurses With DAISY Award
Delta Health Recognizes Extraordinary Nurses With DAISY Award Delta, CO (May 23, 2023) – Twenty-eight nurses at Delta Health were honored with nominations for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ® to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every single day. This quarter’s DAISY nominees were nurses: Connie Hall, Robert Imhoff, Anna Wiltse, Dani Jones, Joanna Godwin, …
Davis Walton takes a Seat and Welcomes Back Soper to Delta Health’s Board of Directors
Delta, CO (May 17, 2023) – The Delta Health Board of Directors welcomed and swore in its newest member, Davis Walton, during Monday night’s meeting. Matt Soper will also be serving his second term on the board. Walton brings vast experience as a former Administrator at Singing River Hospital in Mississippi as well as a former Chief Executive Officer and …
Delta Health Hosts 13th Annual Western Slope Trauma Conference
Delta Health hosts 13th Annual Western Slope Trauma Conference Delta, CO (May 16, 2023) – Delta Health hosted the 13th Annual Western Slope Trauma Conference on May 4 and May 5 to provide vital knowledge and skills for emergency service providers in Colorado. The conference allows our community and regional partners access to learn about different educational topics primarily trauma related. The first …
Breathing Easier with Asthma
Breathing Easier with Asthma Delta, CO (May 3, 2023) – It was a typical weekend for Sharon and Eric Pederson when Sharon suddenly felt like she wasn’t getting enough air in her lungs. That Monday she made a doctor’s appointment and learned that her oxygen level was dangerously low. Sharon was immediately sent to the hospital and went home that …
Delta Health on the Right Track
Delta Health on the Right Track Delta, CO (April 4, 2023) – Last Friday the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) advanced Delta Health’s April and May 2023 Colorado Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability Enterprise, or CHASE, payments totaling $653,060. CHASE payments are monies received each month to help offset the losses experienced on Delta Health’s Medicaid payments. These are …
Delta Health Urology Announces New Treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence
Delta Health Urology Announces New Treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence Delta, CO (February 21, 2023) – 1 in 3 women at some point in their lives experience a common condition called Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), which is when struggles with bladder leakage can occur during physical activities such as coughing, sneezing, laughing, or exercise. This condition is caused by a weakness …
Delta Health Recognizes Extraordinary Nurses with DAISY Award
Delta Health Recognizes Extraordinary Nurses with DAISY Award Delta, CO (February 14, 2023) – Nineteen nurses at Delta Health were honored with nominations for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ® to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every single day. This quarter’s DAISY nominees were: Amber Gillenwater, RN, Vallerie Bucani, RN, Susan Anderson, RN, Anna Wiltse, RN, …
Delta Health Receives the First Premium PET/CT Scanner on the Western Slope
Delta Health Receives the First Premium PET/CT Scanner on the Western Slope Delta, CO (January 13, 2022) –Delta Health is excited to announce the arrival of the Cartesion Prime Digital PET/CT system by Cannon Medical Systems USA Inc. The Cartesion Prime help clinicians produce high-quality images consistently and routinely, paving the way for improved image quality, the ability to better …