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  • Energage Names Monroe County Hospital & Clinics a Winner of the 2024 Top Workplaces USA

     Albia, IA, March 25, 2024 Monroe County Hospital & Clinics has announced it has earned the 2024 Top Workplaces USA award, issued by Energage, a purpose-driven organization that develops solutions to build and brand Top Workplaces. The Top Workplaces program has a 15-year history of surveying more than 20 million employees and recognizing the top… Read more »

  • Monroe County Hospital & Clinics Recognized for Performance Leadership by The Chartis Center for Rural Health

     Albia, IA, November 17, 2023 – As part of National Rural Health Day, Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) today announced it has been recognized with a 2023 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Quality and Patient Perspective. Compiled by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards honor top quartile performance (i.e.,… Read more »

  • Monroe County Hospital & Clinics – An Eighth Year Recipient of the Top Workplace Award

    Monroe County Hospital & Clinics – An Eighth Year Recipient of the Top Workplace Award Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) has been named a Top Workplace by the Des Moines Register for the 8th year in a row! MCHC placed 5th out of the 55 mid-sized companies for top workplaces. The list is based… Read more »

  • Monroe County Hospital & Clinics Earns National Recognition as an Employer of Choice!

    Albia, Iowa, July 12, 2023 – Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) announced today that it is a 2023 National Healthcare Industry Top Workplace winner, ranking 15th place! Energage, a purpose-driven organization that builds and brands employers of choice, determines the awards. The Top Workplaces program has a 17-year history of surveying and celebrating people-first… Read more »

  • Becker’s Hospital Review and Iowa Hospital Association Recognize Veronica Fuhs for Hospital Success

    Albia, Iowa, February 14, 2023 – Rural hospitals are critical to the success of the U.S. healthcare system to expand access to care in remote areas. CEOs at the helm of these important community institutions have many responsibilities to make sure their hospitals thrive. Eighty executives across the United States were selected putting their heart… Read more »

  • USDA Awards $8.4 Million in Grants to Rural Iowa Hospitals in 12 Counties to Improve Health Care for Iowans

    State Director Greenfield announces Emergency Rural Health Care Grants for facilities in Calhoun, Clayton, Delaware, Hamilton, Humboldt, Mahaska, Mitchell, Monroe, Page, Poweshiek, Sioux, and Wright counties GRINNELL, Iowa, Nov. 17, 2022 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director in Iowa Theresa Greenfield today announced that USDA is awarding $8,464,200 in grants for… Read more »

  • MCHC Mammography Program Passes Annual Inspection

    MCHC Mammography program passes annual inspection Albia, Iowa, December 15, 2022 – According to the American College of Radiology, breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among American women. Women at age of 40 and higher should receive a mammogram every year. Recently, an annual mammography inspection was completed at MCHC by the… Read more »

  • Des Moines Register names Monroe County Hospital & Clinics a winner of the Iowa Top Workplaces 2022 award

    Albia, Iowa, October 5, 2022 – Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) has been named a Top Workplace by the Des Moines Register for the 7th year in a row! MCHC placed 10th out of the 55 mid-sized companies for top workplaces. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey… Read more »

  • Monroe County Hospital & Clinics’ Angela Freeman receives the 2022 IAHQ Outstanding Iowa Quality Professional Award

    Albia, IA, April 18, 2022 – Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) is thrilled to announce that Angela Freeman, MHA/ED, CPHQ, Director of Quality, has been selected as the winner of the 2022 Outstanding Iowa Quality Professional Award presented by the Iowa Association for Healthcare Quality (IAHQ). “I am honored and humbled to be recognized… Read more »

  • Monroe County Hospital & Clinics Visitor Restrictions Lifted for COVID-Negative Patients

    Albia, IA, April 12, 2022 – Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) has taken appropriate steps to ensure the safety of our patients and staff, including limiting patient visitors when necessary. With community transmission slowing, MCHC has lifted visitor restrictions for COVID-negative patients. COVID-positive patients will remain under… Read more »

  • Monroe County Hospital & Clinics Revised COVID-19 Visitor Restrictions

    Albia, IA, March 9, 2022 – Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) is committed to the safety of our patients, visitors, colleagues, physicians, and the communities we serve. Visitor restrictions are updated as needed to help protect the safety of patients, colleagues, and community. Effective March 9, 2022, patients are allowed up to two (2)… Read more »

  • Veronica Fuhs Recognized Nationally as Rural Hospital CEO to Know

    Clive, Iowa; February 25, 2022 – MercyOne is proud to share three CEOs of MercyOne member hospitals are being recognized as 67 rural hospital CEOs to know by Becker’s Hospital Review. MercyOne CEOs earning recognition include: Dar Elbert of Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona has been with the hospital since 1987. As Chief Nursing… Read more »

  • Suspend Wellness Labs

    Tuesday, December 14, 2021, Albia, IA – Due to supply issues, Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) has suspended wellness labs, effective immediately.  Wellness labs have been offered to patients as a walk-in service with no provider order needed.  All labs ordered by a physician or nurse practitioner can be performed at this time. Unfortunately,… Read more »

  • SHIIP Press Release
    The Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) is a free, objective, and confidential service offered through the State of Iowa to help people sort through confusing information about Medicare and health insurance. Trained and state-certified volunteer counselors assist thousands of Iowans annually, helping them save millions of dollars. These counselors can also upon request, assist... Read more »
  • Monroe County Health Care Foundation Glow Ball Tournament was a SUCCESS! Save-the-Date for 10/8/2022!

    Albia, Iowa, October 21, 2021 – The Monroe County Health Care (MCHC) Foundation held their first Glow Ball Tournament on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at the Albia Golf & Country Club. This event was very well attended, sponsored and was an overall success! This event included nine daytime holes, supper catered by Schroeder Grill, a… Read more »

  • Des Moines Register names Monroe County Hospital & Clinics a winner of The Iowa Top Workplaces 2021 Award

    Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) has been awarded as the third Top Workplace 2021 by Iowa Top Workplaces in the mid-sized business category. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The anonymous survey uniquely measures 15 culture drivers that are… Read more »

  • COVID-19 Visitor Restrictions in Place

    Albia, IA, September 21, 2021 – Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) is committed to the safety of our patients, visitors, colleagues, physicians, and the communities we serve. Visitor restrictions are updated as needed to help protect the safety of patients, colleagues, and community. Effective September 21, 2021 patients are allowed up to one (1)… Read more »

  • Monroe County Hospital & Clinics Welcomes Dr. Joshua Harris

    Albia, IA – Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) is pleased to announce that Joshua Harris, DO, will begin his medical practice at Monroe County Hospital Medical Clinic in late August 2021. Dr. Harris is board certified in family medicine. Dr. Harris completed his undergraduate studies at South Dakota State University, Spearfish, SD with a… Read more »

  • COVID-19 Reminders & Protocols

    Albia, IA – Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) remains committed to protecting the health, safety and well-being of health care personnel, patients, and communities served. Currently, Monroe County is sitting with the highest positivity rate in the State of Iowa. The percent positive rate is the percentage of all COVID-19 tests performed in the… Read more »

  • Monroe County Hospital & Clinics Named Top Critical Access Hospital

    Monroe County Hospital & Clinics Named Top Critical Access Hospital (May 4, 2021) For the second consecutive year in a row, Monroe County Hospital & Clinics (MCHC) in Albia, IA was recently named one of the top 20 critical access hospitals (CAHs) for best practices in patient satisfaction in the country. One of only three… Read more »

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