News

July 13, 2018

Identifying Diseases Faster

  As part of our ongoing effort to offer patients in southeast Idaho the most cutting-edge medical technology available, we recently acquired a...

July 13, 2018

Portneuf Medical Center Celebrates 100th TAVR

  In 2015, our cardiovascular team performed a historic valve replacement, the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), on a 76-year-old...

June 26, 2018

Local Firefighter Relies on Portneuf Medical Group for Hernia Treatment

Randy Anderson Early this past March, Randy Anderson noticed a lump under his skin in his abdomen area. He had his suspicion of what it was. “I...

June 25, 2018

New Screening Guidelines for Colon Cancer

  The American Cancer Society released new screening guidelines for adults of average risk of developing colon cancer. The new recommended age is...

April 27, 2018

National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

Although you may never see them, the clinical staff who work in our laboratory are fighting on the front lines of medicine.  They may be the first...

April 9, 2018

Patient-Centered Medical Home

In order to provide comprehensive and collaborative medical care to patients, with the goal of obtaining maximal health outcomes, Portneuf Primary...

March 27, 2018

Celebrate Doctors' Day

As the newly appointed chief medical officer at Portneuf Medical Center, this is my first chance to celebrate all of the physicians who give of...

March 20, 2018

Paying It Forward

[caption id="attachment_16968" align="alignnone" width="400"] The Mickelsen family with Portneuf Medical Staff[/caption] Paying It Forward...

March 19, 2018

Free Seminar on Colon Cancer Awareness

Medically reviewed by: Judith Csanky, MD Approximately 140,000 people are diagnosed with colon cancer in the U.S. and over 50,000 people die from...

March 8, 2018

Congratulations to DAISY Winner Q2 2017 – Eric Whiteside, RN, ICU,

Eric Whiteside, works in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and is our DAISY Award winner for Quarter 2, 2017. Eric was nominated by a patient. The nomination...