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Thanks to the quick response of Portneuf Medical Center’s trauma program, 15-year-old Dylan Anderson is back where he belongs—on the basketball court. On October 17, 2014, Dylan, a high school student from Pocatello, Idaho, was on his way out of Holt Arena after watching a football game when he fell approximately eight feet onto a…

BY JOURNAL STAFF Idaho State Journal article POCATELLO — The Wound Center at Portneuf Medical Center was recognized for clinical excellence for the fourth year in a row, and the application of hyperbaric treatment continues to grow because, as Kaye Hunter of Pocatello can attest, it works. Hunter is diabetic, and she received hyperbaric treatment to…

Portneuf Medical Center is pleased to announce that we are partnering with a new air ambulance provider on April 1, 2015. We have contracted with Air Methods, an air ambulance service based in Englewood, CO. At present, they have more than 300 bases of operations serving 48 states; including service to both Eastern Idaho Regional…

It’s time for Idaho lawmakers to consider a unique health care plan to increase the quality and efficiency of the care most Idahoans receive, as well as expand health care coverage to 103,000 Idahoans working and living at the poverty line, including 3,800 veterans and their spouses. If implemented, Healthy Idaho saves our state $173 million which…

Idaho State Journal/Michael H. O’Donnell – November 30, 2014  POCATELLO — Donald Best, 68, of Blackfoot could care less that he made medical history in Idaho last Thursday when he received a new aortic valve manufactured by Medtronic. He’s just happy to be feeling well again. And Portneuf Medical Center’s chief heart surgeon, Dr. Jacob…

Portneuf Medical Center was ranked the best hospital in Eastern Idaho by a national magazine and our joint commission scores gave us a national safety and quality award that was one of the highest in the country. In fact, PMC was the only hospital in Eastern Idaho to receive an award for quality and safety.…

Local News 8 – November 18, 2014  POCATELLO, Idaho – On Tuesday afternoon, the Portneuf Medical Center’s lobby was packed full of people, not patients, waiting to hear the hospital’s big announcement. Hospital administrators, staff members, and physicians lined the room to announce the joint hospital commission has awarded Portneuf the Top Performer in Key…

Idaho State Journal – Tuesday, November 18, 2014  POCATELLO — Doctors, nurses, support staff and administrators filled the lobby of Portneuf Medical Center Tuesday morning to hear PMC’s Chief Executive Officer Dan Ordyna share the news that the hospital has been recognized by The Joint Commission as a top performer for 2013. “We have been…

KPVI News 6 – Tuesday, November 18, 2014  On Tuesday officials at Portneuf Medical Center announced the hospital received an award saved for the best hospitals in the country. The Joint Commission awarded Portneuf with its Top Performer on Key Quality Measures. Portneuf Medical Center is now one of just 1,200 hospitals in the country…