Buchanan County Health Center will offer a Pre-Diabetes Information and Support Group on Wednesday, November 5, beginning at 5 p.m. in the meeting room at the hospital. If your fasting blood glucose is from 100 to 125 or your A1c is 5.7 to 6.4% you have Pre-Diabetes. Diabetes has become an epidemic in the United… Read More

The Buchanan County Health Center contributed $2300.38 towards the total raised of $100,000.00 at the event held Saturday at the RiverLoop Amphitheatre  in Waterloo. Walkers included Marty Ciesielski, Ericka Pollock, Mary Reed, Dodie Henningsen, Dianne Hepke and Cathy Jo Breeden. Read More

The Wellness Center at the Buchanan County Health Center will be offering American Heart Association Health Care Provider Initial Certification Courseson: Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. The course is designed to provide a wide variety of healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use… Read More

The Buchanan County Health Center Walk to End Alzheimer’s Team is sponsoring a Raffle to award this beautiful quilt made by Independence artist Deb Hinde. Raffle tickets, on sale until September 27, are $1 each or 6 for $5. Tickets are available at the BCHC Switchboard or from any BCHC Walk to End Alzheimer’s Team… Read More

Buchanan County Health Center Laboratory Technicians Marcy Zimmerly and Mariah Bell were very excited this morning to get their new microscope up and running. The new microscope replaces a 1970s model that stopped working earlier this summer. Thank you to Weland Labs for providing a replacement model in the interim.  “We will use this for… Read More

 The Buchanan County Health Center will hold a Walk to End Alzheimer’s Vendor’s Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 3-6 p.m. in Meeting Room A. A portion of proceeds will benefit the BCHC Walk to End Alzheimer’s Team! Those vendors participating include:   Anne McMillan , BCHC board member, – Pampered Chef Raychal Koob, BCHC… Read More

Buchanan County Health Center recently unveiled  a new patient portal, MyHealth. The portal is available to all registered BCHC patients through the website www.bchealth.org. MyHealth provides patients and their families with access to their health information online at any time and from almost anywhere. The patient portal will allow you to: Pre-register for your visit… Read More

Congratulations to the Buchanan County Health Center’s Radiology Department!  The Radiology Department passed the US FDA’s annual MQSA (Mammography Quality Standards Act) inspection with flying colors. Inspectors found no deficiencies during its recent inspection. This is the 10th consecutive year BCHC has earned this designation. Congress enacted MQSA in 1992 to ensure that all women… Read More