BCHC COVID-19 Updates & Resources

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BCHC Welcomes Cedar Valley Center for Hearing to Specialty Services

Buchanan County Health Center is pleased to welcome Sieon Kim, AuD with Cedar Valley Center for Hearing to the BCHC Audiology Specialty Clinic.  The Cedar Valley Center for Hearing provides comprehensive care in the identification, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing disorders through evaluation and specific lifestyle needs.

Visiting the BCHC Specialty Clinic in Independence each […]

Lexington Estate January Newsletter

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BCHC Welcomes New Leadership in Clinical Education & Wound Care Departments

Buchanan County Health Center is pleased grow its leadership team by welcoming two new faces to the organization; Tracy Wilson, BSN, RN, CEN, SANE-A, Clinical Education Manager, and Kim Fuhrmeister, MHA; Wound Center Program Director.

Tracy Wilson, Clinical Education Manager, comes to BCHC with over 27 years of nursing experience. Most recently employed at Mercy […]

BCHC Welcomes Neurology Specialty Clinic

BCHC is pleased to welcome Ivo Bekavac, MD, PhD from Cedar Valley Neurology to the BCHC Specialty Clinic.  Beginning December 21st, Dr. Bekavac will visit the BCHC Specialty Clinic in Independence on the 1st and 3rd Monday afternoon of each month.

Dr. Bekavac comes to the BCHC Neurology Clinic with over 30 years of medical […]

Lexington Estate December Newsletter

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Dr. William Schmitt, DO to expand medical practice to BCHC Family Medicine – Oelwein

BCHC Family Medicine – Oelwein is pleased to welcome Dr. William Schmitt, DO to the family medicine team of providers.  Seeing patients at BCHC since 2018 in primary care, urgent care, and emergency settings, Dr. Schmitt will expand his practice to the Oelwein community by visiting BCHC Family Medicine – Oelwein on Thursday mornings from […]

BCHC Welcomes Gastroenterology to Oelwein Specialty Clinic

BCHC is pleased to welcome Moaz Sial, MD from Cedar Valley Digestive Health Center to the BCHC Oelwein Specialty Clinic, located at 2405 Rock Island Road.  Beginning in November, Dr. Sial will visit the BCHC Oelwein Specialty Clinic on the 4th Wednesday of each month, in addition to performing colonoscopies and endoscopies at BCHC in […]

A message from our CEO in response to COVID-19 11/4/20

It is hard to believe that we were introduced to the threat of COVID roughly eight months ago and all that has followed that has changed our lives.  Eight months is a long time for Iowans to fundamentally have their lives changed.  At the beginning, we did see huge changes in our society that resulted […]

Lexington Estate November 2020 Newsletter

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Medical Associates of BCHC Transitions to New Electronic Medical Record System

Medical Associates of BCHC is making a large transition from NexGen electronic medical record (EMR) system to Epic EMR.  This transition will allow for one chart to follow patients throughout the multiple areas in which they receive care at BCHC and all UnityPoint Health systems.  Epic is the preferred electronic medical record system nationwide.  To […]