Dan Grigg, CEO Harney County Health District I recently asked my sister, who lives in Wyoming, about her rural hospital. Immediately she responded “I would never go there.” When I asked why, she responded “I just...
HDH’s Pain Clinic helps patients with pain that has outlasted the normal healing period following an injury or those that are living with pain related to conditions which have not improved with physical therapy or...
Undergraduate: BS, University of Portland, Portland, Ore. Medical School: DO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa. Residency: Dermatology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas Fellowship: Mohs Surgery – Mystic Valley Dermatology, Melanoma...
[caption id="attachment_20405" align="alignright" width="514"] Darbie Kemper, RN, Surgery/Infusion Nurse[/caption] Darbie has been a nurse at Harney District Hospital since 2005. Her current position is in the surgery department and infusion clinic. “I’ve known I wanted to be...
Harney District Hospital (HDH) announced the arrival of a new physician last fall, Dr. Chris Richardson. Richardson is a Doctor of Osteopathy (DO), specializing in internal medicine and pediatrics. [caption id="attachment_20188" align="alignright" width="237"] Dr. Chris Richardson,...
Every once in a while, I receive telephone calls from former patients asking about a survey they have received and wanting to know if it is legitimate and if we really care about their opinion....
Harney District Hospital and Allevant Solutions Developing Transitional Care Program At some point, many of us have to spend time in the hospital for an illness or surgery. While you can get many of your health...
This October, Harney District Hospital (HDH) is proud to participate in National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most common kind of cancer in women after skin cancer, and about one in eight...
Around the start of 2018, Harney District Hospital (HDH) acquired some new advanced laboratory technology called the Cepheid GeneXpert System. The technology allows for more lab tests to be done on site and decreases wait...
[caption id="attachment_19860" align="alignright" width="425"] Amy Dobson (L) visits with Outreach Coordinator Julia Clark.[/caption] The National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (NCBDE) announced that Amy Dobson, outreach and education manager and nutritional therapist at Harney District Hospital...