News and Events

In response to being listed as one of four Missouri hospitals facing greater risk and to President Trump’s signing on July 4 of the federal budget reconciliation bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Bothwell Regional Health Center is addressing the impacts to rural health care. In June, top-ranking U.S. senators asked…

Bothwell Regional Health Center invites patients, family members and caregivers to apply to join its Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC), a group dedicated to improving patient care by integrating the perspectives of those who have firsthand experience with the health center’s services. The PFAC provides an opportunity for open communication between patients and hospital…

Bothwell Regional Health Center will offer a childcare education course for pre-teens on Saturday, Aug. 2.  Bothwell’s Safe Sitter class is for students in grades 6 through 8 to be safe when they’re home alone, watching younger siblings or babysitting. Students will learn indoor, outdoor, online and personal safety skills; child development and childcare routines,…

Bothwell Regional Health Center is offering a grief support group led by Chaplain Rob Ayers, a certified grief recovery specialist, to help individuals navigate loss and find comfort in a supportive community. The next eight-week session begins July 22 and meets from 6:30 to 9 pm each Tuesday at Bothwell Hospital. Grief is a personal…

For the fourth year, Bothwell Regional Health Center and Pettis County Ambulance District partnered to hold a Time Critical Diagnosis Summit for area medical professionals.  The event on June 10 was for emergency medical team members, nurses, physicians and health care providers who are involved in the immediate care of patients experiencing life-threatening conditions such…

Bothwell Wound Healing Center has earned the Center of Distinction award from Healogics®, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The center earned the award by achieving outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including a patient satisfaction rate above 92 percent and high wound healing rates. Christy Goalder, Wound Center director, said…

Levi Harris, DO, a third-year resident physician in the Bothwell-University of Missouri Rural Family Medicine Residency recently delivered presentations at two national organizations and had a case report published in a national medical journal.  Harris presented a case at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) on a patient who had experienced a blood clot…

Bothwell Regional Health Center recognized nominees and presented Nurse of the Year and Nursing Support Person of the Year awards on May 10 in recognition of National Nurses Week. National Nurses Week highlights the contributions of nurses from all over the world. Each year, Nurses Week begins on May 6 and ends on May 12,…

Bothwell Regional Health Center recently presented its latest DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses to Emma Stone. The DAISY Award is for patients and their families to nominate nurses who give outstanding, compassionate and skillful care. Stone is a Registered Nurse and works in the hospital’s Critical Care Unit (CCU); she was nominated by Bailey Poynter,…