Prescription Assitance

Prescription Assistance

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Do you need assistance affording your prescriptions? Our Health Educator may be able to assist you! You may qualify if you are:

  • Uninsured
  • Underinsured
  • Participate in Medicare Part D
  • Take prescriptions not covered by your insurance
  • Have high deductibles and copays.

We will work together to determine your eligibility and assist you in receiving your medications at little to no cost to you! Call Tracy Barden at 245-7620 to schedule an appointment or for more information

Patients are our Family – Patient Testimonial

Patients are our Family – Patient Testimonial

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Merry Aschinger was treated in BCH’s Swing Bed Program and credits it and the staff for her progress. Swing beds are used as a way for patients to be given ongoing care without changing their location, providing them an opportunity to continue to heal comfortably.

“I found people who loved their work, their fellow staff members and their patients. The people who care for me were the best part of my swing bed stay. The staff was wonderful. I had a good time and didn’t even realize how much they were helping. I chose to use the Swing Bed Program for my therapy because it was convenient. I still received hospital care, the monitoring any my prescriptions, but the Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist were in control of my rehab. So now, today, I am going home with the tools and skills I need to continue to improve. I can wholeheartedly recommend this program to anyone who needs it; you will receive the tools you need, support you need and the encouragement you need.”

Merry Aschinger
BCH Swing Bed Patient

For more information regarding this program, please contact Staci or Mary in Care Management at (208) 245-7628.

Photo credit: Devon Barta, Gazette Record

Chemotherapy & Outpatient Infusion Services

Chemotherapy & Outpatient Infusion Services

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Benewah Community Hospital offers Chemotherapy & Outpatient Infusion services right here in St. Maries. Debbie Pritchard, RN and Janis Worch, RN who share a combined 46 years of nursing experience provide care for you in your local community.

Our Chemotherapy and Outpatient Department provides a warm and friendly place for Chemotherapy treatments, and a wide variety of conditions including:

Partial List of Conditions

  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • CIDP
  • Crohn’s Disease
  • Immune Deficiency
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Infectious Disease
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Lupus

Referrals from outside Physicians are accepted! For more information, please call (208) 245-7670 or talk with your Provider. *Most insurances accepted upon pre-authorization. *

Photo credit: Devon Barta, The Gazette Record

Benewah Community Hospital Receives New Quality Based Accreditation from DNV GL Healthcare.

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St. Maries, ID, September 29, 2016 — Benewah Community Hospital announces the successful completion of its new accreditation process from DNV GL – Healthcare.

By earning accreditation, BCH has demonstrated it meets or exceeds patient safety standards set forth by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. DNV GL’s accreditation program is the only one to integrate the ISO 9001 Quality Management System with the Medicare Conditions of Participation.

BCH has three years from the date of its accreditation to achieve compliance with ISO 9001, the world’s most trusted quality management system used by performance-driven organizations around the world to advance their quality and sustainability objectives.

“We have taken an entirely different approach to accreditation, and hospitals are really responding,” says DNV GL – Healthcare CEO Patrick Horine. “Since accreditation is a must-have credential for just about every hospital in this country, why not make it more valuable, and get more out of it? That’s where ISO 9001 comes into play, and turns the typical get-your-ticket-punched accreditation exercise into a quality transformation.”

DNV GL’s accreditation program, called NIAHO® (Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations), involves annual hospital surveys – instead of every three years – and encourages hospitals to openly share information across departments and to discover improvements in clinical workflows and safety protocols.

About DNV GL – Healthcare

DNV GL is a world-leading certification body. We help businesses assure the performance of their organizations, products, people, facilities and supply chains through certification, verification, assessment, and training services.

Within healthcare, we help our customers achieve excellence by improving quality and patient safety through hospital accreditation, managing infection risk, management system certification and training.

The DNV GL Group operates in more than 100 countries. Our 16,000 professionals are dedicated to helping our customers make the world safer, smarter and greener.

For more information about DNV GL hospital accreditation, visit www.dnvglhealthcare.com.

Flu Shots are NOW available!

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Flu Shots are NOW available!

No appointment required.

Please call St. Maries Family Medicine for more information

Health Education comes to BCH

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Jordon received her Bachelors of Science in Community Health with a minor in Communications from Eastern Washington University in 2013. She has been with BCH since May of 2015 and looks forward to continuing health education classes at the hospital. She is passionate about keeping communities healthy and preventing chronic diseases. She loves meeting new people in the community and helping those who are in need! If you want to learn more, please contact her at 245-7605.

Some of the Health Education services offered are:

  • Tobacco Cessation
  • Diabetes Prevention
  • Nutrition Education
  • Cardiac Education classes
  • Fall Prevention

***The National Diabetes Prevention Program will soon be launching**

Chemotherapy: Invaluable Service

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For Julian Gonzalez, Benewah Community Hospital’s Chemotherapy/Outpatient Infusion Program, co-coordinated by Registered Nurses Debbie Pritchard and Janis Worch, has been a Godsend. For years, Dr. Gonzalez would travel to Spokane for weekly treatments, while still working full-time. Now he says he receives high-quality, efficient care in the comfort of his hometown facility.

“The service is invaluable to the community, and you couldn’t have picked two better people to run it. They are extremely efficient, and they provide a warm environment. You feel very comfortable and at home here. They are attentive to your needs and offer a very good application of nursing techniques.”

In fact, Dr. Gonzales said, receiving chemotherapy treatments at Benewah Community Hospital is more than just convenient, it’s almost enjoyable.

“I don’t feel like I’m coming to see chemo nurses, I’m coming to see friends.”  

-Dr. Julian Gonzalez
St. Maries Resident

Pain Management Provider Joins BCH Specialty Clinic Dr. J. Sorin Ispirescu of Idaho Pain Clinic will begin seeing patients at Benewah Community Hospital in our Specialty Clinic to enable both organizations to provide exceptional pain management care for patients in St. Maries and the surrounding communities. Together, Idaho Pain Clinic and Benewah Community Hospital are dedicated to a very personalized and comprehensive approach to providing the most effective relief for chronic and acute forms of pain. Interventional Pain Specialist J. Sorin Ispirescu, MD of Idaho Pain Clinic specializes in treatment options including stem cell therapy, steroid injections, nerve blocks, platelet rich plasma treatments, trigger point injections, spinal cord stimulation and botox. These latest advancements in procedures oftentimes help patients avoid major surgery, long-term medication management and provide relief from debilitating pain caused by injury, cancer, or arthritis. Dr. Ispirescu is passionate about helping his patients experience relief from pain and improve quality of life. He addresses the patients’ needs on an individual basis, assessing lifestyle and incorporating a combination of therapies with a holistic approach, treating the whole person. “We are pleased and proud to be working with Benewah Community Hospital to provide state of the art comprehensive pain management services with the utmost care and compassion.” said Dr. J. Sorin Ispirescu. “By aligning the expertise of Idaho Pain Clinic with the impressive facility and infrastructure of Benewah Community Hospital, we are now able to provide the very best pain management care to the St. Maries community.” St. Maries residents seeking relief from chronic back, neck, arthritic or cancer pain can schedule an appointment with Dr. J. Sorin Ispirescu by calling (208) 263-9757. About Idaho Pain Clinic Idaho Pain Clinic is the premier pain management group in the Inland Northwest. Idaho Pain Clinic has locations in Sandpoint, ID, Deer Park and Newport, WA, and now St. Maries, ID. Dr. J. Sorin Ispirescu is dual board certified in Pain Management and Anesthesiology. He earned his doctorate of medicine in 1999 at Loma Linda University, School of Medicine. His residency and fellowship training took place alongside top experts in the field of medicine at University of California at San Diego. After having his own practice in El Centro, CA, he relocated to Sandpoint, ID in 2010. As founder of Idaho Pain Clinic and co-founder of Pain Clinic of Spokane, he began serving the Inland Northwest and has now partnered with Pinnacle Pain Center and Lynx Healthcare. For more information on services offered, please visit www.IdahoPainClinic.com. About Benewah Community Hospital Benewah Community Hospital has provided services to the area for over 50 years. Recognizing the importance of a healthy lifestyle, the providers and staff of Benewah Community Hospital focus on preventative healthcare and offer a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. Benewah Community Hospital is staffed with 3 Family Practice Providers, 5 Emergency Medicine Providers, 2 General Surgeons, 1 Orthopedic Surgeon, 1 Podiatrist, and employs one Physician’s Assistant and Family Nurse Practitioner. The Specialty Clinic offers a wide array of visiting Physicians and includes Cardiology, Nephrology, Oncology, OBGYN, ENT, Neurosurgery, and welcomes Pain Management. Visiting Surgeons include a Pediatric Dental Surgeon and an Ophthalmologist. By having all of these services, located in the small, rural town of St. Maries, Idaho, BCH is able to meet their mission statement: “Providing Excellence in Healthcare and Wellness Services.” For more information on services offered, please visit www.bchmed.org /our-services/

Pain Management Provider Joins BCH Specialty Clinic

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Pain Management Provider Joins BCH Specialty Clinic

Dr. J. Sorin Ispirescu of Idaho Pain Clinic will begin seeing patients at Benewah Community Hospital in our Specialty Clinic to enable both organizations to provide exceptional pain management care for patients in St. Maries and the surrounding communities. Together, Idaho Pain Clinic and Benewah Community Hospital are dedicated to a very personalized and comprehensive approach to providing the most effective relief for chronic and acute forms of pain.

Interventional Pain Specialist J. Sorin Ispirescu, MD of Idaho Pain Clinic specializes in treatment options including stem cell therapy, steroid injections, nerve blocks, platelet rich plasma treatments, trigger point injections, spinal cord stimulation and botox. These latest advancements in procedures oftentimes help patients avoid major surgery, long-term medication management and provide relief from debilitating pain caused by injury, cancer, or arthritis. Dr. Ispirescu is passionate about helping his patients experience relief from pain and improve quality of life. He addresses the patients’ needs on an individual basis, assessing lifestyle and incorporating a combination of therapies with a holistic approach, treating the whole person.

“We are pleased and proud to be working with Benewah Community Hospital to provide state of the art comprehensive pain management services with the utmost care and compassion.” said Dr. J. Sorin Ispirescu. “By aligning the expertise of Idaho Pain Clinic with the impressive facility and infrastructure of Benewah Community Hospital, we are now able to provide the very best pain management care to the St. Maries community.”

St. Maries residents seeking relief from chronic back, neck, arthritic or cancer pain can schedule an appointment with Dr. J. Sorin Ispirescu by calling (208) 263-9757.

About Idaho Pain Clinic

Idaho Pain Clinic is the premier pain management group in the Inland Northwest. Idaho Pain Clinic has locations in Sandpoint, ID, Deer Park and Newport, WA, and now St. Maries, ID. Dr. J. Sorin Ispirescu is dual board certified in Pain Management and Anesthesiology. He earned his doctorate of medicine in 1999 at Loma Linda University, School of Medicine. His residency and fellowship training took place alongside top experts in the field of medicine at University of California at San Diego. After having his own practice in El Centro, CA, he relocated to Sandpoint, ID in 2010. As founder of Idaho Pain Clinic and co-founder of Pain Clinic of Spokane, he began serving the Inland Northwest and has now partnered with Pinnacle Pain Center and Lynx Healthcare. For more information on services offered, please visit www.IdahoPainClinic.com.

About Benewah Community Hospital

Benewah Community Hospital has provided services to the area for over 50 years.   Recognizing the importance of a healthy lifestyle, the providers and staff of Benewah Community Hospital focus on preventative healthcare and offer a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. Benewah Community Hospital is staffed with 3 Family Practice Providers, 5 Emergency Medicine Providers, 2 General Surgeons, 1 Orthopedic Surgeon, 1 Podiatrist, and employs one Physician’s Assistant and Family Nurse Practitioner. The Specialty Clinic offers a wide array of visiting Physicians and includes Cardiology, Nephrology, Oncology, OBGYN, ENT, Neurosurgery, and welcomes Pain Management. Visiting Surgeons include a Pediatric Dental Surgeon and an Ophthalmologist. By having all of these services, located in the small, rural town of St. Maries, Idaho, BCH is able to meet their mission statement: “Providing Excellence in Healthcare and Wellness Services.” For more information on services offered, please visit www.bchmed.org /our-services/