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News Releases 2008
April
4/11/2008 Start Walking Treasure Valley! The American Heart Association’s National Start! Walking Day is April 16, 2008
4/10/08 St. Luke’s Hosts Community Open House and Health Fair To Celebrate Opening of New Medical Center in Eagle
4/8/08 St. Luke’s Hosts Ribbon Cutting and Media Open House For New Eagle Medical Center
March
3/31/08 April Is Child Abuse Prevention Month: Community Partners Join Forces to Raise Awareness about Child Abuse in Idaho Blue Ribbon Media Event Scheduled for April 1 at 1:30 p.m.
3/31/08 St. Luke’s, BSU promote alternative transportation
3/22/08 Steelheads Pink in the Rink Raises a Record $27,641 for St. Luke's and Breast Cancer
February
2/29/08 Annual Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Conference
2/28/08 Steelheads to Host Pink in the Rink
2/27/08 Teen Dating Violence: Train the Trainer Program Hosted by CARES
2/27/08 Marrow Donor Drive Slated for Friday, February 29
2/13/08 St. Luke's Magic Valley Community Health Improvement Fund Accepting Applications for Second Round Projects
2/11/08 IHOP Flips Free Pancakes For National Pancake Day
2/7/08 St. Luke's 21st Annual Flower Sale Set for February 14
January
1/31/08 St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation Scholarships
1/30/08 St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation Elects 2008 Officers, New Directors
1/23/08 "When Their Worlds Fall Apart"
1/23/08 4th Annual Modern Woodmen Race to Safety
1/16/08 Gooding County Memorial Hospital and St. Luke's Health System Sign Contract and Enter into Non-Profit Partnership
1/7/08 St. Luke's MSTI to Honor Danny Thompson Memorial Golf Tournament
1/4/08 New Asthma Education Classes Begin January 24, 2008
1/1/08 St. Luke's Magic Valley Welcomes 2008 New Year's Baby
News Releases 2007
December
12/28/07 St. Luke's Appoints Director of Business Development
12/21/07 Family Dollar Store Designates Angel Tree for CARES
12/21/07 Cub Scouts Donate Blankets to Neonatal Babies Tonight
12/20/07 Idaho WWAMI Mini-School offered at CSI
12/14/07 St. Luke’s Wood River Board of Directors Announce New Members
12/12/07 Institute Women's Association Donates Christmas Tree
12/10/07 St. Luke's to Present Luke Award to 2007 Recipients
12/4/07 Divine Grind Coffeehouse Benefits Safe Kids Magic Valley
November
11/30/07 Decoration and Toy Safety for the Holidays
11/29/07 Light up a Life Ceremony
11/29/07 Holiday Babies
11/15/07 Sawtooth Dental Group Donates to CARES
11/14/07 Governor Otter and Idaho Hospitals Announce Gifts to Idaho Meth Project
11/14/07 Delta Dental of Idaho Donates Hygiene Kits to St. Luke's CARES program
11/13/07 Boise Chamber Hosts the Sloan Awards for Workplace Flexibility
11/2/07 Air St. Luke's Transitions Into the Magic Valley
11/2/07 St. Luke's MSTI Receives Donation from The Human Bean
October
10/30/07 St. Luke's Recognized for Creating a Culture of Physical Activity and Health in the Workplace
10/29/07 Trick-or-Treat Safety Tips
10/22/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation Scholarships
10/22/07The Human Bean to Donate Proceeds to St. Luke's MSTI Breast Care Services
10/19/07 St. Luke's Recognizes Jim Everett for a Lifetime of Community Philanthropy
10/12/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Women's Center Celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month
10/11/07 St. Luke's Center for Breast Imaging Designated an ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
10/8/07 Super Colon Debut at the West YMCA
10/4/07 St. Luke's Meridian Announces New Director of Critical Care and Telemetry Unit
10/2/07 Safe Kids Magic Valley and FedEx Walk Children to School
10/2/07 Boise State and St. Luke's Children's Hospital Team Up to Host Tailgate Party for Hospitalized Kids
September
9/26/07 Safe Kids Treasure Valley and FedEx Will Safely Walk Children to School
9/18/07 Celebration 5K Run/Walk Road Closures
9/17/07 National Research Corporation Names St. Luke's Top Hospital
9/17/07 St. Luke's and Idaho Cardiology Associates Join Together in New Partnership
9/11/07 St. Luke's Boise Medical Center Combines Electronic Point of Care and Wireless to Automate State-Wide Home Care and Hospice Services
9/10/07 Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs Appoints New Member
9/7/07 St. Luke's Boise Medical Center Receives "Gotcha! Caught in the P2 Act" Award
9/5/07 Free Prostate Screenings
August
8/29/07 Hershey's Kissmobile to Visit St. Luke's Children's Hospital
8/27/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Community Health Improvement Fund - Accepting Applications
8/24/07 Twin Falls County Fair Health Screening and Awareness Booth
8/21/07 St. Luke's Debuts New Pediatric Operating Suites
8/13/07 Family Medicine Residency of Idaho Celebrates Opening of Expanded Clinic
8/13/07 From ZZZ's to A's: Healthy Sleep is Key for Back-to-School Success
8/9/07 Excellent Results Lead to National Recognition
July
7/31/07 Are You Tough Enough to Wear Pink?
7/27/07 Families Celebrate 25th Annual NICU Graduate Picnic
7/20/07 Two Starglight Fun Centers Dedicated to St. Luke's Children's Hospital; one from Hollywood Entertainment, one from Colgate-Palmolive and Albertsons
7/19/07 Survivorship Education for Quality Cancer Care
7/17/07 Heather Sproull Receives Certification in Pediatric Nutrition
7/11/07 New CEO Named for St. Luke's Magic Valley
7/5/07 St. Luke's Appoints New Members to Foundation Board of Directors
7/03/07 St. Luke's Community Health Improvement Fund Grant Application Process Now Open
7/02/07 Hot Cars - No Place for Kids
June
6/29/07 St. Luke's Selected to Participate in Two-Year Project to Imporve Patient Care
6/25/07 Safe Kids Magic Valley Announces Head Smart Bike Rodeo on June 30, 2007
6/25/07 Asthma Day Camp Encourages Kids To Have Fun While Managing Their Asthma
6/20/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley and Petsmart Host Pet Day Activities
6/20/07 St. Luke’s Magic Valley Health Foundation: 22nd Annual Jim Sinclair – Dr. Glenn A. Hoss Memorial Golf Tournament benefiting the Foundation healthcare programs for children of Magic Valley and northern Nevada
6/14/07 Volunteers Deliver Miracle Bears to Kids at St. Luke's Children's Hospital
6/6/07 School's Out! Pool Party Celebrates the Start of Summer and Educates Kids About the Importance of Pool Safety
6/6/07 St. Luke's Appoints New Members to Foundation Board of Directors
6/5/07 St. Luke's Kid for a Night Goes to Kindergarten
6/5/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center will Celebrate the Memory of Patricia Neale and her 50 Years of Service to the Magic Valley Community
6/4/07 St. Luke's Participates in Paint the Town for the 25th Year
6/1/07 Wal-mart Celebrates 20 Years of Partnership with Children's Miracle Network
May
5/30/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Maternal-Child Unit Hosts Benefactors Social
5/29/07 Brian Olson Golf Tournament Will Raise Money for Colorectal Education
5/29/07 Air St. Luke's to Provide Medical Air Transport Services in the Magic Valley
5/28/07 St. Luke's Receives Echocardiography and Vascular Laboratory Accreditation
5/24/07 Water Watcher Cards Can Help Save Lives: Child Drowning Deaths Increase 89% in Summer
5/21/07 St. Luke's Hosts Annual Emergency Medical Services Appreciation Breakfast
5/20/07 St. Luke's is Setting Examples for Other Hospitals Around the Nation
5/18/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Recognizes Magic Valley Paramedics During National EMS Week
5/18/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Announces Community Health Improvement Fund Recipients
5/15/07 St. Luke's Recognizes the Importance of Healthy Employees
5/11/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley is Breaking Ground on Our New Community Hospital
5/11/07 Patients Recognize St. Luke's for Exemplary Service
April
4/30/07 Safe Kids Week Focuses on Making it a Safe Kids Summer
(Safe Kids Summer Safety Rankings - Attachment A)
4/27/07 9th Annual Children's Miracle Network Archery Challenge
4/26/07 Safe Kids' Cinco de Mayo Safety Event
4/26/07 St. Luke's Appoints George Iliff to Hospital Board of Directors
4/20/07 Christina Connolly is Named Junior Volunteer of the Year
4/20/07 St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute Nampa Begins Treating Patients Using Advanced Dynamic Targeting IGRT
4/18/07 Pink Ribbon Celebrates First Year of 900 Women Mammography Campaign
4/17/07 Open House Celebration of Imaging Center and Women's Center: Two Services, One Convenient Location
4/12/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional To Go Tobacco Free Hospital Policy Will Take Effect January 1, 2008
4/12/07 State Farm Insurance Donates to Help Make it a Safe Kids Summer
4/11/07 Silver Sage Girl Scouts Donte to St. Luke's Magic Valley CARES
4/6/07 Girl Scouts Make Donations to Kids in Need
4/3/07 Art Exhibit Honoring Cancer Journeys On Display at St. Luke's MSTI Nampa
4/3/07 St. Luke's Boise/Meridian Introduces New Vice President of Nursing
March
3/30/07 Frey Meyer Donates to Help Make it a Safe Kids Summer
3/30/07 Easter Bunny to Visit St. Luke's Children's Hospital
3/29/07 Governor Otter to Sign Child Abuse Prevention Proclamation
3/21/07 Farm Bureau and St. Luke's Magic Valley Welcome the First Baby of Spring
3/6/07 Teen Dating Violence and Prevention Project
3/2/07 St. Luke's Hosts 50th Birthday Celebration for The Cat in the Hat
3/2/07 St. Luke's and Idaho Stampede Partner to Help Kids "Get Fit!"
3/1/07 St. Luke's Boise/Meridian Introduces New Chief Operating Officer
February
2/21/07 Ada County Paramedics and St. Luke's Team Up to Teach Kids About Safety
2/20/07 St. Luke's and Ada County Paramedics Host Launch Event for New Pediatric Injury Prevention Program
2/19/07 Steelheads Fans Show a Lot of Heart; Raise $12,750 for St. Luke's
2/19/07 IHOP Flips for Children's Miracle Network in Celebration of National Pancake Day
2/13/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Mini Health Fair Slated for February 24 at Magic Valley Mall
2/13/07 Safe Kids, Con Paulos, and CASA Host Safety Event Aimed at Magic Valley Young 'Tweens
2/12/07 Safe Kids Treasure Valley Holds Safety Fair at Chevrolet of Boise February 13
2/12/07 Steelheads Partner with St. Luke's for Saving Hearts
2/1/07 St. Luke's Staff to Participate in Wear Red Rally in Honor of National Wear Red Day
January
1/16/07 3rd Annual Race to Safety Slated for February 20 in Twin Falls
1/9/07 Blue Cross of Idaho Honors Hospitals For Improving Patient Safety and Health Care Quality
1/8/06 Idaho's Largest Health Care Provider, St. Luke's Health System, Selects eClinicalworks Unified EMR/PM Solution
1/8/07 St. Luke’s Wood River Volunteer Core is Sponsoring the Red Cross Blood Drive
1/4/07 Salt Lake City Federal Branch Names St. Luke's Ed Dahlberg New Director
1/3/07 St. Luke's Magic Valley Sleep Institute Open House on January 10
News Releases 2006
December
12/11/06 Ham Radios Help KIds Talk to Santa at North Pole
November
11/21/06 John Kee Accepts New Position with St. Luke's Health System
11/21/06 True or False: Mammograms are Effective
11/17/06 St. Luke's Appoints Two New Members to Hospital Board of Directors
October
10/31/06 Idaho Cytogenetics Diagnostic Laboratory ICDL Receives Accreditation from College of American Pathologists
10/30/06 St. Luke's Recognizes Judge Stephen S. Trott For a Lifetime of Community Philanthropy
10/23/06 Danny Thompson Donates Record $760,000 for Cancer and Leukemia Research
10/11/06 St. Luke's Purchases Property in Western Treasure Valley
10/2/06 National Research Corporation Names St. Luke's Top Hospital
September
9/29/06 Safe Kids Treasure Valley and FedEx Express to Walk Kids to School
9/22/06 Boise State and St. Luke's Children's Hospital Team Up to Host Tailgate Party for Hospitalized Kids
9/18/06 St. Luke's Family Health Opens Clinic in Eagle
9/15/06 St. Luke's Community Health Improvement Fund Grant Application Process Now Open
9/12/06 St. Luke's Will Break Ground Health Facility in Eagle on September 13 at 11:30 am
9/10/06 St. Luke's Will Break Ground on Health Facility in Eagle
9/5/06 Idaho Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Project Funded by the US DOJ Office on Violence Against Women
9/5/06 A Mad Hatters Hat Donation Project
9/1/06 St. Luke's MSTI to Offer Free Prostate Screening
August
8/30/06 St. Luke’s Announces Chief Executive Officer and Board Leadership of Newly Formed St. Luke’s Health System
8/29/06 FACES Grand Opening
8/23/06 The American Cancer Society and St. Luke's MSTI Team Up to Provide Cancer Resources
8/11/06 St. Luke's PET/CT Facility Receives American College of Radiation Accreditation
8/14/06 Having Trouble Sleeping in this Heat?
July
7/20/06 Announcing St. Luke's Mountain States Urology Group
7/12/06 St. Luke's Intensivist Program Uses Critical Care Trained Physicians to Improve Patient Outcomes
7/6/06 Kids Wish Network Brings Hope to Young Patients at St. Luke's Children's Hospital
June
6/28/06 New Starlight Starbright "Fun Center" Lifts Spirits of Pediatric Patients at St. Luke's Children's Hospital
6/20/06 Lifetime Oral Health Tips Offered to More Than 100 Boise-Area Children
6/7/06 Volunteers Deliver Miracle Bears to Kids at St. Luke's Children's Hospital
6/5/06 National Tour of Yamaha's Elton John's Signature Series Red Piano Makes Stop in Boise
6/2/06 St. Luke's Hosts Annual Telethon Fundraiser For St. Luke's Children's Hospital
6/1/06 It's a Pirate Adventure at St. Luke's Kid For A Night
May
5/31/06 Brian Olson Memorial Classic Tops $200,000 Milestone in 6th Year
5/24/06 Hospital merger vote passes by a landslide!
5/15/06 St. Luke's MSTI Recognized for Contributions to Clincial Cancer Research
5/12/06 Healthy Kids Day at YMCA - Put Play in Your Day!
5/10/06 Safe Water and Safe Pools for Safe Kids
5/10/06 Top Women Racquetball Players to Visit St. Luke's Children's Hospital
5/3/06 Heart Truth for Women
April
4/21/06 Citi Cards Presents 800 Hand Knitted Caps to Local Hospitals
4/19/06 St. Luke's Opens Campaign Headquarters in Twin Falls
4/3/06 Prevent Child Abuse in Idaho
March
3/29/06 Statewide Effort Unites Hospitals and Educates Parents About the Dangers of Child Abuse
3/07/06 Multiple District 39 Lions Recognizes St. Luke's Children's Hospital Need
3/01/06 Steelheads Host Pink in the Rink to Support Breast Cancer
February
2/22/06 Blue Sky Bagel's Grand Opening Benefits St. Luke's Children's Hospital
2/21/06 Children's Miracle Network Radiothon Kicks Off This Week
2/21/06 Kids and Adults Dig Deep Into Medical Mysteries
2/13/06 Hawthorne Elementary Presents Handmade Valentine Cards to Patients at St. Luke's MSTI
2/13/06 Safe Kids Treasure Valley Offers Car Seat Inspections, Safety Belt Fit Tests
2/10/06 Citi Cards Shows Love to St. Luke's Children's Hospital on Valentine's Day
2/9/06 Microsoft Recognizes St. Luke’s as a National Leader in Hospital Technology
2/9/06 St. Luke's Named Microsoft Hospital of the Year
2/3/06Teen Dating Violence is Happening
2/2/06 American Nurses Credentialing Center Recognizes St. Luke's For Excellence in Nursing
2/1/06 St. Luke's Chest Pain Centers First in Idaho to Receive Accreditation
January
1/31/06 Northwest Health Information Network Formed to Bring Patient Health and Safety Into the 21st Centruy
1/30/06 St. Luke's Makes Grants to Local Non-Profit Organizations
1/18/06 St. Luke's Receives Incentives From Idaho Power for Increasing Engergy Efficiency
1/17/106 Local Yarn Shop Teams Up to Warm Smallest Members of the Community
1/16/06 Local Humphreys Diabetes Center Leading International Diabetes Research Study
