Boone Memorial Hospital in Madison, West Virginia opened its new Black Lung Center this past February. In just 9 months the hospital has tested over 500 active and retired miners and helped them complete their federal black lung claim forms. “The process is often difficult to tackle alone,” explained Willie Carte, Director of Respiratory Therapy and The Black Lung Center at Boone Memorial Hospital. “We don’t want our miners or widows to get discouraged. We want to make the process easier and guide them through the necessary steps to complete the claims, receive testing, and in turn hopefully receive their black lung benefits,” said Carte. It is the hospitals intent to hold various outreach e
Boone Memorial Hospital will hold its annual Winter Blood drive on Friday, January 4th, 2019. The drive will be one of three hosted annually by the hospital. Other dates include May 17th and August 23rd. “The demand is always high and it’s up to us to meet that demand,” said Boone Memorial Hospital CEO Virgil Underwood. “Summer time and January are considered tough recruiting months for the American Red Cross,” explained Karlie Price, Marketing and Public Relations Director at Boone Memorial. “Therefore we try to hold drives in May or June, August and January, if possible. We usually meet goal and are successful recruiting donors so the Red Cross has come to count on us annually to help, esp
Boone Memorial Hospital Receives National Recognition for Performance Leadership in Patient Perspect
(Pictured left to right: David Gresham, Chief Development Officer; Terri Castle, Chief Nursing Officer; Virgil Underwood, Chief Executive Officer; Mark Linville, Chief Operating Officer) Today, on National Rural Health Day, Boone Memorial Hospital announced it has been recognized by The Chartis Center for Rural Health and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) for overall excellence in Patient Perspectives, reflecting top quartile performance among all rural hospitals in the nation. Boone Memorial Hospital is among only 14 West Virginia rural providers recognized for overall excellence in 2018. “We are thrilled to be recognized,” said Boone Memorial Hospital CEO
Introducing the NEW BMH PACT (Patient Access & Communication Team) CENTER Boone Memorial Hospital is making a PACT to meet all your healthcare communication needs. We want to ensure you have a great patient experience from your very first call. Our goals include ensuring 1st Call Resolution, creating a great patient experience, optimizing efficiency and providing effective communication. The PACT Center will be your access to BMH Providers; appointments (including BMH Rural Health Clinics) and prescription refill requests. All requests go directly to the provider or their care team using our secure computer system. Learn More about the PACT CENTER HERE
Boone Memorial Hospital has a new and improved patient portal system, Thrive. The Thrive Patient Portal is an easy, safe and secure way for patients to obtain their healthcare information. ' Patients have 24/7 access to their health information. They can view lab results, x-rays, CT scans, MRI's and US Reports. In addition, patients can use the patient portal to pay their bills online. Set-up is simple. Patients should click the thrivepatientportal.com registration link they receive from donotreply@bmh.org to register. Learn More HERE
