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Two area hospitals report adverse events in 2009

WILLMAR -- After a piece of a sizing cuff was accidentally left inside a patient during major surgery at Rice Memorial Hospital last year, a hospital team gathered to analyze...

news / local / region Sat, Jan 16, 2010 - 12:00am

Donna Jo Kopitzke shows off one of the Reverie Harps acquired this year by Rice Hospice. Tribune photo by Anne Polta

Rice Hospice uses gentle sounds of the harp for patient, family care

WILLMAR -- Music shimmers forth as Donna Jo Kopitzke gently plucks the strings of her Reverie Harp. The sounds linger, then slowly fade. Rice Hospice recently began using the soothing...

news / local / music Mon, Dec 28, 2009 - 12:00am

MeritCare, Wheaton hospital sign management agreement

news / state Tue, Dec 22, 2009 - 9:56am

Dr. Fred Hund, an inpatient hospitalist at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, reviews patient charts. The service has expanded this past year and is targeted in the hospital's newly adopted strategic plan for at least one or two additional hospital medicine specialists. Tribune photo by Anne Polta

Rice optimistic about future goals

WILLMAR -- Under a new strategic plan, Rice Memorial Hospital will develop a plan to help beef up the number of primary care doctors, orthopedic surgeons, cancer specialists and hospitalists...

news / local Wed, Dec 16, 2009 - 12:00am

Extended term limits take effect for Rice board members

WILLMAR -- Two members of the Rice Memorial Hospital Board are the first to have their terms extended under a newly revised provision of the Willmar city charter allowing longer...

news / local Mon, Dec 14, 2009 - 12:00am

Strategic plan at Rice will be unveiled next week when board meets

WILLMAR -- A final draft of Rice Memorial Hospital's new proposed strategic plan will be unveiled at a meeting Monday of the hospital board of directors and the strategic planning...

news / local Thu, Dec 10, 2009 - 12:00am

Rice Memorial Hospital adds further restrictions for visitors

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital announced Thursday that additional visitor restrictions have been implemented for the holiday season. Group tours have been discontinued for the months of December and January,...

news / local Fri, Dec 04, 2009 - 12:00am

Rice Hospital adds further visitor restrictions

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital announced today that additional visitor restrictions have been implemented for the holiday season. Group tours have been discontinued for the months of December and January,...

news / local Thu, Dec 03, 2009 - 4:14pm

Blind man run over in Willmar still in hospital, but recovering

ST. CLOUD -- It was a nice evening, so as the sun set during the late afternoon of Nov. 16, Tom Sykora decided to walk from his Willmar apartment to...

news / local Sat, Nov 28, 2009 - 12:00am

Rice Memorial Hospital adopts its budget for next year

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital will focus this coming year on strengthening its operations and putting the city-owned hospital in a better position for growth and new strategic initiatives. Hospital...

news / local / business Thu, Nov 19, 2009 - 12:00am

The Community Behavioral Health Hospital was nearly ready to open Aug. 7, 2008, in Willmar. Now state officials may temporarily close it to be "reconfigured" for a different type of patient. Tribune file photo by Ron Adams

Future of Willmar mental health hospital unknown

WILLMAR -- Kandiyohi County officials say the 16-bed adult mental health hospital that opened a year ago in Willmar could be closed down while the state makes another adjustment to...

news / state / region / local / community Sat, Nov 14, 2009 - 12:00am

Doug Seiler, administrator of special populations with State Operated Services, addresses an audience Thursday during an open house on the MinnWest Technology Campus. Seiler was one of a handful of officials who were in Willmar to praise the city's 16-bed acute care facility. Officials called the facility a demonstration of the state's willingness to "step up to the plate" and provide specialized quality care for youth who suffer from severe and complex forms of mental illnesses. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Transition celebrated for kids psychiatric hospital

WILLMAR -- The transition of the state's only behavioral health hospital for children and adolescents was celebrated Thursday in Willmar. State officials praised the 16-bed acute care facility as a...

news / region Fri, Nov 13, 2009 - 12:00am

Brenda Wiese, coordinator of the Grief Center at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, talks about the necessity of grieving. (Tribune photo by Anne Polta)

Grief Center brings support, education about grief and loss

Brenda Wiese was still new to Rice Memorial Hospital's Grief Center in Willmar when a high school-aged boy came in to talk to her about the recent death of a...

extra Sat, Nov 07, 2009 - 9:00am

Alison Geiger of Alilu Studios in Willmar puts together some of the designer decorated Christmas trees which will be auctioned off during during this year's annual Rice Foundation Festival. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Volunteers find satisfaction in helping with holiday festival

By the time the Rice Health Foundation's annual holiday festival next weekend is over and done with, more than 100 volunteers will have been involved in everything from handing out...

extra / local Sat, Nov 07, 2009 - 9:00am

Rice Hospital proposes 2010 budget of $100 million

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital officials are optimistic the city-owned hospital is managing to successfully adapt to fewer patient admissions, a mood that's reflected in the budget developed for 2010...

news / local Sat, Nov 07, 2009 - 12:00am

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