Saint Luke's Newsroom

Jan. 15, 2024

Hedrick Medical Center Medical Staff Continues Scholarship Opportunity

The scholarship will is named the Harkness Scholarship, after Dr. James A. Harkness, a former Chillicothe physician and Chief of Staff at Hedrick Medical Center.
Jan. 12, 2024

KMBC: How to Stay Safe and Warm During the Wild Card Game's Artic Cold Temperatures

Dr. Marc Larsen, emergency physician at Saint Luke's Hospital, talks with KMBC about what to do to stay warm and safe during one of the coldest kick-off games in history at Arrowhead.
Jan. 12, 2024

KCTV: Extreme Cold Weather Safety Tips for Chiefs’ Wild Card Game

KCTV talked to Dr. Marc Larsen about how fans attending the game can prepare for withstanding the cold temperatures.
Jan. 12, 2024

FOX4: FAME: The Perfect Healthy Tailgate Food - Cauliflower Wings

Grace Hoffman, Nutritional Coordinator with Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and the Food As Medicine Everyday (FAME) program, shares a healthy chicken wing substitute for tailgating and watch parties - cauliflower wings.
Jan. 11, 2024

Catherine Hamilton Named Administrator of Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital

Hamilton has been serving in this role in an interim capacity since August 2023, leading the day-to-day operations of the two North Central Missouri hospitals.
Jan. 9, 2024

Hedrick Medical Center Awarded for Efforts to Improve Rural Care for Coronary Artery Disease

This award recognizes hospitals for their efforts toward care excellence for suspected non ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome care excellence.
Jan. 5, 2024

FDA Approves PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation System, a Novel Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation

Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute was the first in Kansas and Missouri, and one of only 27 US institutions, to participate in PULSED AF clinical trial.
Jan. 3, 2024

Kansas City Business Journal: Saint Luke's-BJC Merger Promotes Local Leaders to Executive Team

Saint Luke’s Health System and St. Louis’s BJC HealthCare officially merged, and three local leaders were added to the combined system’s leadership team.
Jan. 3, 2024

Wright Memorial Hospital Retains Local Emergency Department Physician Team

As of January 1, 2024, Wright Memorial Hospital entered into a new contract with the emergency medicine physicians providing care in the hospital’s emergency department.