Proposal would ban e-cig use inside buildings, smoking near entrances
The RiverStone Board of Health adopts rules to protect the public health of the community. The board’s proposed rule, like the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act, recognizes the right of nonsmokers to breath clean indoor air.
Growing oasis in a food desert
A partnership between Friendship House of Christian Service and the South Side Community Center will help bring more health food options to the Southside neighborhood. Healthy By Design, which grew out of the Alliance between Billings Clinic, RiverStone Health and St. Vincent Healthcare, helped fund the project and foster the partnership.
Montana Family Medicine Residency Wins National Award for Excellence
Many Montana rural communities lack access to quality healthcare. Doctors in the Montana Family Medicine Residency are specifically trained to care for rural and underserved patients. The residency selects doctors who already possess a drive for community involvement and a desire to help in those under-served communities. With those qualities in place, physicians at RiverStone Health and both local hospitals teach those residents the skills they need to be successful doctors.
School-based Clinic Serves Students
Having healthcare providers at school helps make sure children get preventive care along with treatment for sore throats and other ailments. The RiverStone Health Clinic based at Orchard School also serves students, families and staff at four other nearby schools.
Providing healthcare to foster children
When families are in crisis, routine healthcare can fall by the wayside. If children enter foster care, KidsFirst at RiverStone Health partners with Child and Family Services to quickly make sure children in foster care get the medical and dental care they need.
Report: Yellowstone County’s top health issues are mental health, substance abuse, obesity
Income disparity is a major factor in the community’s health and the county’s top health issues according to the newly release Community Health Needs Assessment. Low-income residents are more likely to have poorer health or higher health risks, the report says.
Game teaches life lessons on good behavior
Our Director of Population Health Services has helped introduce PAX, a behavioral game, into Billings elementary schools. Evidence indicates the game teaches lessons that provide life-long benefits.
Vigil Remembers Homeless
On the longest night of the year and the first day of winter, Healthcare for the Homeless organized the annual candlelight vigil to observe Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. John Felton, RiverStone Health’s President & CEO, urged the community to remember just how long winter nights are for those living on the streets.
Suited to Understand
Doctors in our Montana Family Medicine Residency are getting specialized training to help increase their skills and empathy for patients who may have to cope with multiple infirmities as they age.
First Confirmed Flu Case in Yellowstone County
With holiday travel, family celebrations and other large gatherings, residents should take the first confirmed case of influenza in the county as a warning to get their annual flu shot. Anyone over the age of six months can get the vaccine each year.
