Your blood pressure is very important to monitor for both you and your physician. Like the plumbing system for any house or apartment, if the pressure is too high it will cause damage to your body.
Yellowstone County is due for its wellness check, also known as the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The goal of the CHNA is to identify major health problems, gaps in services and other factors that may
Every year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day to show our support for environmental stewardship and taking care of the health of our planet. Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday of April each
Volunteers at RiverStone Health are at the heart of our mission to improve life, health and safety every day. The volunteers at RiverStone Health come from a variety of backgrounds and life journeys. Sarah Rachac, the
National Public Health Week begins today. As your local city-county public health department, RiverStone Health wants to say thank you for your partnership and support for our community’s health. Heather Fink-Stambaugh shares the importance of public
Diabetes is a serious chronic disease that is an epidemic nationwide. In Montana, about 5,300 adults will be diagnosed with diabetes each year, according to the American Diabetes Association. Lucas Teynor, DO, a family medicine physician
Spring is nearly here – and so is the season of home renovations. Renovating a home can be an exciting project, but if your house is one of the 68% in Yellowstone County built before 1978,
Measles is a highly contagious and serious viral illness once eradicated in the U.S. In 2025 so far, there have been over 200 cases and 2 deaths due to an outbreak in Texas and New Mexico,
You might not think much about food safety when dining out, but food safety inspections are key to preventing foodborne illnesses. Clark Snyder, an Environmental Health Services program manager and registered sanitarian at RiverStone Health, identifies
RiverStone Health has secured an alternative location to continue serving patients in Joliet.
The clinic will see patients at 602 West Front Avenue starting December 3, and will continue to operate Tuesdays and Fridays from
Communities across the country are celebrating National Health Center Week from August 4–10, 2024. Please join me in thanking the dedicated team at RiverStone Health for their service to our community as we celebrate National Health
Ten doctors recently joined the Montana Family Medicine Residency to begin three years of intensive training in family medicine and rural healthcare. The new doctors received their traditional white coats in a celebration Wednesday, June 26
Over the past several months, RiverStone Health has been taking steps to reduce its budget after losing more than $3 million in Medicaid revenue this fiscal year, ending June 30.
This week, RiverStone Health notified
As RiverStone Health works to sustain high-quality services for the community with an increasingly tight budget, the difficult decision has been made to cease operations at our inpatient Hospice Home. The Hospice Home has long operated
During National Home Care and Hospice Month in November, hospice providers across the country make extra efforts to inform our communities about the compassionate end-of-life care we provide. We also celebrate our generous volunteers and dedicated
COVID-19 has become one of the top 10 causes of pediatric death in the U.S. Nationally, nearly 1,000 children have died of COVID-19 related illness. While COVID-19 pediatric deaths are rare, tragically, they do happen. Three
Only about 51 percent of age-eligible Yellowstone County residents have been vaccinated. There seems to be a disconnect about the seriousness of the current uptick in cases across the county, state and country.
“Regardless of whether a student is wearing a mask or not, each deserves to be treated with kindness and respect. There must be no tolerance for bullying due to masking or not masking.”
