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Blanchard Valley Health System has received Level 7 achievement for the 2023 Acute survey selection in Digital Health Most Wired Survey results from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). Awards are rated from levels 7-10.

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Bluffton Hospital, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, has acquired a new Siemens Go Top 128-slice computerized tomography (CT) scanner.

The scanner is significantly faster than the one it replaces and offers enhanced technology. The unit also improves the care of stroke patients. Bluffton Hospital is an accredited stroke center.

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Blanchard Valley Hospital, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System, has been awarded on Newsweek’s list of America’s Best-In-State Hospitals 2024. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on October 25, 2023, and can currently be viewed on Newsweek’s website.

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Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) is partnering with the DAISY Award, an international recognition program honoring nurses who have made a special difference in their patients’ lives.

In collaboration with BVHS Nursing Congress, Jessica Moore, RN, director of inpatient nursing, and Nikki Ballinger, RN, chair of Nursing Congress, will serve as co-coordinators of the program.

“We were brainstorming ways to enhance nurse engagement and celebrate nurses, while allowing our patients and families to express their gratitude for the wonderful care they received,” said Ballinger. “The DAISY Award was the obvious choice. It provides such a meaningful way for nurses to be celebrated for the care they provide and remind them why they became nurses in the first place.”

The DAISY Award was created to honor the late Patrick Barnes, who was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease ITP (Immune Thrombocytopenia) at age 33 in 1999. Pat’s family was moved by the incredible kindness and compassion his nurses demonstrated throughout the eight weeks he was hospitalized. After his death, they created the award to honor him.

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Blanchard Valley Health System is a diverse environment, where associates come from varied backgrounds. Recently, a four-legged associate named Pace joined the team in order to relieve the stress within the health system. 

Pace is a golden retriever/goldendoodle mix who will turn four later this fall. She is a facility dog and the working partner of Michael Cifranic, MSN, RN, a nursing recruitment and retention specialist.

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Ali Chohan, MD, a physician specializing in family medicine, has joined the team at Putnam County Primary Care-Ottawa, a division of Blanchard Valley Health System.

Dr. Chohan earned a bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Michigan-Dearborn (Dearborn, Michigan), followed by a medical degree from the American University of Antigua College of Medicine (Antigua and Barbuda). He completed his residency in family medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (Kalamazoo, Michigan).

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