Thursday, February 6, 2014

Victor Health Center Remains Committed

Grinnell Regional Medical Center and the Victor Health Center remain committed to area residents to assure access to quality medical care.

During the past few months, medical and clinical staff have shifted within the GRMC network of clinics and medical units to ensure that Victor-area residents continue to receive excellent care locally.
Medical providers will be at the clinic five days a week. Currently medical care at the clinic will be provided by Cori Fogle, PA-C, Roy Doorenbos, MD, and Jacob Boyer, PA-C, from other GRMC clinics. This is a bridge of coverage until a permanent provider can be recruited.

“GRMC remains committed to Victor residents and the Victor Health Center,” says Todd Linden, GRMC CEO and president. “The ability of our hospital to provide coverage every day at the clinic emphasizes our commitment to the residents and the real value of this partnership.”

“I’m hopeful that we will be securing a full-time provider for the clinic soon. Just this week we’ve interviewed a candidate that could be an excellent fit with the Victor community,” Linden says.
Orville W. Bloethe, who has been on the Victor Health Center Board since its inception, has this observation, “This attractive and well-staffed facility stands ready to provide care and support for those in need of medical attention. The community is well served by this wonderful facility and the friendly and competent staff.”

For the next three to four months Cori Fogle, PA-C, will be in the clinic three days. She has 14 years of experience in primary care clinics. She has been caring for residents at the Lynnville Medical Clinic since December 2012. Prior to joining the GRMC rural health clinic, she served seven years at the Webster City Medical Clinic in Webster City, Iowa. She also worked at a rural health clinic in Keota for four years after completing her physician assistant master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Oklahoma City.

Jacob Boyer, PA-C, will care for patients one day a week at the Victor Health Center. He primarily cares for patients at the Grinnell Regional Family Practice. Boyer earned a Masters of Physician’s Assistant from the University of Iowa. He completed his undergraduate degree at Grinnell College. Originally from Grinnell, Boyer graduated from Grinnell Community High School in 1994. He worked nearly 10 years at Manatt’s in Brooklyn before earning his master’s degree. Boyer also worked at St. Francis Manor, Grinnell, and Greenwood Manor, Iowa City.

Roy Doorenbos, MD, will continue as the supervising medical director for the Victor Health Center. He will retain his current schedule of being in the clinic one day a week. He has served as a family care physician to area residents in Grinnell for almost 30 years. His primary office is Grinnell Regional Family Practice.

“These providers will provide care at the clinic for several months until a permanent full-time provider is hired,” says Sheryl Rutledge, GRMC’s director of rural health clinics. “We want to meet the needs of area residents while we work to find just the right person for the Victor Health Center. We value the trust and support of the community. We are committing excellent providers to sustain this clinic now and well into the future.”

“I, like other patients of Victor Health Center, certainly am concerned about staff turnover. We would all like to have a provider to whom we can relate for our entire lives,” says Loras Wilgenbusch, DVM. “Acknowledging that that is not realistic, I am impressed with the quality of providers that GRMC has made available to our community. I have been fortunate to not need a great deal of medical care, but have always felt confident and comfortable with the care I have received.”

Wendi Beck, PA-C, who has been at the clinic, shifted her practice to the new Manatt Family Urgent Care which will open February 13. Michelle Rozmus, RN, also moved to the urgent care clinic.
For more information on the Victor Heath Center or to schedule an appointment, call 319-647-7511. 

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