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Saint Patrick Hospital - HealthBreak - EMBERS & Cancer Survivorship Cancer care should not end when treatment ends. To help meet cancer survivors’ ongoing needs, Providence offers a program called EM

Saint Patrick Hospital - HealthBreak - Men’s Cancer Support Group When battling cancer, finding emotional and spiritual support is sometimes just as important as medical treatment. That’s one reason

Saint Patrick Hospital - HealthBreak - New Anticoagulation Drugs Anticoagulation drugs, also called blood thinners, are commonly prescribed for people with atrial fibrillation or other conditions, wh

Saint Patrick Hospital - HealthBreak - Best Hospital in Montana 2021 Despite the pandemic challenges that have faced us this year, our community continues to receive the best healthcare in the state.

Saint Patrick Hospital - HealthBreak - COVID Effects on Emergency Care The surge in COVID patients in Montana has many consequences, one of which is how it complicates the care given to other emergen

Saint Patrick Hospital - Covid Vaccine for Kids There are many misconceptions about the Covid-19 pandemic, and one of them is that children are not at risk for the disease. However, Providence Pediat

Saint Patrick Hospital - Impact of COVID on Caregivers The surges of Covid infections and hospitalizations have greatly affected our community, including our caregivers. Providence Infectious Disease

Saint Patrick Hospital - Importance of the Flu Vaccine Although Covid is still a huge concern for our community, we are also entering into the season for another dangerous viral illness- the flu. Dr.

Cases of COVID-19 are at an all-time high in Montana, and the surge of patients is putting local hospitals under considerable strain. Dr. Will Surber, Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Pr

Approximately five and a half million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, with around three hundred and eighty million in the US. Dr. Josh Christiansen from Providence say

Saint Patrick Hospital - HealthBreak - COVID Triage in the ED Montana is currently experiencing one of its largest surges in COVID patients since the pandemic began. Dr. Dan Pierce, Medical Director

Years of wear and tear on a hip joint can cause the cartilage in the joint to disappear, resulting in the pain of bone grinding against bone. Dr. Gary Willstein says a hip replacement surgery can reli

Providence HealthBreak - PAWS Pet Therapy Healing can take many forms, and Providence St. Patrick Hospital strives to provide all the medical, emotional, and spiritual healing they can to their patie

Providence HealthBreak - New Branding Campaign You may have noticed new signs around town and a new name for St. Patrick Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital in Polson. The name is Providence. Chief Miss

Providence HealthBreak - Medical Legal Partnership In 2020, Providence and the Montana Legal Services Association formed the first hospital-based medical-legal partnership in Montana. Senior Communit

Providence HealthBreak - Superior Approach for Hip Replacement Years of wear and tear on a hip joint can cause the cartilage in the joint to disappear, resulting in the pain of bone grinding against

Providence HealthBreak - Hiatal Hernia Repair A hiatal hernia is a hole in the muscle of the diaphragm, through which part of the upper stomach can bulge. This bulge can cause stomach acid and food t