News - Lakes Regional Healthcare

Spirit Lake COVID Test Site Opens June 22

June 18, 2020 – The number of Dickinson County residents infected with COVID-19 has increased dramatically in the past month. As people from out of town visit …

Update from Dr. Zach Borus in the Iowa Great Lakes Region

Hear what Dr. Zach Borus has to say about COVID-19 in Dickinson County and regarding the pandemic in general. These graphs outline the status of COVID-19 in Dickinson …

Lakes Regional Family Medicine Clinic Merge

Spirit Lake, IA (June 5, 2020) Lakes Regional Healthcare’s new medical office building will be nearing completion in the next few months, and is representative of a bigger …

LRH: Second Consecutive Year as Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital

February 1, 2020 – Lakes Regional Healthcare has been named one of the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States for the second year in …

Lakes Regional Healthcare Receives 5 Star Rating

Lakes Regional Healthcare was recently rated as a five star hospital by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Compare website. CMS’ Hospital Compare website reports …

Lakes Regional Healthcare: Top 10% in Value

Lakes Regional Healthcare has scored among the top 10% in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Value-Based Purchasing reimbursement program. In 2019, Lakes Regional Healthcare ranked …

Formal Partnership: LRH and Northwest Iowa Bone, Joint & Sports Surgeons

Lakes Regional Healthcare’s Board of Trustees approved a collaborative business relationship with Northwest Iowa Bone, Joint & Sports Surgeons during its December board meeting. Known as “provider-based status,” …

Welcoming Dr. Craig Cunningham, Newest Family Physician

Craig Cunningham, M.D., a family medicine physician joining Avera Medical Group Spirit Lake Medical Center, will begin seeing patients on August 1, 2019. Dr. Cunningham recently moved back …

LRH: Recognized Among 2019 Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals

Lakes Regional Healthcare has been named one of the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Regarded as …

Exclusive Robotic Surgery at LRH

It seemed like yesterday when laparoscopic surgery was the newest, best technology during surgery. Patients were amazed at the tiny incisions surgeons made, and the pincher-type instruments and …