News - Lakes Regional Healthcare

Dr. Zach Borus Provides An Update On Coronavirus In The Iowa Great Lakes

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 …

Clinics Merging To Form Lakes Regional Family Medicine

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 …

Lakes Regional Healthcare Recognized as a Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital Second Year in a Row

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 Among Top 10% of Hospitals for 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 …

Lakes Regional Healthcare Initiates Formal Relationship with 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,” …

Craig Cunningham, M.D. Newest Family Physician in the Lakes Area

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 …

Lakes Regional Healthcare Recognized as a 2019 Top 100 Rural and Community Hospital

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 …

Comprehensive Robotic Surgery Only at Lakes Regional Healthcare

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 …