Saint Luke's Newsroom

Jan. 15, 2024

Hedrick Medical Center Medical Staff Continues Scholarship Opportunity

The scholarship will is named the Harkness Scholarship, after Dr. James A. Harkness, a former Chillicothe physician and Chief of Staff at Hedrick Medical Center.
Jan. 11, 2024

Catherine Hamilton Named Administrator of Hedrick Medical Center and Wright Memorial Hospital

Hamilton has been serving in this role in an interim capacity since August 2023, leading the day-to-day operations of the two North Central Missouri hospitals.
Jan. 9, 2024

Hedrick Medical Center Awarded for Efforts to Improve Rural Care for Coronary Artery Disease

This award recognizes hospitals for their efforts toward care excellence for suspected non ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome care excellence.
Jan. 5, 2024

FDA Approves PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation System, a Novel Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation

Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute was the first in Kansas and Missouri, and one of only 27 US institutions, to participate in PULSED AF clinical trial.
Jan. 3, 2024

Wright Memorial Hospital Retains Local Emergency Department Physician Team

As of January 1, 2024, Wright Memorial Hospital entered into a new contract with the emergency medicine physicians providing care in the hospital’s emergency department.
Jan. 3, 2024

Hedrick Medical Center Retains Local Emergency Department Physician Team

As of January 1, 2024, Hedrick Medical Center entered into new contract with the emergency medicine physicians providing care in the hospital’s emergency department.
Jan. 2, 2024

BJC and Saint Luke's Complete Transaction to Combine as Single, Integrated Health System

Patient-Centric Health System Will Advance Innovative Models of Care and Improve Health Across Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas
Dec. 29, 2023

AHA Names Top Advances in Cardiovascular Disease Research for 2023

The groundbreaking STEP-HFpEF study, led by Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, vice president of research at Saint Luke's Health System, has been named one of the top advances by the American Heart Association.
Dec. 29, 2023

Health News You Can Use: Healthy Lifestyle Changes and Mental Health

We’re talking about how mental health can play a big role in setting yourself up for success when it comes to making healthy lifestyle changes.