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As always, a lot is going on at our hospital. Keep up with what's new at Alta Vista Regional Hospital - awards, new technologies, new professionals and treatments - here. We're happy to share our changes, announcements and successes, and hope you'll celebrate with us.

Breast Cancer: Reducing Risk and Understanding Screening Methods

One in eight women living in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. As the most common form of cancer among American women, the chance a woman will die from the disease is one in 37

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It’s Never Too Early for a Flu Immunization

Fall is approaching, which means it’s time to get your flu immunization. Influenza, also known as “the flu,” is a contagious respiratory disease caused by the influenza virus, which affects the nose, throat and lungs. Every year in the United States

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Alta Vista Regional Hospital Wins Hospital Innovation Improvement (HIIN) Award

Las Vegas, NM – October 17, 2018 – Alta Vista Regional Hospital (AVRH), has earned the Hospital Innovation Improvement (HIIN) Award for two consecutive years of performance improvement evidenced by measurements of quality and patient safety. The awa

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Alta Vista Regional and Dr. Chen: With Her Every Step of the Way

Janice Hurst, age 69, of Rociada, has been on quite a journey in the last year with two joint replacement surgeries: a left hip replacement and a right knee replacement. These were preceded nine years ago by a left knee replacement. Like many

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ALTA VISTA REGIONAL HOSPITAL WELCOMES NEW MIDWIFE TO MEDICAL STAFF

LAS VEGAS, NM [September 27, 2018] – Alta Vista Regional Hospital announced that Morgan Schopen, CNM has joined the hospital as a new member of the medical staff on September 7. Schopen is a Certified Nurse Midwife. She obtained her master of scienc

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ALTA VISTA REGIONAL HOSPITAL NAMES CHIEF NURSING OFFICER

LAS VEGAS, NM [July 9, 2018] – Alta Vista Regional Hospital announced that Donna Miller, RN, MSN was named chief nursing officer, effective June 25. Miller is a native New Mexican and has over 24 years of nursing experience. She most rec

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Staying Mobile Later in Life – Is Knee Replacement Surgery a Good Option?

Knee pain keeps many Americans from doing the activities they love and almost half of all adults develop knee osteoarthritis, or the degeneration of joints and bone in at least one knee, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.&n

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A Happy and Healthy Delivery for Alyssa: The Birthing Unit at Alta Vista Regional

When Alyssa Abreu and Tony Udley, Jr. found out they were expecting their second baby, they were elated to learn Alta Vista Regional Hospital was reopening its birthing center in time for her November due date. Abreu had been worried that beca

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ALTA VISTA REGIONAL HOSPITAL NAMES PHYSICIAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2018

(Las Vegas, NM) - During the April medical staff meeting, Caleb O’Rear, chief executive officer at AVRH named Dr. Steven Spady, ER physician as the annual “2018 Physician of the Year”. “This award honors physicians who demonstrate compassionate care

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Good Parents, Good Children, Good Hospital!

Even at age 86, Genevieve A’Con, a homemaker who raised four children, walked on her treadmill for 10 minutes every morning at her home in Mora, New Mexico. A stroke 10 years prior had left her weakened on her right side, and she knew walking on the

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