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About St Anthony
St Anthony Regional Hospital amp Nursing Home is proud of its rich history which dates back to 1905 when Reverend Joseph Kuemper founded the hospital with the help of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration from LaCrosse Wisconsin Today St Anthony Regional Hospital along with its medical staff serves communities in West Central Iowa

Patients at St Anthony Regional Hospital have access to physicians in many specialties stateoftheart equipment and uptodate treatment procedures Costeffective care is provided in an atmosphere which reflects the institutions Franciscan heritage and the values of the healing ministry of Christ quality patientcustomer satisfaction integrity and high performance standards Emphasis is placed on patient services rehabilitation education and wellness recognizing an individuals physical spiritual and psychosocial needs

St Anthony Regional Hospital is a 99 bed facility with a connected 79 bed nursing home The hospital is a member of the American Hospital Association and the Iowa Hospitals Association and has been designated as one of sixteen regional hospitals in Iowa by the Iowa State Department of Health

Mission amp Values
St Anthony Regional Hospital is a Catholic healthcare organization sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and a regional leader in providing consistently high quality healthcare services responsive to patient and community needs

We believe in the Healing Ministry of Christ We strive to visibly impart Gods love through sharing caring and concern

Compassion Responding to others with interest warmth and concern

Hospitality Having a welcoming attitude using eye contact smiling greeting and calling people by name

Empathy Striving to understand how another feels

We believe in Quality We continually strive to exceed patient and customer expectations while being financially responsible

Improvement Offering suggestions and assuming responsibility for continually
improving performance

Economy Seeking ways to conserve or more effectively use supplies materials and labor hours

Safety Maintaining a safe environment and observing good safety practices and health standards

Responsibility Being fully accountable for our own actions and resolving the issues of others on behalf of the organization

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History

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History amp Heritage
St Anthony Regional Hospital has a tradition of caring celebrating more than 100 years of service

Probably no man exercised more influence on the Carroll area than Father Joseph Kuemper an ordained Roman Catholic priest and professor at the College of Dubuque now Loras College Father Kuemper served in several parishes in eastern Iowa before coming to Carroll as pastor of SS Peter and Paul Church in 1901

Father Kuemper saw the need and advantages of a medical health center to serve the area He used his own funds to purchase land in the south part of Carroll overlooking the town and countryside He assembled volunteers and personally led them in a housetohouse farmtofarm canvass

Father Kuemper wasted no time in his selection of who would run the facility He contacted the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration He offered 1000 and a completed equipped facility if they would administer and serve the proposed hospital The sisters accepted and the hospital took the name of St Anthony It was on the feast day of St Anthony of Padua June 13 1905 that the 30bed hospital was dedicated

Building additions in 1918 1922 and 1930 brought the hospitals capacity to 110 A 78bed nursing home connected to the facility was completed in 1963

The original hospital structure built in 1905 was replaced in 1971 with a more modern fourstory structure built primarily for inpatient hospital healthcare That new building remained virtually unchanged for more than two decades until 1994 when St Anthony dedicated a 78000squarefoot major renovation and expansion project which focused on the delivery of outpatient services The community joined in support of these development projects by partnering with the St Anthony Foundation in a successful capital campaign that resulted in a positive sense of pride and ensured that St Anthony Regional Hospital amp Nursing Home would continue to be strong for future generations

At the end of 2000 St Anthony announced its Campaign for Dignity a capital campaign designed to add an 18unit Alzheimers facility and update the existing nursing home The project was completed in June of 2003 and includes a secure homelike Alzheimers unit enclosed garden and courtyard new private nursing home rooms and an expanded adult day care program

In January 2005 the yearlong 100th anniversary celebration culminated with the ribbon cutting of a new threestory facility built to address both current and future healthcare challenges of the community This expansion provided allnew private acute care patient rooms and included a new sixbed intensive care unit Following the opening of the acute care addition two physician offices were established on the first floor of that building bringing expanded orthopedic and general surgery options to St Anthony

On August 22 2006 St Anthony Regional Hospital held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new 120000squarefoot inpatient and outpatient surgery center The new 25 million surgery center celebrated its opening at a community event on June 1 2008 The new surgery center replaces St Anthonys 35yearold surgery facilities and existing technology to accommodate the growth from two surgeons in 1971 to nine active surgeons who live in Carroll today The surgery center features the latest surgical technology patient tracking systems and the convenience of two levels of covered parking