Engaged employees: RLMC scores high on survey

For the second year in a row, Rainy Lake Medical Center’s employee engagement score places the local hospital/clinic in the top 10 percent of healthcare organizations in the country, according to preliminary results of a recent Press Ganey survey. While…

Continued growth: Shailynn Shipley joins RLMC team

Growth continues at Rainy Lake Medical Center with the addition of a new provider to the organization’s exceptional team. Shailynn Shipley, MSN, APRN, CNP, will later this month begin working in the RLMC hospitalist program, as well as dedicating one…

RLMC lab receives accreditation

Rainy Lake Medical Center officials announced the facility’s laboratory has met all the criteria for laboratory accreditation by COLA Inc., a leading national laboratory accreditor, whose program and standards enable clinical laboratories and staff to meet U.S. CLIA and other…

Ask the Expert – stress incontinence

By: Krista Wagner, OTR/L Question: Why am I leaking urine when I cough or sneeze? Answer: Stress incontinence (often referred to as “activity-related” incontinence) is an involuntary loss of urine with physical exertion such as coughing or sneezing, laughing, lifting,…

Elizabeth Lessard to join Rainy Lake Clinic team

Rainy Lake Medical Center officials are excited to announce Elizabeth Lessard, DNP, FNP, has joined Rainy Lake Clinic’s family practice team, and will begin seeing patients at the end of August. Lessard has strong connections to the community, having served…

Back to exercise

By Brian Tolley, RLMC Physical Therapist After a long winter, summer is finally here. We all know exercise is important and now that we can get outside to be active, it is a perfect time to start a routine. Here…

RLMC to offer hip replacements

Rainy Lake Medical Center’s surgery department is ready to begin performing anterior hip replacement surgeries. RLMC officials said offering anterior hip replacements has been a longtime goal of the organization, and they’re looking forward to adding the service that will…

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