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ORANGE CITY AREA HEALTH SYSTEM SIGNS NEW RADIOLOGIST

Guthmiller to join practice in 2018

Jameson Guthmiller portrait 2016Dan McCarty, COO of Orange City Area Health System, announced the signing of Jameson Guthmiller, MD, to the hospital’s radiology/ imaging staff. Dr. Guthmiller will join the health system in the summer of 2018, when current radiologist Nicholas deVries, MD, transitions to retirement. Guthmiller is currently in his third year of residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa School of Medicine. “The signing of Dr. Guthmiller continues our effort to bring talented, long-term, committed medical professionals to Orange City Area Health System,” reported McCarty. “This is a critical component of our long-term plan.” Guthmiller is a native of Orange City. He and his wife Nicole have one-year-old twin sons.DES MOINES – Orange City Area Health System generates 693 jobs that add $30.2 million to the area’s economy, according to the latest study by the Iowa Hospital Association. In addition, Orange City Area Health System employees by themselves spend $6.7 million on retail sales and contribute over $400,000 in state sales tax revenue. “Once again, it is clear that health care is a significant economic driver to local, regional, and state economies,” said Marty Guthmiller, CEO of Orange City Area Health System. “At OCAHS, we understand the impact we make beyond health care and take that responsibility as seriously as providing quality health care.” The IHA study examined the jobs, income, retail sales and sales tax produced by hospitals and the rest of the state’s health care sector. The study was compiled from hospital-submitted data on the American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey of Hospitals and with software that other industries have used to determine their economic impact. The study found that Iowa hospitals directly employ 71,348 people and create another 44,935 jobs outside the hospital sector. As an income source, hospitals provide $4.3 billion in salaries and benefits and generate another $1.8 billion through other jobs that depend on hospitals. In all, the Iowa health care sector, which includes offices of physicians, dentists and other health practitioners, nursing home and residential care, other medical and health services and pharmacies, contributes $15.5 billion to Iowa’s economy while directly and indirectly providing 312,821 jobs, or about one-fifth of the state’s total non-farm employment. “With more than 300,000 jobs, health care is one of Iowa’s largest employers, and hospitals are by far the biggest contributor to that number,” said Kirk Norris, IHA president/CEO. “That impact carries through to local communities, where hospitals are often among the largest employers in Iowa cities and counties.” Orange City Area Health System is a comprehensive health system encompassing four family medicine clinics, sports medicine clinic, behavioral health clinic, award-winning hospital, birth center, surgical center, radiology and laboratory services, occupational health services, specialty outreach services, physical and aquatic therapy, home health and hospice, a retirement community, and a senior care center. The health system campus – designed with privacy and total healing as its foundation – is situated on 37 acres, including a pond with fountain, a healing garden, and a field of prairie grasses and wild flowers adjacent to the PuddleJumper Trail. A team of 19 family medicine providers, along with dedicated nurses, medical specialists, and 500 support staff, are committed to serving the region with the Core Values of Integrity, Commitment to Excellence, Dedicated Colleagues, and Extraordinary Customer Experience. Orange City Area Health System has been named a Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence in Patient Experience award winner, one of the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals in the nation, one of “50 Critical Access Hospitals to Know” in the U.S., and a Women’s Choice Award recipient for Outstanding Patient Experience in both 2015 and 2016. More at ocHealthSystem.org The Iowa Hospital Association is a voluntary membership organization representing hospital and health system interests to business, government and consumer audiences. All of Iowa’s 118 community hospitals are IHA members.