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Poplar Bluff, MO-August 30, 2016 – Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center was recently recognized with an Excellence through Insight award for Most Improved Employee Satisfaction & Engagement for a large bed hospital by HealthStream, Inc. Poplar Bluff Regional was awarded this honor for its commitment to excellence. To qualify for an award, a hospital must have been a client of HealthStream in 2015 and scored in the 75th percentile or better. Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center was chosen for rece ... Read More

Poplar Bluff, MO - August 25, 2016 – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S., with more than 150,000 people losing their lives to the disease each year – it’s more than breast, prostate, colon and ovarian cancer deaths combined. Missouri is number 7 on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013 rankings based on the incidence of lung cancer. While there are more cases of female breast and prostate cancers than lung cancer in Missouri, the number of de ... Read More

Dancers join thousands of nurses, communities and survivors nationwide to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer Poplar Bluff, MO - August 24, 2016 – Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center will be competing in the 2016 Medline Pink Glove Dance video competition with the goals of winning a $15,000 donation for the United Cancer Assistance Network (UCAN) and gaining social media attention to promote breast cancer awareness. The video will feature participants from throughout the community wearing pi ... Read More

Poplar Bluff, MO- August 16, 2016- Pulmonologist, Mohanad Alfaqih, M.D., has joined Regional Physician Specialists and the medical staff at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Dr. Alfaqih is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and board eligible in critical care. He graduated from The University of Jordan in Amman, Jordan. His residency in Internal Medicine was completed at the Henry Ford Hospital at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. He went on to complete a fellowship in Pulmon ... Read More

Poplar Bluff, MO- June 6, 2016 - Each year, there are more than 36,000 visits to the Emergency Department at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. On average, that’s over 100 patients per day in need of life-saving care. The team providing that care was recently recognized for outstanding leadership at the Schumacher Clinical Medical Director’s Conference in Las Vegas. Dr. Ken Stone, Emergency Department medical director at PBRMC, was the recipient of one of only two awards given nationally to ... Read More