Clarke County Hospital & UnityPoint
Clinic Welcome New Chief Medical Officer and New Providers to Clarke County
(OSCEOLA, IA) – Clarke County Hospital and UnityPoint Clinic® Family Medicine
– Clarke County are excited to announce the arrival of a new Chief Medical
Officer and new UnityPoint Clinic providers arriving in late June and early
July.
Clarke
County Hospital is proud to welcome Jenny Butler, M.D. as their new Chief
Medical Officer on Monday, June 27. Butler is a medical graduate from the
University of Iowa and completed her undergraduate degree at Iowa State
University. She completed her residency at Iowa Lutheran Hospital and is board
certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. Butler specializes in
family medicine, occupational medicine, and is certified to perform Department
of Transportation (DOT) physicals. Butler comes to the clinic from Unity Point
Health – St. Luke’s Cedar Rapids, Jones Regional Medical Center where she practiced
from 2008-2016 acting as the Urgent Care, Inpatient, and Occupational Medicine
and Employee Health Medical Director. She was honored as the Jones County Iowa
Top 20 Leaders under 40 in 2015 in addition to receiving St. Luke’s Hospital
Quality Award. Butler sits on the Anamosa Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors, is an active Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentor, and a local volunteer
for Ambulance Services as Medical Director.
Along with
her CMO responsibilities, UnityPoint Clinic is also delighted to announce that
Butler will be a new provider in the clinic seeing patients twice a week. Butler
will serve a key role in further developing the relation between Clarke County
Hospital and UnityPoint Clinic enhancing patient care and outcomes.
UnityPoint
Clinic also proudly welcomes Amy Lortz, P.A. – C. to their team on July 11. Lortz
completed her medical education at Des Moines University and completed her
undergraduate degree at Iowa State University. Lortz is board certified by the
National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants. She specializes
in family medicine, acute care and women’s health. Lortz will be a welcome
addition to the UnityPoint Clinic family and will help the clinic with
coordinating care and same-day access for patients. Lortz recognizes that
continuity of care is key to patients’ long-term health and improving the health
of the community.
Public
parking and main access to the UnityPoint Clinic is now located on the
southeast side of the hospital through a new centralized main entrance. To
schedule an appointment with UnityPoint Clinic, please call 641.342.2128.
Clarke
County Hospital and UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine - Clarke County welcome
you to the open house of our new hospital expansion and clinic relocation. Come
experience the transformation and fresh look of the community’s new facility
and clinics at an Open House Event on Sunday, June 26 from 12 – 4 PM!
About Clarke County Hospital
Clarke County Hospital is a 25-bed critical access hospital located in Osceola,
Iowa that delivers patient-centered, quality outcomes for south central Iowans.
An affiliate partner with UnityPoint Health - Des Moines, Clarke County
Hospital specializes in emergency care, general surgery, state-of-the-art
diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, infusion services, physical and
occupational therapy services, acute care and extended care inpatient services.
Clarke County Hospital is committed to providing “Excellence Close to Home”
by delivering the best of care to our patients and their families.
About UnityPoint Clinic
UnityPoint Clinic is an integrated network of primary
care and specialty physicians, advanced practitioners and clinics providing
quality health care services to patients and communities in Iowa, Illinois and
Wisconsin. With nearly 900 providers at more than 280 clinic locations,
UnityPoint Clinic specializes in family medicine, internal medicine,
pediatrics, OB/GYN, surgery, cardiology, liver disease and a wide variety of
other specialty services. Part of UnityPoint Health, the nation’s fourth
largest nondenominational health system, UnityPoint Clinic works with
affiliated hospitals and home health agencies to provide patient-centered, coordinated
care.