CEO Blog

January 1, 2018 | Allen Van Driel, CEO The New Year has dawned with bitter cold temperatures and great optimism. The bitter cold will, hopefully, be short-lived, while we look…

December 1, 2017 | Allen Van Driel, CEO Over the months since we started the building project, the questions from the community have changed slightly. In the beginning the most…

November 1, 2017 | Allen Van Driel, CEO Here we are – the first of November. The days are getting noticeably shorter. Daylight Savings Time will be ending. (Will we…

October 1, 2017 | Allen Van Driel, CEO Last week, during the annual Critical Access Hospital Conference sponsored by the National Rural Health Association, Smith County Memorial Hospital was recognized…

September 1, 2017 | Allen Van Driel, CEO For quite some time now, you have read or heard our description of plans for the future of senior living in Smith…

August 1, 2017 | Allen Van Driel, CEO Smith County Memorial Hospital and Smith County Family Practice are excited that Leah Wiehl, M.D. will join our staff later this month….

July 1, 2017 | Allen Van Driel, CEO The warmer weather we’ve had recently, couples with drier conditions, have spurred progress on the new hospital building.  Almost on a daily…

Allen Van Driel, CEO Probably the two most commonly heard questions about the construction for our replacement hospital, at least until very recently, have been “Are they way behind schedule…

April 1, 2017 | Allen Van Driel, CEO Speaking of the dry winter, I want to take a moment to recognize and thank the volunteer firefighters who worked so hard…

March 1, 2017 | Allen Van Driel, CEO We were pleased with the turnout for our ceremonial groundbreaking last Thursday.  As I had jokingly predicted, the weather turned out much…