Performance Improvement
Risk Management & Compliance
Clarinda Regional Health Center is committed to complying with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures. CRHC has a formal compliance program and Compliance Committee which meets regularly to address all areas of compliance and risk management. The compliance program refers to all structures, activities and documents which are established, developed or undertaken to assess, promote, monitor and correct organizational practices to minimize the risk of noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations. For questions, comments or concerns related to Risk and Compliance, please contact Laurie Buckhahn at (712) 542-8382.
Laurie Buckhahn, RN, BSS has been Infection Prevention and Risk Management Director at Clarinda Regional Health Center since June, 2008. In April 2009 she was appointed Compliance Officer for CRHC. Laurie received her Diploma in Nursing degree in 1982 and worked in the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit and Cardiac Catheterization Lab for many years in Moline, Illinois. She then went on to receive her Certification in Diabetes Education and taught in an outpatient Diabetes Clinic in Davenport, Iowa. In 2003, Laurie received her Bachelor’s Degree from St. Ambrose University in Davenport. Her family then moved to southwest Iowa where Laurie worked as a Director of Nursing in long-term care for approximately 5 years before coming to CRHC.