Emplify Health by Gundersen Friendship Area

12/20/2025

Our staff enjoyed more seasonal fun this week with our holiday meal, dessert potluck and Christmas attire!

12/18/2025

The Partners Bake Sale is today/Thursday starting at 9 a.m. in the hospital lobby. Get there early to buy your favorite treats. All proceeds benefit your local hospital and clinics. Thursday morning (through 10 a.m.) is also the last chance to purchase raffle tickets for the Parade of Trees and vote with cash/coin for your favorite tree. https://bit.ly/3Y3ehzv

12/18/2025

Tomorrow/Thursday morning at 10 a.m. is the last chance to buy raffle tickets and vote (with cash or coin) for the Partners of Gundersen Moundview Parade of Trees in our hospital lobby. The Partners are holding a holiday bake sale starting at 9 a.m. in the lobby on Thursday. Stop by to purchase treats and visit the Parade of Trees!

All proceeds from these fundraisers benefit your local hospital and clinics!

12/16/2025

Emplify Health by Gundersen's Pediatric Mobile Clinic will be featured tonight on WKBT Channel 8 (CBS) La Crosse at 6 and 10 p.m.

The news crew visited Friendship to highlight this important service, which is being piloted in Adams County to bring convenient, accessible pediatric care to children. Tune in and learn how we’re making a difference for kids in rural communities! 💙

12/15/2025

Keep your family healthy this holiday season! Is your child's asthma medication up to date? Do they need a flu shot, a routine physical or care for ear pain or other concerns?

On Tuesday, Dec. 16 our Pediatric Mobile Clinic will be on-site at Adams-Friendship Area Schools and ready to help! If your child is in school that day, they can leave class for their appointment.

Call (608) 775-8138 to schedule. Please have your insurance card ready and mention you would like an appointment with the Pediatric Mobile Clinic in Adams County.

Emplify Health by Gundersen's Pediatric Mobile Clinic is a clinic on wheels offering well-child visits, physicals, vaccines, and care for common issues like sore throats, stomach aches, ear pain, asthma, and more.

12/12/2025

We had a fun week celebrating the holiday season with our staff! Santa visited with his "sleigh and reindeer" to deliver breakfast treats. We had hot cocoa and cookies, held an ornament exchange and offered a candle pouring class. Want to join in the fun next year? Check out our job opportunities: https://bit.ly/4q9jlyd

12/10/2025

For 73-year-old Larry Swaziek, there’s no place like home. It’s where he feels comfortable, it’s where he knows people, and it’s where he’s grateful that he could receive long-term care following an alarming incident earlier this year that left him unable to walk.

For three weeks, Larry took advantage of the Swing Bed program at Emplify Health by Gundersen Friendship Hospital. It’s a Medicare-covered, hospital-based program for patients who no longer need inpatient, acute care services but are not ready to go home and still require some rehabilitation and/or nursing services. Read more about the care Larry received:

For three weeks, Larry Swaziek took advantage of the Swing Bed program at Emplify Health by Gundersen Friendship Hospital. It’s a Medicare-covered, hospital-based program.

12/05/2025

Sharing this post from our friends at Public Health! Our Pediatric Mobile Clinic will be parked at public health for their Dental and Health Services Clinic on Monday, Dec. 8.

Call (608) 775-8138 today to make a mobile clinic appointment for your child on Monday. Same day appointments are welcome!

Emplify Health by Gundersen's Pediatric Mobile Clinic is a clinic on wheels that provides well-child visits, sports physicals, vaccines, and care for common issues like sore throats, stomach aches, ear pain, asthma, and more. When calling for an appointment, please request the pediatric mobile clinic and have your insurance card available.

The next mobile clinic date will be Tuesday, Dec. 16 at the Adams-Friendship Area Schools.

12/04/2025

Last chance to save 20% on Christmas gifts at our hospital gift shop is tonight (Thursday). The shop is open extended hours through 6 p.m. An added bonus - free cookies and hot cocoa! Plus, visit the beautiful Parade of Trees lining the lobbies. Bring the whole family.

12/02/2025

Please note our Friendship Clinic is closing early today.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for our staff, patients and the communities we serve. Our retail pharmacy and clinics in Friendship and Westfield are closed today due to the holiday. Urgent Care, located in our hospital's emergency department, will be open expanded holiday hours today (Thurs., Nov. 27) from 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.

11/25/2025

Last week we presented the Aging Department of Adams County Health & Human Services with a check for over $300 raised through our staff pumpkin decorating contest, coordinated by our Activities Committee!

The money will help fund the department's "Blizzard Boxes" for their home delivered meals program. When meals cannot be delivered due to bad weather, home-bound individuals may not have anything to eat that day. The blizzard boxes are delivered at the start of the winter season to be kept in the recipients' homes to be used as replacement meals when home delivered or dining site meals can't be provided.

The Aging Department's Nutrition Program is currently accepting donations to purchase contents for the boxes. Suggestions are: individual boxes of raising, peanut butter or cheese crackers, canned meat (tuna, chicken, sardines, salmon, low sodium ham), canned or dried beans, rice, low sodium ravioli, macaroni and cheese, water packed fruits, sugar free jelly, puddings and jello, low sodium soups or vegetables, tea bags, hot chocolate, bottled water, powered milk and individual juice containers. If interested in providing assistance, please contact the department directly at (608) 339-4251.

Who won the pumpkin contest? The entry that raised the most money was "Witches Brew", seen in the background of the check presentation photo below. The pumpkin was submitted by the Quality/Infection Control/Patient Accounts/Prior Authorization Departments. Thank you to all who decorated a pumpkin and those who voted with their donation of cash and coin!