Why screeners and masks are so important in our facilities
November 19, 2020
Categories: News
Everyone who comes to a CHCS hospital or clinic for an appointment has been met by a screener since late March. In Onaga, St. Marys, and Holton, we have dedicated screening staff members who meet patients and support persons at the door. At other clinics, registration staff provide screening, which involves taking temperatures and asking questions about symptoms and travel of those who enter and giving everyone a procedure mask to wear (with exceptions for young children or individuals who are...
Breathe easier: Learn more about COPD
November 12, 2020
Categories: Community health news
The American Lung Association estimates that more than 15 million Americans suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, and many more don’t realize they have it. With a rampaging respiratory virus on the loose, now is a good time to learn more about a disease that can take your breath away.
According to Deb Rezac, advanced practice registered nurse at Community HealthCare System and experienced provider of pulmonary-critical care, the symptoms that trigger suspicion...
CHCS resumes visitor restrictions, maintains other COVID-19 precautions
November 11, 2020
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in our service area, so Community HealthCare System is re-instituting visitor restrictions and maintaining other COVID-19 precautions.
Starting at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 12, hospitalized patients, including those delivering babies at the Birth Center, will be allowed one designated visitor. Designated visitors will be issued a purple bracelet to indicate their status during the length of their loved one’s...
Eastridge residents test positive for COVID-19
November 10, 2020
Categories: News
UPDATES:
November 18: All patients are being closely monitored, and appropriate actions are taken as need arises. CHCS invited KDHE to visit Eastridge to ensure that we are doing all we can to protect residents and staff. That visit took place on November 16. We will continue to provide updates as available. As of November 16, 22 residents have tested positive for COVID-19. Two have been hospitalized. All are...
Veterans Day: CHCS Veteran Jeremy Brandt reflects on service
November 10, 2020
Categories: General, News, Provider story
Jeremy Brandt is a physician assistant and licensed X-ray technologist. He serves as lead provider in the Frankfort Clinic as well as co-clinical advisor for the Northeast Kansas Healthcare Coalition.
He is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the Kansas Air National Guard 190th Air Refueling Wing, Forbes Field, Topeka, Kansas. He continues to serve after more than 20 years in the Armed Forces, and he deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 with the 2-130...
CHCS recognized for improving care for opioid-exposed infants and families
November 9, 2020
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System has been awarded a Center of Excellence in Education and Training for Infants and Families Affected by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome by Vermont Oxford Network, or VON.
The award recognizes multidisciplinary care teams for completing training to care for babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS. Neonatal abstinence syndrome is drug withdrawal syndrome experienced by infants exposed to opioids while in utero. Infants born with NAS are more likely...
Protect the people and things you care about
November 6, 2020
Categories: Community health news, News
The following is a joint letter to the editor submitted to area newspapers for publication the week of November 9. The letter is signed by three area hospital CEOs, including Todd Willert from Community HealthCare System.
Dear citizens of northeast Kansas,
Across the state, we are hearing calls of distress from our colleagues in healthcare. Hospital beds and intensive care units are filling to capacity. ER doctors and nurses are struggling to keep up...
