CHCS Patient Portal access now available through Apple Health app
July 30, 2020
Community HealthCare System now offers Patient Portal integration with Apple Health. The functionality brings together hospitals, clinics, and the existing Apple Health app to make it easy for patients to see their available medical data from multiple providers whenever they choose.
The iPhone Health Records feature is part of the Health app, which also shows activity, heart rate, nutrition and other health data consolidated from iPhone, Apple Watch, and some third-party apps. Information...
Onaga Cafeteria and Community Home Care Equipment to allow visitors starting August 3
July 30, 2020
Categories: General
Although the Community HealthCare System Onaga Community Hospital has been open to selected visitors and support persons for patients since June 1, the Cafeteria and Community Home Care Equipment store have remained closed. That will change on Monday, August 3.
On August 3, both the Cafeteria and Community Home Care Equipment store will allow visitors and patients who have been screened at the hospital main entrance and who are following the mask policy.
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IT + paramedic + fitness = Leah Zwonitzer
July 27, 2020
Categories: General
Leah Zwonitzer is a clinical application support analyst in the CHCS Information Technology, or IT, department. Leah said the job is acting as a go-between from nursing and medical staff and our electronic health record systems (Cerner and PointClick Care). Leah conducts troubleshooting; helps with builds, order set changes, documentation within charts, and workflow changes; and trains new hires in using the systems. In addition, Leah teaches Advanced Care Life Support, first...
Practice, teaching, and more: Michele Reisinger
July 20, 2020
Categories: General, Provider story
Michele Reisinger is a board-certified family nurse practitioner who sees patients in Onaga and Corning. She is also a full-time graduate-level nursing faculty member at Washburn University School of Nursing and serves as Primary Investigator on a Health Resources & Services Administration-funded grant.
Michele recently answered a few questions about the many hats she wears. Take a moment to learn more about this amazing CHCS associate!
Masks required for entry to all CHCS facilities
July 9, 2020
Categories: News
Masks or face coverings are required for all who enter Community HealthCare System facilities effective Monday, July 13.
Masks were previously required for certain patients and visitors but optional for support persons and patients with wellness appointments, but the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases around the state and in northeast Kansas caused CHCS to re-examine the policy. Associates have worn masks at work since April and will continue to do so.
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Fitness and COVID-19
July 6, 2020
Categories: Community health news
by Andrea Lutz, doctor of physical therapy
CHCS Rehabilitation and Fitness Manager
COVID-19 has developed a double meaning: Echoing the dreaded “freshman 15,” it can describe the weight people have gained during stay-at-home orders and periods of stress and uncertainty associated with the pandemic. Many Americans had workout options limited. But just because quarantine limited when and where we could go doesn’t mean it should take over how...
Fighting the "COVID 15" with fitness and nutrition
July 6, 2020
Categories: Community health news
Students headed to college are often warned to avoid the dreaded “freshman 15.” The big lifestyle disruptions that occur when moving away from home can result in less exercise and poor eating habits, then weight gain. But people around the country have experienced major lifestyle disruptions in the past few months because of COVID-19, and it’s left many wondering how to reverse the “COVID 15.”
According to experts at Community HealthCare System, now is a...
