Updated COVID-19 boosters available at CHCS Clinics
October 12, 2022
Categories: Community health news, News
You may have heard that new COVID-19 boosters have been approved and recommended. These boosters are bivalent vaccines, offering protection against COVID-19 along with the omicron variant. The updated boosters are now available at CHCS clinics.
Individuals recommended to receive a bivalent COVID-19 booster are as follows.
For the Pfizer booster, anyone age 12 and up who has completed a primary vaccine series, with the last dose at least two...
Latest COVID-19 surge: What patients need to know
January 14, 2022
Categories: News
Our area is experiencing a COVID-19 surge, and Community HealthCare System wants to make sure patients and communities are aware of the effects on our hospital and clinics.
As reported at a recent meeting of the Pottawatomie County Commission, our hospital has experienced recent staffing shortages because of the number of associates who have tested positive for COVID-19 or who have household exposures or other issues associated with COVID-19, such as a lack of childcare...
Call to schedule your COVID-19 vaccine booster
October 8, 2021
Categories: News
Update as of October 27: Booster doses of Moderna and Janssen/Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine have now been authorized.
Anyone age 18 and up who received the J&J vaccine at least two months ago is eligible to receive a booster dose. Moderna boosters are authorized for those who meet the same criteria for Pfizer listed below.Booster doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine were recently authorized for individuals who completed a two-shot...
Celebrating 2,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
September 15, 2021
Categories: News
As we’ve navigated the pandemic, CHCS associates have done many extraordinary things to serve our patients and communities, but perhaps none have been more significant than our efforts to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. We jumped in with both feet. We tackled logistical obstacles and persevered through many difficulties. We adapted our processes as the situation and availability and guidelines changed. We patiently answered question after question.
Earlier this month,...
Here we go again
August 6, 2021
Categories: News
By Todd Willert, CEO
Remember the end of May this year? Everyone was feeling pretty good. Hopeful anticipation was in the air. We had made it to the end of the school year with our children learning in person, restaurants and businesses were opening fully, restrictions were lifting, some were looking to a future when we could get rid of masks, and CHCS had just successfully celebrated our COVID-ized associate recognition. And the numbers looked good!
Systemwide,...
COVID-19 vaccine challenges and benefits
June 1, 2021
Categories: Community health news, News
For the past year, CHCS has worked to tackle the ever-changing challenges presented by COVID-19. Delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine has been one of those challenges.
As soon as the vaccine became available, CHCS collaborated with the public health departments from four different counties (Pottawatomie, Jackson, Marshall, and Nemaha) to ensure that our patients had equal access to the vaccine when we weren’t eligible to receive it directly. Each county handled the vaccine differently,...
CHCS offers COVID-19 vaccines
March 29, 2021
Categories: News
UPDATE May 14, 2021: Our clinics can now vaccinate anyone age 12 and older. Please note the following.
Parental consent is required for those under age 18. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is the only type approved for ages 12-17. It requires a second dose 21 days after the first dose. The Pfizer vaccine is approved for administration with other vaccines. Our clinics order weekly allocations of vaccine based on demand, so we can't typically...
CHCS offers Phase 3 and 4 COVID-19 vaccines
March 26, 2021
Categories: News
NOTE: This article has been updated to reflect the Governor's announcement that Kansas will move to Phase 5 on Monday, March 29. Phase 5 makes all adults age 16 and up eligible to receive the vaccine.
Community HealthCare System is now receiving its own COVID-19 vaccine allocation and will begin offering the vaccine starting late the week of March 29.
Vaccines will be administered by appointment only at CHCS clinic locations in Centralia, Frankfort,...
Pottawatomie County, CHCS host first Phase 2 vaccine clinic
February 2, 2021
Categories: Community health news, General, News
The early February sun shone on the first Phase 2 COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Pottawatomie County, an event that one vaccine recipient said felt “like a party.”
Vicki Flattery said everyone from the staff to those arriving for the vaccine was “excited and festive.” “It’s a great vibe,” she said.
Pottawatomie County Public Health collaborated with county healthcare leaders for months to ensure smooth delivery of vaccine. The event at...
Phase 2 COVID-19 vaccinations begin in northeast Kansas
January 22, 2021
Categories: Community health news, General, News
Community HealthCare System is collaborating with public health authorities in four counties to begin Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Although plans are proceeding, vaccine supply from the state is limited. Vaccine supply will grow in the coming weeks, but patience will be required as healthcare providers and public health departments work through the planning and distribution process.
CHCS patients who are interested in receiving the vaccine should do the...
