Disasters happen. Are you prepared?
September 19, 2022
Categories: Community health news, News
CHCS certified by OSHA safety program for 19th straight year
July 22, 2021
Categories: News
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred more interest in workplace safety, but emphasis on safety is nothing new at Community HealthCare System. CHCS’s longtime commitment to safety earned formal recognition recently when it received certification by a special program from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the 19th year in a row.
Since 2002, CHCS has been recognized as the only hospital in Kansas and one of only a handful in the nation to uphold the highest standards...
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 certified by OSHA safety program for 18th straight year
September 3, 2020
Categories: News
In a time when workplace safety is more important than ever before, Community HealthCare System has received certification by a special program from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the 18th year in a row.
Since 2002, CHCS has been recognized as the only hospital in Kansas and one of only a handful in the nation to uphold the highest standards of worksite safety and health by the Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program, or SHARP.
“Our associates...
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...
NE KS Healthcare Coalition mini-grants support emergency preparedness
June 23, 2020
Categories: News
The Northeast Kansas Healthcare Coalition is helping Community HealthCare System boost emergency preparedness by providing $7,060 in mini-grants. The funds purchased five 800-MHz radios for systemwide use and will expand the Holton Family Health Center generated electrical system.
Adding 800-MHz radios, which have statewide reach, across all CHCS campuses strengthens healthcare and medical response coordination in an emergency. CHCS previously conducted a hazard vulnerability...
Northeast Kansas Healthcare Coalition helps organizations prepare and respond to emergencies
May 15, 2020
Categories: Community health news, News
Healthcare organizations have learned many grim lessons from both natural and human-made disasters in the last two decades. 9/11, an Ebola outbreak, Hurricane Katrina, mass shootings, and more have raised awareness of the need to prepare for the worst. But preparation can’t happen in a vacuum, and no one organization can cover every possible set of circumstances.
Healthcare coalitions aim to help the many contributors to a region’s preparedness break down barriers and increase...
COVID-19: A Letter from CEO Todd Willert
March 20, 2020
Categories: News
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
-Winston Churchill
We are living through events on a scale never before seen in our lifetime. For many of us, 9/11 may be the most comparable moment. Although 9/11 attacked our sense of security and safety and exposed the vulnerability of our nation, COVID-19 assaults the very fiber of who we are: social creatures who depend on our relationships with others. Broadway is...
COVID-19 changes at CHCS
March 16, 2020
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System is working to protect our patients, communities, and associates from COVID-19 and has taken several actions to enhance our preparedness. The situation is changing rapidly, but we will continue to update this list as more adjustments become necessary.
In addition to keeping our providers, nurses, and clinic associates abreast of COVID-19 screening and testing procedures, we have done the following.
Update April 30: We will resume...
CHCS senior care facilities to suspend visitors effective immediately
March 13, 2020
Categories: News
Starting immediately, Community HealthCare Systems senior care facilities will not allow visitors in an effort to protect residents from COVID-19. Eastridge Skilled Nursing Facility, St. Marys Manor, and Redbud Assisted Living will be affected.
Anyone with questions can call the appropriate facility and ask for Lura Flentie, CHCS director of long-term care services.
Our priority is to protect residents. Older adults and people who have serious chronic medical conditions...
