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November 27, 2023
Embracing the spirit of the season, Community Hospital's behavioral health department invites the public to join an engaging stress management presentation titled "Is Your Tinsel in a Tangle" on Thursday, December 14, from 4:30 to 5:30 PM in the Prairie View meeting rooms.
The holiday season, while magical, can often become overwhelming. Recognizing the potential…
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November 20, 2023
The Community Hospital Speech Therapy Department is reconvening the Parkinson’s support group on Friday, December 1 from 11AM to 12:30PM in the Prairie View A meeting room. Lunch will be served.
This meeting will be used to greet former attendees and meet new members, as well as learn about topics the members would like to have covered in future meetings. The group…
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November 7, 2023
Community Hospital is excited to announce the hospital’s 2023 Caring Kind recipient is Becky Felker, LPN, a nurse with Community HealthCare and Hospice. She was honored in October as Community Hospital’s Caring Kind recipient during the Nebraska Hospital Association annual convention in La Vista. During the convention, Felker was a guest at the Caring Kind luncheon along…
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Community Hospital was the recipient of the 2023 Quest for Excellence award at the Nebraska Hospital Association convention in LaVista, Nebraska in October when it submitted the project, Cultures Resulting after Discharge. The quality improvement project focused on identifying the need for improving patient outcomes with proper antibiotic usage.
During positive culture reviews in late 2018…
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October 30, 2023
McCook on the Move members are excited to be awarded the Communities of Excellence Bronze recognition for strides made to enhance the quality of life for its residents. Baleigh Abbott, Community Hospital’s Outreach Coordinator received the award last week at the COE Fall Conference in Wisconsin.
The hospital’s role as a backbone organization for COE, newly named…
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October 23, 2023
Home healthcare representatives from Nebraska met with congressional staff members on Capitol Hill to appeal for support against proposed Medicare Home Health Reimbursement Rate cuts slated for 2024. Barbie Long, Director of Community HealthCare and Hospice in McCook, along with Carrie Edwards from Mary Lanning Home Care, Shelly Koch from Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan…
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October 23, 2023
Community Hospital will be participating in McCook’s annual community-wide full-scale drill on Thursday. This event, a mandatory regulatory exercise, was meticulously planned in collaboration with the City of McCook, McCook Police Department and McCook Fire and Rescue, according to Stacey Aguilar, Community Hospital Emergency Management Director. “The drill will be held…
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October 18, 2023
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), has released their coveted Digital Health Most Wired Survey results for the 2023 data collection period. Community Hospital is proud to announce receiving the Level 8 achievement for the first time for the Acute survey selection.
The hospital received Most Wired awards in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2016 and…
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October 19, 2023
Community Hospital was one of 27 Nebraska employers receiving the 2023 Governor’s Wellness Award last week for offering evidence-based worksite wellness programs. At a recognition event, Andie Stang, Community Hospital Wellness Program Specialist and Jennifer Hunter, one of Community Hospital’s wellness ambassadors, received the Grower Award from Gov. Jim Pillen. The Governor…
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September 7, 2023
In total, nearly $70,000 was granted from the Community Hospital Health Foundation in support of home care services provided by Community Healthcare and Hospice in fiscal year 2023. In addition to $66,000 of direct operational support, funds were provided for patient-specific supplies, needs, and educational resources.
“The Health Foundation is raising funds in…