Amberwell Health

As we celebrate National Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week, we want to spotlight the excellent teams at Amberwell Atchison and Amberwell Hiawatha. Leading the charge are Director of Nutrition and Food Services and Registered Dietician Lindsey Smith in Atchison and Manager of Food and Nutrition Services Mark Nenadov in Hiawatha. Their outstanding leadership ensures our patients, staff, and guests receive top-notch dietary care. It takes multiple team members for food and...

Your primary care provider is your family's health partner across the lifespan of each member of your family. Through regular wellness visits, your child's primary care provider stays familiar with their overall health and can offer treatment options that are best suited to their individual needs within your family setting. Annual wellness visits help catch potential problems early, before they become serious or life threatening for your children. Contact a...

June 19th is the beginning of Healthcare Risk Management Week. At Amberwell, each department works closely with our executive director of quality and risk to keep a watchful eye on every aspect of patient care and make our patients’ well-being our top priority. All employees work hard to ensure that the healthcare experience at Amberwell facilities is safe. We promote patient safety by fostering a culture of continuous improvement through...

Community Health Improvement Week provides us with a great moment to recognize the efforts of Amberwell's community health workers, who play an important role in keeping the communities we serve healthy and safe. These professionals work to provide services to individuals in need, and their contributions to public health are greatly appreciated. Community Health Workers can assist with: Transportation Food and/or medication Housing and/or utilities Insurance Coverage Social/Emotional Support Vaccinations...

We are excited to welcome Arlene Long, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C, to the primary care and behavioral care teams at Amberwell Hiawatha and Amberwell Atchison. Arlene is a key member of the treatment team of Amberwell Senior Life Services outpatient group therapy program. Arlene is excited to a part of Amberwell’s new intensive outpatient program. “I love that through this program,” said Arlene, “I get to help patients get their lives back...

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Ensuring our patients have access to local health care within our communities is a priority for Amberwell Health. During Patient Access Week, we celebrate all the roles dedicated to making sure our patients can access their providers and get the procedures they need. Patient access professionals handle patient registration, scheduling, prior authorization for procedures, check-in, insurance verification, financial counseling, patient transport, many other important functions at each of our Amberwell...

Esophageal cancer is the fastest growing cancer diagnosis among men in the United States. Most people diagnosed with esophageal cancer will die from it because it’s usually caught in its late stages. Early on, esophageal cancer typically has no signs or symptoms. One of the most effective ways to prevent esophageal cancer is to seek treatment for frequent or constant heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Occasional heartburn is common....

The social services department of Amberwell Atchison is excited to distribute life-saving information regarding the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. To celebrate Social Work Month, information about the 988 Lifeline will be available in all waiting areas of Amberwell Atchison, Amberwell Eighth Street Clinic, Amberwell Horton Clinic, and Amberwell Troy Clinic. Our social workers feel that the updated features of the...

Join us as we celebrate our certified registered nurse anesthetists during CRNA Week! CRNAs are key members of Amberwell’s surgical care team. They work hard and are committed to providing life-saving care to our patients daily. They care for patients when patients are at their most vulnerable—while undergoing a surgical procedure. They watch over our patients before, during, and after surgery to ensure that each patient makes it through their...