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Occupational therapists enable people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health, and prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability. Occupational therapy helps people do the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of daily activities.   Impact on Patient Care Our team of occupational therapists use functional activity to improve patients’ lives. They provide services to inpatient, outpatient, and home...

Atchison Hospital is grateful for the support we have received from those who have reached out to donate supplies, equipment, and resources. The community has been incredibly supportive for our front line workers during this COVID-19 public emergency.We have had many community members reach out about making face coverings to help protect our community from the spread of COVID-19. To help facilitate these donations, we are providing some patterns and...

Patient Access Week 2020

Rebecca Boust, CRNA, MSNA, APRN, has been serving as a nurse anesthetist on the surgical team of Atchison Hospital & Clinics on a part-time basis since 2018 and has recently joined our team full-time. Rebecca has been a nurse for twenty-two years and a CRNA for nine years. She’s had extensive anesthesia experience in a Level 1 trauma center serving five states, ambulatory surgery centers, and a surgical suite for...

A great healthcare information management team is at the core of everything a hospital does, and we are extremely fortunate to have an excellent team at Atchison Hospital.  March 22-28 is the thirty-first annual Health Information Professionals Week, and we are happy to take this opportunity to get to know our own health information management team in honor of the occasion.  The HIM Team  Led by HIM manager, Diana Gaddis,...

March 16-20th is Healthcare HR Week, and we want to take this opportunity to celebrate and get to know our Human Resources department. Human Resources Team Members The HR team serving the Atchison Hospital and clinics is made up of 3 members. Jill Wenger: Jill has been the Chief Human Resources Officer for five years and leads the department. Elaine Laurie: Elaine has been with our organization for ten years....

Congratulations to Edna Brantley, our latest Swing Bed alumnus! We have enjoyed her visit with us and will miss having her! Atchison Hospital’s Swing Bed program acts as a bridge for patients who are not quite ready to return home even after their intensive acute care has ended. We provide 24-hour, skilled-nursing care, therapy services, and patient-centered activities to help patients regain their independence, return home, and get back to...

It was announced at the 101st annual Chamber Banquet on Saturday, January 25, 2020, that Jill Wenger, our Chief Human Resources Officer, has been elected to the role of board chair for the Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce. Thank you, Jill, for your service to our employees, our leadership team, and the Atchison area community.

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) will be educating the public about the role CRNAs take in providing safe and effective anesthesia care for every patient during the 21st annual National CRNA Week celebration taking place January 19-25, 2020.

Atchison Hospital is excited to welcome Jennifer Baum to our General Surgery Department. Having previously worked in the Emergency Department in 2013, Jennifer already loved the upbeat, family-community feeling at Atchison Hospital. She was impressed with how the staff genuinely cared for their patients and each other, which elevated patient satisfaction. Jennifer appreciates the higher level of closeness with patients that separates Atchison Hospital from the rest. Having been raised...