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Judge approves the purchase of health care facilities by Atchison Hospital

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...

Our Atchison Hospital primary care clinics now offer more appointment times to make seeing a healthcare provider even easier. Improved scheduling has decreased the wait from weeks to days—even same day appointments are now available.

Atchison Hospital is working with Live Well Live Atchison to update the 2016 Atchison County (KS) Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). All community residents and business leaders are encouraged to complete the 2019 online CHNA survey by Monday, July 15th, 2019. All responses are confidential.

It is with sincere gratitude and a touch of sadness that we celebrate the retirement of Atchison Hospital’s CEO, John Jacobson. For the past 15 years John has been an outstanding leader and a true inspiration to those who have worked beside him and those in the community.

Atchison Hospital was awarded accreditation by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), a nationally recognized healthcare facility accreditation organization recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

On April 1, 2019, Atchison Hospital went live with the implementation of the new MEDITECH Expanse EHR. This web-based, health information system consolidates patient records from all points of care, allowing for a more comprehensive healthcare experience for both the patient and the provider. This platform is designed to be readily adaptive to further innovation. Atchison Hospital has been a MEDITECH customer for a long time, and after careful consideration...

Atchison Hospital welcomes three new board members to its Board of Directors. Joining the Board in 2019 is Lorin Affield, Executive Director of the YMCA, Dr. Melinda Pregont, of Trusted Care Chiropractic and Jerry Henry, Executive Director for Achievement Services of Northeast Kansas. The three new members join current board members Dr. Susan Myers, Board Chair, Gus Griffin, Vice Chair, Steve Minnis, Secretary, Todd Gigstad, Treasurer, Lydia Funk, Larry Mears...

John Jacobson, our CEO, was honored at this year's Chamber Banquet with the Quality of Life Award in recognition of his leadership, bringing the new Atchison Hospital facility to our community, and for helping to make Atchison a great place to live, work, and visit.

2018 EventThis year's Remember Me Tree Lighting Ceremony was held on November 18th. Over 50 people attended the ceremony which included Holiday music, the reading of loved one's names, a benediction, and refreshments. This program is sponsored by Atchison Hospital's Home Health and Hospice. So far this year, 165 ornaments have been purchased to honor the memory of loved ones. If you'd like to order an ornament for our Remember...