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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.

Community Blood Center (CBC) is the primary provider of blood and blood components to 70-plus hospitals and medical centers in the Greater Kansas City region. CBC will conduct a life-saving blood drive on Friday, February 28 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Atchison Hospital. “When individuals normally think of essential community services, they often think about fire and police departments,” said Kim Peck, Senior Executive Director of Community Blood Center....

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.

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...