CHCS Birth Center Achieves Gold Level Status
June 12, 2025
Categories: News
The Birth Center at Community HealthCare System (CHCS) has been awarded Gold Level status by the Kansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative’s Fourth Trimester Initiative. The Fourth Trimester Initiative is an innovative approach to studying and improving the birthing experience for mothers and families across the State through targeted goals and actions.
By achieving this Gold Level Status, the CHCS Birth Center staff participated in a 3-year program and developed best practices for...
CHCS receives High 5 for Mom & Baby Premier Recognition for second straight year
March 6, 2023
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System has continued its commitment to improving the health of moms and babies by earning High 5 for Mom & Baby Premier recognition for the second straight year. High 5 for Mom & Baby is a program developed by the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund to increase and support breastfeeding in Kansas.
“We’re honored to receive this recognition from the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund for our efforts to support successful breastfeeding....
Kansas Newborn Screening Program recognizes CHCS
January 24, 2023
Categories: News
When babies are born, parents and families want to make sure they are healthy. Crucial screenings done at the right moment are designed to identify problems that could lead to development disabilities or severe illness.
The Kansas Newborn Screening Program, a collaboration between public health, hospitals, providers, and the parents of newborns, has provided essential screenings at no cost to families since 1965. Community HealthCare System, or CHCS, is among the Kansas...
CHCS honors Birth Center nurses with DAISY Award
March 25, 2022
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System, or CHCS, has recognized Katie Kufahl, RN, and her Birth Center nursing team with the winter 2022 DAISY Award for extraordinary nursing. Birth Center nurses were nominated for their kindness and professionalism as they cared for a new mom who had a C-section and needed to stay in the hospital for a few days to recover.
Ashley Bean, Lindsay Koch, and Jolene Wessel, Birth Center RNs, were nominated by James Fitzhenry. According to the nomination...
CHCS receives High 5 for Mom & Baby Premier recognition
February 23, 2022
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System has continued its commitment to improving the health of moms and babies by earning High 5 for Mom & Baby Premier recognition. High 5 for Mom & Baby is a program developed by the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund to increase and support breastfeeding in Kansas.
The High 5 program provides resources and a framework to help Kansas hospitals and birth facilities implement 10 evidence-based practices proven to support successful breastfeeding,...
Holton Clinic offers Spanish translation services
January 14, 2022
Categories: News
When you need medical care, you may not be feeling your best. Even under ideal circumstances, you may have trouble remembering everything your healthcare provider tells you. Now imagine navigating an office visit or even having a baby when you don’t speak the language. Scary, right?
Community HealthCare System is hoping to help patients in that situation feel more at ease. The Holton Clinic now offers translation services for Spanish-speaking patients Monday through Friday from...
Birth Center delivers 'a joyful day'
November 12, 2021
Categories: Patient story
Annie Crumbaker’s daughter Emmy is five months old. Crumbaker smiles when she talks about her, and you can hear the pride in her voice when she describes her: “She’s such a happy baby,” said the proud mom. (Baby Emmy is pictured above in the arms of her dad, Kyle.)
Crumbaker was not all smiles the day Emmy was born. Although she anticipated an uncomplicated birth like those of her other three children, Crumbaker’s labor did not progress as expected,...
CHCS recognized for improving care for opioid-exposed infants and families
November 9, 2020
Categories: News
Community HealthCare System has been awarded a Center of Excellence in Education and Training for Infants and Families Affected by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome by Vermont Oxford Network, or VON.
The award recognizes multidisciplinary care teams for completing training to care for babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS. Neonatal abstinence syndrome is drug withdrawal syndrome experienced by infants exposed to opioids while in utero. Infants born with NAS are more likely...
CHCS recognized by Kansas Newborn Screening Program
October 29, 2020
Categories: News
When babies are born, time is of the essence to screen for problems that could cause developmental disability or severe illness.
The Kansas Newborn Screening Program, a collaboration between public health, hospitals, providers, and the parents of newborns, has provided essential screenings at no cost to families since 1965. Community HealthCare System, or CHCS, is among the Kansas hospitals being recognized for meeting or exceeding screening goals.
Required screenings include...
