preventive health

Community HealthCare System is set to resume surgeries and wellness visits at its hospitals and clinics on May 4. Many restrictions and precautions will remain in place to protect patients and staff from COVID-19, but those who need care no longer need to wait. 

Like other healthcare facilities, Community HealthCare System, or CHCS, postponed non-emergency surgeries, yearly checkups, and other elective procedures when the statewide stay-at-home order was issued and the COVID-19...

Elizabeth Littrell came to Community HealthCare System for a colonoscopy in May 2018. “I firmly believe that I wouldn’t be alive right now if I hadn’t gotten my colonoscopy,” she said.

Littrell had no cancer symptoms at the time, but her colonoscopy found a tumor that grew quickly. She went through treatment and surgery, and today she is fully recovered.

More than 145,000 Americans each year will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer,...

We know that many people are concerned about COVID-19, and so are we. We are taking necessary steps to be prepared should cases surface in our area. We also know that influenza activity in our area has been high. We need to protect long-term care and assisted living residents from both of these illnesses, and we need your help.

If you are planning to visit a resident of Eastridge Skilled Nursing Facility, St. Marys Manor, or Redbud Plaza Assisted Living, we ask that you change your plans...

Colorectal cancer is the fourth-leading cause of new cancer diagnosis and third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths according to the National Cancer Institute. About 4% of men and women will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. 

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so it’s a great time to consider your colorectal cancer risk and options for screening.

“Fortunately, screening for colorectal cancer can identify early-stage cancer that...

The risk of Coronavirus Disease, or COVID-19, remains relatively low in Kansas according to the latest update from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Kansas has no confirmed cases and no persons under investigation for the virus. People don’t remain in one place in our world, though, so it’s important to know current guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, on travel.

CDC recommends that travelers avoid mainland China, South Korea, and reconsider...

All of us are hearing about coronavirus in the news. Here at Community HealthCare System, our hospitals, clinics, and other facilities have procedures and supplies in place to protect our patients and staff if the need arises. We are also in close contact with authorities from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and we are following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control. Although the risk of encountering coronavirus is currently low in our area, we...