Excelsior Springs Hospital, Excelsior Springs, MO

Community Outreach / Current Events

ES Hospital takes great pride in offering community outreach programs such as breast cancer awareness, a Freedom From Smoking clinic, a free Children's Health Fair, prostate screening, foot clinic, and more. Staff participates in Career Day at local schools. ES Hospital sponsors an Easter Egg Hunt for area children and "Trick or Treat" at the Convalescent Center.

ES Hospital would like to provide a program at your meeting or special event. Any organization interested in a speaker from the hospital please contact Jeanne Buckman at 816-629-2768 or e-mail.

Visit the Hospital website at www.eshospital.org or follow us on for upcoming events.

PEPPI, a FREE physical activity program specifically designed for older adults to increase and maintain their level of fitness and independence, is offered every Wednesday from 8:15 - 9 am at Excelsior Springs Hospital in Community Room II. PEPPI is sponsored by Clay County Public Health Center.

CAREGIVER TRAINING PROGRAM

Excelsior Springs Hospital is offering a FREE Caregiver Training Series sponsored by the American Red Cross in conjunction with Clay County Senior Services. This series of informative classes include the following topics:

Healthy Eating	General Caregiving Skills
Caring for the Caregiver	Alzheimer's/Dementia
Home Safety	Legal and Financial Issues

Dates/Time/Place

Classes begin February 9^th from 7-8 pm in the Community Room on the
second floor at the hospital

Classes will meet the second Thursday of the month every month through
July 2012

Please RSVP to (816) 629-2729 Home Health Office

Please plan to attend these one-hour classes to help you better care for your loved one and yourself! Presented by: Alice King, RN Home Health/Hospice Case Manager.

$33,200 from Price Chopper Golf Tournament to benefit
Excelsior Springs Hospital

John McKeever of Price Chopper, second from right, presents Sally Nance Hospital CEO and other members of the Excelsior Springs Health Care Foundation, with a check for $33,200.

Other Foundation Board members are front row left to right: Chuck Anderson, Mary Joyce Titus, Nance, McKeever, Judy Rounkles. Second row: Eric Busick, Rich Andrew, Ann Curty-Case, Daphne Bowman, Bob Craven, and D.R. Landwehr.

McKeever's Price Chopper owner, John McKeever, presented Hospital CEO Sally Nance, with a $33,200 check made from the annual Price Chopper Golf Tournament that benefits local charities in Excelsior Springs.

The entire McKeever family is proud to support a fine hospital and staff. "The Hospital is a great asset to the community, not only by bringing jobs to the area, but also much needed health care," said John McKeever.

Excelsior Springs Hospital and the Excelsior Springs Health Care Foundation extend their sincere thanks to McKeever's Price Chopper for their continued support.Since 1997, Price Chopper has donated more than $260,000 to the Hospital. "With so many worth while charities available we are truly honored that McKeever's Price Chopper has chosen to support our community Hospital," said Nance.

Excelsior Springs Hospital Blood Drive
to Benefit Local Patients

Last year, 28,000 individuals in our area needed a blood transfusion. This year, the local needs for blood are expected to rise. Community Blood Center, the provider of blood services to local hospitals, will be conducting a blood drive on Thursday, August 25th at Excelsior Springs Hospital in the Community Room to help the local hospital patients in our area that depend on life saving blood donations

"When individuals normally think of essential community services, they think about the fire and police departments," said Dr. Jay Menitove, Executive Director and Medical Director with Community Blood Center. "However, because Community Blood Center is here to meet the needs of local patients, we would hope that individuals in our community would consider us to be just as essential."

Individuals in Excelsior Springs and surrounding communities can help meet the local needs by donating blood at the Community Blood Center blood drive on Thursday, August 25th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Excelsior Springs Hospital in the Community Room, 1700 Rainbow Blvd. To make an appointment online go to www.esavealifenow.org and use Sponsor Code esmedcen. You may also contact Jeanne Buckman at (816) 629-2768. Just one donation can help as many as two local hospital patients. Community Blood Center must collect at least 580 pints of blood every day to meet the needs of our area.

Hospital Auxiliary donates over $15,000 to ESH

Excelsior Springs Hospital Auxiliary recently approved to contribute $15,722 to the Hospital. The donation will make possible the purchase of several needed items including window treatments for the Convalescent Center, connecting corridor and cafeteria, wall coverings for the Convalescent Center and connecting corridor, a wheelchair scale for the Convalescent Center, stainless steel worktable for Dietary, an electronic exam table for the outpatient clinic and numerous items needed for the new Autism clinic. "This was possible only through the support and effort of all of the staff and our local community," said Mary Joyce Titus, Auxiliary President. "Hospital employees have been great in supporting all our fundraisers. My thanks to each of you for your help and enthusiasm in all that we do."

Over the years the Auxiliary has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars for hospital equipment and services. "We sincerely appreciate the Auxiliary's commitment and dedication to the Hospital," said Sally Nance, ESH CEO. "They make our Hospital a better place to receive care. They are such an important part of our Hospital family."

Over 70 dedicated members maintain the Hospital gift shop and volunteer in the lobby areas, Convalescent Center, Residential Care Center and Independent Living Center. Auxiliary members donate to the golf tournament and annual dinner, hold fundraising card parties, sponsor various vendor shows throughout the year and manage the Hospital Gift Shop.

Memberships in the Auxiliary are a mere $5 a year for active members and $10 a year for inactive members. If you would like to volunteer at ESH or become a member of the Hospital Auxiliary, please visit the Hospital web site at www.eshospital.org and click on the Auxiliary link for a volunteer form, or call Jeanne Buckman at (816) 629-2768.

Excelsior Springs Hospital Receives ACR Accreditation

Excelsior Springs Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in Mammography as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
The ACR, headquartered in Reston, Va., awards accreditation to facilities for the achievement of high practice standards after a peer-review evaluation of the practice. Evaluations are conducted by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. They assess the qualifications of the personnel and the adequacy of the facility equipment. They surveyors report their findings to the ACR's Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report.
The ACR is a nation organization serving more that 32,000 diagnostic and interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, and nuclear medicine and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.
To schedule a mammogram please call 816-629-2700.

Public Notice
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will conduct an unannounced survey of the laboratory of Excelsior Springs Hospital in 2010.
The purpose of the survey will be to evaluate the organization’s compliance with nationally established Joint Commission standards. The survey results will be used to determine whether, and the conditions under which accreditation should be awarded the organization.
Joint Commission standards deal with organizational quality of care issues and the safety of the environment in which care is provided. Anyone believing that he or she has pertinent and valid information about such matters may request a public information interview with the Joint Commission’s field representatives at the time of the survey. Information presented at the interview will be carefully evaluated for relevance to the accreditation process. Requests for a public information interview must be made in writing and should be sent to the Joint Commission. The request must also indicate the nature of the information to be provided at the interview. Such requests should be addressed to:
Division of Accreditation Operations
Accreditation Service Specialist
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
The Joint Commission will acknowledge such requests in writing or by telephone and will inform the organization of the request for any interview. The Joint Commission will, in turn, notify the interviewee of the date, time and place of the meeting.
Excelsior Springs Hospital, Home Health/Hospice and Long Term Care is Joint Commission Accredited. If you have concerns about patient safety and/or quality of care you may contact Joint Commission at 1-800-994-6610.This notice is posted in accordance with the Joint Commission requirements and may not be removed before the survey is completed.
Date Posted: March 1, 2010

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