GCHS Recognizes Women’s Health

National Women’s Health Week 2012 is May 13-19th. Women’s Health Week is a weeklong health observance organized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Women’s Health Week tries to motivate women to make their own health a top priority. Women are encouraged to eat healthy, get active, get enough sleep, pay attention to their mental health, and avoid unhealthy behaviors such as smoking or not wearing seatbelts. Finally, Women’s Health Week is designed to empower women to get their preventative health screenings done at their local health provider.

Women often serve as caregivers for their families, putting the needs of their spouses, partners, children, and parents before their own. As a result, women’s health and well-being becomes secondary. As a community, we have a responsibility to support the important women we know and do everything we can to help them take steps for longer, healthier, and happier lives.

The 2012 Annual Report has been mailed.  You can also view the report by clicking here (please note: the file is quite large and make take a few minutes to load on slower connections).

Greeley County Health Services plans a full roster of events to celebrate Healthcare Week (May 7th - 11th).  

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Proceeds to support purchase of new Endoscopy equipment

Tuesday, May 8th: Hospital Lobby 6:00PM-8:00PM

Wednesday, May 9th: Hospital Lobby 11:00AM-5:00PM

Friday, May 11th: Clinic Waiting Room 1:30PM-5:00PM

Saturday, May 12th: GC Health Services Main Street Bldg. 9AM-2PM

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Dessa Woods retires nearing 26 years of service

Tribune, KS, Apr. 24, 2012-- Dessa Woods, in charge of Accounts Payable and Purchasing, is retiring after 25 years and 6 months of service with Greeley County Health Services. Woods’s last day is Wednesday, April 25^th.

Woods began working for Greeley County Health Services on October 31, 1986 as an aid. She worked for five years in the position and then moved to her current position as head of  Accounts Payable and Purchasing.

“The last 25 years has gone by fast, really fast. I have really enjoyed most of it,” Woods said.

Woods said that a lot has changed in the healthcare field since she began working in the 1980’s.

“This job has changed a lot. There is more paperwork, more ordering, more doctors, and a lot more supplies to keep up with for all of the different doctors,” Woods said.

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For Immediate Release, December 20, 2011

Greeley County Health Services is pleased to announce that Kimberly Dansel, PA-C, has been selected to serve as a member of the Kansas Physician Assistant Council.  This appointment was formally announced by Governor Sam Brownback earlier this week. 

Greeley County Health Services is pleased to recognize Chrysanne Grund as a 2011 Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leader.  Chrysanne is a long time GCHS employee, working in both the clinics and hospital for the last eighteen years in Wallace and Greeley Counties.  She was chosen from more than four hundred nominees to be one of ten leaders recognized this year.  Community Health Leaders are recognized for their dedication and service relating to health concerns within their communities and regions. 

Debbi Lehner, GCHS CEO says, "Greeley County Health Services is so fortunate to have someone like Chrysanne as our advocate and the "teller" of our story.  Her passion for our ability to provide quality healthcare in the rural setting is only overshadowed by her respect for the individuals who provide it.  Not a person on our entire healthcare team fails to recognize the value of her distinct contribution to not only our sustainability, but to our true success.  We are truly grateful to her and proud of this wonderful, well-deserved recognition."