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MONDAY JAN 25TH MITCHELL COUNTY HOSPITAL HEALTH SYSTEMS ANNUAL BANQUET AND MEETING

 

Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems Annual Report

Beloit Country Club, Jan. 25, 2016

By Terry Bailey

 

The Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems conducted its Annual Meeting at the Beloit County Club Monday evening, January 25. The evening began with a social hour from 6 pm to 7 pm. At that time the group was treated to a special dinner prepared by the Country Club’s new chef, Tony Prochaska.

The meeting was emceed by Curt Frasier, Chairman of the Board (not to be confused with Frank Sinatra). Frasier took note of the fact that the Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems is the “Star” system in North Central Kansas. He said, “We are the program that other’s try to emulate.”

Frasier announced that two members will be retiring from the Board of Directors, Pat Gray and Carla McPeak. He noted their contributions will be missed but two new members will be strong additions to the Board. Brett Cunningham and Chris Mondero will replace Gray and McPeak and join current Board Members Kris Kimple, Mike Heller, Brad Eilert, and Brigit Gasper.

Frasier then introduced Vickie Mears, President of the Hospital Auxiliary. Mears reported that the Auxiliary was able to make significant contributions to the operation of the hospital in the past year. The Auxiliary provided a donation of $20,000 to enable the purchase of a Fetal Heart Monitor for the Maternity Department. They also awarded scholarships in the amount of $3,250. Total expenditures for the Auxiliary was $30,600.

The source of income that makes the Auxiliary able to make these generous contributions is the Economy Shop under the direction of Ilene Bunger. The Auxiliary’s income reached $40,000 this past year. Regrettably Bunger will be stepping down as the Director of the Economy Shop.

Brian Dilner, President and Treasurer of the Hospital Endowment Committee, said, “We had a pretty good year and were able to do quite a few things to help.” Joining Dilner on the Endowment Committee were Brian Eilert, Carla McPeak, Birgit Gasper and Janice Peters. Dilner told the group they gave $26,500 for the purchase of cardiac equipment, $160,000 for a cardiac monitor, and $4,000 for a Nurse Call system in the Long Term Care Unit. These major purchases and a number less expensive acquisitions totaled $226,590 in contributions from the Endowment Committee.

The final speaker for the evening was Jeremy Armstrong, the CEO of the Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems. Armstrong took time to recognize the many efforts of Curt Frasier as Chairman of the Hospital Board. Armstrong said that health care is constantly in a state of transition. Many factors affect the nature of health care with technology being a very big factor. Advances in medical technology has reduced the number of inpatient days for hospital stays. Technology has changed the face of laboratory procedures.

Armstrong said that there are three main points that are always foremost on the minds of those in the health care field. First is the availability of patient care. Secondly is high quality care. Third is the factor of care at an affordable cost. He said many “experts” say that you can have two of these items, but reaching all three is not possible. “We are constantly searching for a way to align all three of these at Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems,” said Armstrong.

One of the major factors to the success of any institution is longevity of the staff. Those noted for 35 years of service at the hospital were: Deanna Schroeder, Susan Dillner, Jo Albert, Buffy Kadel, Paulette McClintock, Deb Dronberger, and Mike Meir. Topping the list with an almost unbelievable 45 years of employment at MCHHS was Phyllis Shurts.

 

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