Community Hospital Association Inc

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL-FAIRFAX (CH-F) PRIDES ITSELF IN PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE TO A REGION WHERE HEALTH SERVICES ARE SPARSE. WITH THE LOCAL PHYSICIAN RATIO THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL BENCHMARK. EMERGENCY SERVICES WOULD OTHERWISE BE 30 MILES OR MORE FROM THE POPULATION CENTERS. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL-FAIRFAX PROVIDES THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI AREA POPULATION OF 11,000 IN HOLT, ATCHISON AND WESTERN NODAWAY COUNTY WITH A 24-HOUR EMERGENCY ROOM, ACUTE CARE (INCLUDING OBSTETRICS) AND POST-ACUTE CARE SERVICES, PRIMARY CARE SERVICES, MANY OUTPATIENT SERVICES, SURGERY, ANCILLARY SERVICES, AND A FULL-SERVICE THERAPY DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION TO SERVING THE HEALTH NEEDS OF A POPULATION THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CARE, COMMUNITY HOSPITAL-FAIRFAX CONTINUES TO INVEST IN A HEALTHY FUTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY. CH-F TRIES TO FOCUS ON THE GREATEST HEALTH NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH TEND TO BE CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, COPD AND ASTHMA, STROKE AND DIABETES. RISK FACTORS FOR THESE DISEASES ARE OBESITY, CIGARETTE SMOKING AND PHYSICAL INACTIVITY. NEARLY 30% OF THE CH-F SERVICE POPULATION IS OBESE, 35% REPORT PHYSICAL INACTIVITY AND 22% SMOKE. TO EDUCATE AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO A COMMUNITY WHERE THESE CHRONIC CONDITIONS PREVAIL, THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES ARE PART OF CH-F'S RESPONSE TO HEALTH NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY: CH-F LAUNCHED A CHRONIC CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM BY DECEMBER 1, 2019. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL-FAIRFAX HIRED A NURSE TO BEGIN A CHRONIC CARE PROGRAM. FOR ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE CHNA, SEE THE REPORT AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AT WWW.FAIRFAXMED.COM/CHHA.