First, let's do something fun!
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We're creating summer playlists, and we need your help!
What is your favorite summertime song? What song should be on a special summer 2020 playlist?
We want to hear from you!
We are creating two special Spotify playlists to share:
CHCS Classic Songs of Summer,
and
CHCS Songs of Summer 2020.
Here's how to participate:
- Make sure the songs you want to add are available on Spotify. Get a free account by downloading the mobile app from The App Store or Google Play or using this site on your desktop: https://www.spotify.com/us/
- Email ONE song for EACH playlist to news@chcsks.org by 12 noon Monday, July 13.
- For each song, tell why you're nominating it in a sentence or two: For Classic Songs of Summer, tell us why you love the song or what it means to you, what memories it brings to mind, etc. For the Songs of Summer 2020, tell us why the song is appropriate for our unusual summer.
- We'll share the playlists -- and a special quiz -- in the July 16 edition of the E-Connection.
Be sure to keep lyrics clean! If you don't have access to email, you can call extension 5133 to nominate your song.
Can't check to see if your song is on Spotify?
Nominate something anyway or ask Sarah to check for you.
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Mask policy update
Consistent with the Governor’s
Executive Order No. 20-52
requiring masks or other face coverings in public, a growing body of research indicating that masks slow the spread of COVID-19, and the recommendation of CHCS medical staff,
CHCS will require all who enter our facilities to wear a mask effective Monday, July 13.
(Our previous policy allowed well patients, visitors, and support persons to choose whether to wear a mask.)
Dr. Tom Walsh supports the change. "It's a proven fact that wearing masks reduces the spread of the virus and reduces cases. With more cases out there, there will be more deaths," he said.
"The bottom line? I know it's an inconvenience," Dr. Walsh continued. "I don't like to wear a mask any more than anyone else. We need to ask ourselves as a society: What would be an acceptable number of deaths to offset that inconvenience of wearing a mask in public?"
Patients will be informed by registration when they call for appointments, and we will work to communicate via social media and other means. New signs will also be posted, and registration and screening staff will meet to address questions.
Patients, visitors, or support persons who refuse to wear a mask will be asked to wait in their vehicles, and providers can make individual decisions about seeing patients who decline to wear masks. Patients who are exercising during a stress test will not be required to wear a mask, and Fitness Center patrons will not be required to wear a mask while exercising when physical distancing is maintained. Children age 5 and under also are not required to wear a mask.
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Kansas added to quarantine lists
- The list of states for which Kansas requires travel-related quarantine is available on the KDHE website and currently includes Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Florida.
- Travel quarantine lists are changing often. Please remember that personal travel is at your own risk!
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COVID-19 testing patient financial responsibility
We have received questions about the out-of-pocket cost of COVID-19 tests at CHCS.
No associate or patient should avoid testing because of their ability to pay.
Please note that there is no patient financial responsibility for the COVID-19 diagnostic test or the related provider visit.
For insured patients, insurance covers these charges with no patient cost-sharing, as provided in the CARES Act. CARES Act funds also provide payment for healthcare providers for testing uninsured patients.
One caveat:
If a patient receives a different service such as a test to rule out influenza or for another illness during the same visit, that service will not necessarily be covered by insurance and will not be covered by CARES Act funds.
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Preparedness pays
The American Hospital Association and the American Organization for Nurse Leadership are sharing a
story that features CHCS
.
The topic is rural hospital preparedness for COVID-19. AHA and AONL featured the piece in its e-newsletters and on its website. The piece was originally published in the Kansas Leadership Center Journal.
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Students headed to college are often warned to avoid the dreaded “freshman 15.”
The big lifestyle disruptions that occur when moving away from home can result in less exercise and poor eating habits, then weight gain. But people around the country have experienced major lifestyle disruptions in the past few months because of COVID-19, and it’s left many wondering how to reverse the “COVID 15.”
Now is a good time to re-evaluate fitness and nutrition habits.
Start with what you’ve done right during a challenging time. Did you go for more walks outside or do more yard work when stay-at-home orders were in effect? Did you cook healthier meals at home? Not all changes in routine are bad, so pause to recognize your successes.
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During our Core Values sessions last fall, we heard many stories about
how CHCS associates deliver the WOW experience.
Thanks to Jess Taylor, Onaga Acute RN, for sharing a note about a co-worker.
Jess wrote:
"Bri Peterson, RN,
was called to go from the Onaga Hospital to the St. Marys hospital on a recent weekend in the middle of the night during a bad thunderstorm to assist with a delivery. She collected all the needed supplies and rushed there as quickly as possible. It was a difficult situation, and Bri handled it with compassion and professionalism."
Thank you for providing the WOW experience, Bri!
(And thanks to Jess for sharing.)
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Congratulations x 3!
Linda Heinen,
Onaga Acute RN, welcomed triplet granddaughters Shay, Evie, and Reese on June 2. The babies were able to go home on July 6 after five weeks in the NICU.
These sweet babies were born to Linda's son, Todd Heinen, and his wife, Lucy. They also have a 2-year-old son, Brooks.
Congratulations, Linda and family!
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Grand Marshal
Roger McAsey is one of the Grand Marshals of the Jackson County Fair Parade on Wednesday, July 22.
(See photo, above, from the Holton Recorder.)
Roger shares the honor with other members of the volunteer 4-H "sale crew" who have spent many hours helping support youth selling their animals at the sale through the years.
Congratulations, Roger!
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Coffee Shop special
July 13-17
Cinnamon Shortbread Latte
- 16 oz., $4
- Hot, iced, or frappe
Cherry limeades
(20 oz., $2.25) are available on Fridays after 11:00 a.m.!
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Note: St. Marys menus are changing frequently because of ordering challenges. We will resume publishing menus when we are able. For now, St. Marys menus are available each morning through the Activities chronicle.
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Send items for the E-Connection or for sharing with our broader Facebook audience
to
sarahhancock@chcsks.org
. Please send items by close of business on Tuesdays when possible. Ideas are welcome!
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