Kansas Community Connections Program
The Community Connections program is a partnership between the Kansas Hospital Association and the American Hospital Association. KHA encourages you to share your hospital’s story regarding how your hospital serves your community. KHA will award six Community Connection awards annually. In addition, all Community Connections stories will be featured in Current Reportand shared with legislators and others in our annual Community Connections Book.
AHA will include Kansas stories in their publications, Capitol Hill faxes and on their Web site www.caringforcommunities.org – click on "hospitals in action."
Please use the Community Connections Call for Entry when submitting your stories. Send your stories to Cindy Samuelson at csamuelson@kha-net.org; or fax: (785) 233-6955.
Community Connections Award
Congratulations to our 2008 Community Connections Awardees
KHA is pleased to announce the seven hospitals across Kansas that are the recipients of the 2008 Community Connections Awards.
- Health Care Access Program, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence - This program provides care for residents of Douglas County who cannot afford private health care and are not covered by governmental assistance programs.
- Drive-Thru Flu Shot Event, The University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City – For 12 years, this event has offered free influenza immunizations, from your vehicle, in addition to collecting food and cash for needy families.
- Labette Health Transportation Services, Labette Health, Parsons – This service, offered to anyone, provides free non-emergent transportation to and from medical appointments.
- Mother Mary Anne Clinic, Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita - This clinic provides patients who lack financial resources with a cost-effective, after-hours alternative to using the emergency department for routine care.
- Medical Access Card, Ellsworth County Medical Center, Ellsworth - This program, which provides a sense of personal responsibility and dignity, reduces the cost of medical services to low income citizens.
- Caring Hearts and Caring Hands, Scott County Hospital, Scott City – This program provides financial assistance for out-of-town medical travel and one-time urgent care, to persons with limited resources.
- Regional Community-Based Outpatient Clinic for Veterans - Goodland Regional Medical Center, Goodland – This clinic provides access to medical care for veterans who previously were not receiving medical services.
Thank you to all of the 45 hospitals that shared their hospital-based programs with us. Throughout this year, all 115 programs will all be featured in Current Report and in our Community Connections booklet. Both KHA and AHA will highlight your programs, as we work to tell the hospital story in Kansas and in the nation's capital.
In addition to a Community Connections Award, these hospital awardees will be recognized at a KHA-hosted media/award event in their community; $1,000 will be awarded back to their winning community program; statewide media announcements will be sent; and we will highlight each program in Current Report and on the KHA Web site. More information on the Community Connections Award.
2007 Community Connections Book featuring 54 Kansas Community Connections.