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Description

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Our Vision
A Reputation for Excellence

Our Mission
Cloud County Health Center is committed to providing quality health care services delivered in a caring and respectful manner through teamwork and professional excellence

Motto
quotReaching Out to Servequot

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History

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Celebrating 105 Years of Service of Healthcare to North Central Kansas

A brief history of Cloud County Health Center formerly St Joseph Hospital
The hospital owned and operated by the Sisters of St Joseph was established in Concordia in 1903 It was one of several acute care hospitals opened by the Sisters They also sponsored St Anns Home later renamed Mount Joseph in Concordia The Sisters of St Joseph were originally founded in Le Puy France in 1650 by Father Jean Pierre Medaille They worked among the people serving orphans prisoners the sick and the destitute They organized confraternities of mercy through which they inspired ordinary women to holiness and directed them in missions of mercy and healing Some of the Sisters of St Joseph then immigrated to the United States and started a foundation in Buffalo New York In 1883 Mother Stanislaus Leary and several other women set out for Arizona to establish another foundation Along the way plans changed and they offered their services to Loius Mary Fink OSB Bishop of Leavenworth Kansas He appointed them to Newton where they opened a school The following year they were asked by the Rev Joseph Perrier to come to Concordia The Reverend offered assistance in the construction of the motherhouse Mother Stanislaus took residence in Concordia in 1884 The original hospital was located in the threestory brick building on East Fifth Street now the Manna House of Prayer The hospital stayed there for nearly forty five years but an inadequacy of space forced them to start construction of a new building Some land west of town was purchased and construction of the new facility began in late 1949 The completely modern 150bed hospital was dedicated on March 6 1951 The Sisters of St Joseph maintained their basic philosophy and mission at the new building continually responding to the health care needs of the changing times During 19751985 a hospitalbased chemical dependency service was implemented to address the increasing problems of alcoholism and drug abuse A psychiatric unit family oriented birth center home health services outpatient services and cooperation with other hospitals and physicians also were started St Joseph also became the center for providing Lifeline Services an emergency response system for citizens in their homes This service provided aroundtheclock contact with the hospital which facilitated immediate help to Lifeline subscribers

Ownership of the hospital was transferred to the Sisters of St Joseph in Wichita in 1985 and then transferred to Salina Regional Health Center in 1995 In 2003 the hospital became a standalone nonprofit facility

1951 Entire building air conditioned

1962 Pediatrics department added

1963 Central therapy began hospital store and purchasing department added

1965 XRay and Lab departments received new equipment for further testing

1970 Intensive Care Unit opened

1976 1985 Chemical Dependency Inpatient Unit

1976 BioMedical program began

1978 1994 Psychiatric Unit

1982 Began offering I125 isotope testing

1983 Mobile CT Scan service began which later became the Mobile MRI Scan service

1985 Hospital ownership transferred to CSJ Health System Sisters of St Joseph in Wichita

1986 Expansion of Partial Day Surgery

1990 Skilled Nursing Unit opened

1993 Wrote new mission statement and the hospital experienced a 1000000 financial turnaround

1995 The Sisters of St Joseph of Wichita transferred ownership of St Joseph hospital to Salina Regional Health Center The name was then changed to Cloud County Health Center

2001 Third Floor remodeled as a physician clinic to accommodate merge of Cloud County Medical Surgical Associates and Medico Associates New name was The Family Care Center

Oct 1 2002 Cloud County Health Center became a Critical Access Hospital

Oct 1 2003 Cloud County Health Center became a standalone notforprofit 501c3 with no outside ownership

May 2006 ICU remodeled and moved to 2nd Floor East Wing