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Description

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Our Mission
Improving Lives

Our Vision
Ellsworth County Medical Center will be recognized as a premier medical organization committed to patients our communities and our employees

Excelling in patient centered care through quality technology and compassion
Leading and education our communities to improve health and well being
Creating an organizational culture that accomplishes results accepts accountability
functions through teamwork and encourages professional and individual learning

Our Values
Service

Integrity

Stewardship

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History

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Our History
Providing health care in Ellsworth first began in 1900 when the hospital was known as the Ellsworth Hospital At that time the hospital offered general medical and surgical care and was an approved school of nursing with the first class graduating around 1910

The original site had a bed capacity of 40 beds and maintained approximately 5060 patients at any given time The school of nursing continued in existence and it would not be unusual to see the young ladies in their starched white caps dresses and shoes walking between their residence and the hospital The school continued until 1944 in which time it had to close its doors because of a lack of qualified instructors

In 1954 an addition to the existing building was completed increasing the bed capacity to 52 In 1964 in conjunction with an extensive soliciting campaign led by the American Legion posts in Ellsworth County and a bequest from the John Obadal Estate another addition was completed increasing the capacity to total of 72beds The final addition in 1972 added an emergency room an administrators office and the business office In 1993 Ellsworth County Veterans Memorial Hospital became Ellsworth County Hospital owned by Ellsworth County and governed by the Ellsworth County Health Care Board At that time the employees of Ellsworth County Hospital were not sure they would be able to pay the bills from one week to the next but through their struggles the organization thrived November 5 1996 a bond issue for 32 million dollars to erect a new hospital was passed by the voters of Ellsworth County and the new facility Ellsworth County Medical Center opened its doors February 1999 With its 20bed capacity and state of the art digital radiology equipment and the purchase of a new helical scanner to CT services it was the smallest hospital worldwide to have this level of technology onsite In 20012002 the hospital merged with five 5 existing rural health clinics in the area Ellsworth County Medical Center currently employs 3 physicians 2 physician assistants 1 nurse practitioner and 144 support staff The hospital is also the site for 7 other visiting specialties providing a variety of additional services to our patient base Additionally we support a medical student through a scholarshiploan plan that is made possible through a bequest from an Ellsworth County family

The hospital is considered a part of the critical access hospital network that is supported by Salina Regional Health Center The hospital has had several different names in its combined history but the words Ellsworth County were always a part of it This hospital network has always had the support of the residents in Ellsworth County and surrounding counties