Kewanee Hospital

Programs: Kewanee hospital is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation licensed asa 25-bed critical access hospital (cah) located in a rural community inillinois. Kewanee hospital strives to provide quality health care toall patients regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap,age, or ability to pay. Many of the community members would have noaccess to health care without kewanee hospital. The patients and theirfamilies ability to travel 50+ miles to a larger tertiary center iscompromised by a lack of mobility, a lack of income, and a lack oftransportation. Many of the services provided by kewanee hospital are reimbursed at or below the cost to provide care. Kewanee hospital offers a wide variety of services including inpatient acute and critical care, skilled level care through swing beds, diagnostic capabilities including radiology,laboratory and cardiopulmonary, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and treatment, inpatient and outpatient surgical services, and primary care services through the family health clinic (fhc). During the six-month reporting period ending march 31, 2014, kewanee hospital provided 606 days of inpatient care and 212 days of swing bed care in the six-month reporting period ending march 31, 2014. Kewanee hospital provided a wide scope of outpatient services which provided care to 17,249 outpatients. The emergency department (ed) is a safety net to the rural community of kewanee and the surrounding area. The ed is staffed 24/7 by dedicated emergency department physicians; during the six-month reporting period ending march 31, 2014 the ed had 5,099 visits. The hospital offers a variety of surgical services including general, orthopedic, ophthalmologic, endoscopy and gastroenterology. In the six-month period ending march 31, 2014 the hospital provided a total of 361 surgical procedures.

kewanee hospital staffs a multi-disciplinary outpatient family healthclinic (fhc) with a compliment of both physician and mid-levelproviders employed by the hospital. The fhc provides an array ofservices including primary care (adults and pediatrics) and surgicalservices. The fhc is a licensed rural health clinic and provides manyneeded services to the community. The fhc is one of the only clinicsin the area to accept the treatment and care of children with attentiondeficit disorder. The providers in the fhc have participated inseveral outreach efforts including diabetic health, smoking cessation,medication management, and health and nutrition. In fy 2014, the fhcproviders brought their services to the area high school to providefree sports physicals. Because of the high poverty level in the kewanee district, many students have difficulty traveling to provideroffices for their physicals and most cannot pay the cost. Kewaneehospital made the decision to outreach to these students in order toensure they can take part in sport activities and receive their neededphysical exam. The fhc practices the medical home model through the illinois healthconnect program. The nurse practitioners provide after-hours call inorder to ensure patients have the ability to access a providerafter-hours and on weekends when needed. In fy 2014, the fhc practitionerscontinually collaborate with the area schools and providers of otherhealth services in order to provide the best care possible to the areacommunity.