Perry County Health System

Programs: 5,343 patient days of care and 252 days of nursery care were provided through inpatient services in 2015. The hospital provided 3,176 home health agency visits, 51,454 rural health clinic visits, 8,989 emergency room visits, 37,179 outpatient visits and 1,750 surgeries in 2015. Program/services pcmh offers to the community - speak to community groups on a variety of healthcare topics - speak to school classes about healthy living and healthcare topics - offer classes on childbirth(48 hrs/yr bk), and siblings (1 hr/mo) - offer cpr classes to the public and to area businesses for their employees - provide tours of the hospital to student and civic groups - cooperative agreement with the health occupations class - clinical site for physical therapy, respiratory, anesthesia, and radiology students - provide a physical therapist & athletic trainer for high school sporting events - provide athletic training once a week at sports practices - sponsor six champions for life blood drives each year - provide a free meeting room for at least 12 community groups on a regular basis - provide a better breathers support group quarterly - provide a cancer support group quarterly - offer blood pressure screenings and cholesterol checks monthly - host a free women's conference annually - provide five 2,500 scholarships annually - provide three 1,000 scholarships annually - offer a medi-alert program to the aging population in the community - participate annually in the american cancer society's relay for life - contribute annually to the american lung association, american heart association, boy scouts of america and girl scouts of america - offer chairside aerobics three times a week to the community - sponsor the first aid station at east perry community fair - offer safe sitters classes 3 times a year - offer sports physicals annually giving back the proceeds to the participating schools - offer medical and non-medical transportation for a suggested donation - co-sponsor the jr/sr conference annually - participate in the champs mentoring program - staff representation on numerous community committees - sponsor various chamber and community activities (chamber leadership day, mayfest 5k, mayfest booth, mayfest top sponsor, customer appreciation on the square) - host various healthcare-related educational seminars for the public - host a speech/physical/occupational screening annually to area children ages 3-5 years old - perryco estates senior housing offered to low-income seniors - donate promotional items to numerous organizations/groups (i. E. Hand sanitizer to schools during the h1n1 flu season, first aid items to schools. ) - provide car seat safety checks - provide free speech screenings annually - provide free educational seminars regarding speech and hearing - provide free hearing screenings as needed - provide office and meeting space for new life mission inn - ambulance provided standby at 40 events free of charge - offer cognitive stimulation therapy program for alzheimers patients - participate in the backpack bonanza for underprivileged children - host an annual skeet shoot to raise funds for children with chronic illnesses (9,000-10,000 annually) - sponsor teen council's efforts on hunger/recycling at east perry fair - sponsored 60 children with firepup program with perryville fire department - sponsor east perry fair annually - post meessages on digital sign for various community organizations free of charge (texting & jr/sr conf) - sponsor water tent at center for life 5k and ryan behrle 5k - perry park center sponsorship (youth basketball, youth track, play day at the park, disc golf tournament)