St. Francis offering ‘Freedom from Smoking’ classes
Grand Island, Neb. —CHI Health St. Francis is offering a new “Freedom from Smoking” tobacco cessation class with the first session taking place from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in Conference Room...
View ArticleCancer Treatment Center receives CoC Achievement Award
Grand Island, Neb. — The CHI Health St. Francis Cancer Treatment Center was recently awarded the 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons...
View ArticleGowlovech named 2017 Mother Bonzel Award winner
Grand Island, Neb. — Jacy Gowlovech was named as the winner of the 2017 Mother Bonzel Award recently during a ceremony in the CHI Health St. Francis Chapel. The award is presented annually to honor a...
View ArticleRosales named Environmental Services director
Grand Island, Neb. — Armando Rosales has been named as the new director of Environmental Services at CHI Health St. Francis. Rosales will be sharing his leadership expertise between St. Francis and CHI...
View ArticleSt. Francis hosting donor remembrance on March 30
Grand Island, Neb. — CHI Health St. Francis will be hosting a donor remembrance ceremony at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, in Conference Room 2/3. The public is invited. The event will be much like St....
View ArticleBrabec, Frankforter recognized by St. Francis on Doctors Day
Grand Island, Neb. — CHI Health St. Francis celebrated National Doctors Day on Thursday, March 30, and recognized several outstanding physicians for their excellent work in the medical community. Dr....
View ArticleSt. Francis Foundation introduces new-look fundraiser
Grand Island, Neb. — First-responders and cancer treatment professionals live in very different worlds. One can be at the scene of a car accident and the other can be computing the right amount of...
View ArticleHannon named new president of CHI Health St. Francis
Grand Island, Neb. — Ed Hannon has been named the new president for CHI Health St. Francis. He will begin his new duties on May 23. Hannon comes to St. Francis from Bates County Memorial Hospital in...
View ArticleSt. Francis host site for prescription drug take-back
Grand Island, Neb. — CHI Health St. Francis will be serving as a collection site for the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, April 29. Individuals are encouraged...
View ArticleCHI Health St. Francis introduces healthier vending machines
Grand Island, Neb. – When you think of vending machines, you don’t typically think of healthy snacks. Central District Health Department (CDHD) and CHI Health St. Francis are changing the expectation...
View ArticleAnderson receives Ticket to Win grand prize of $20,000 cash
Grand Island, Neb. — Kaycee Anderson of Grand Island was the big winner in the CHI Health St. Francis Foundation’s Ticket to Win kickoff fundraiser. Anderson, a registered nurse at St. Francis, won the...
View ArticleJohnsen to chair St. Francis Foundation board for 2017-18
Grand Island, Neb. — The St. Francis Foundation Board has elected Jeremiah Johnsen as chair, Nick Suminski, as vice-chair and Micki Ward as secretary/treasurer for 2017-2018. Johnsen is the clinic...
View ArticleACR awards St. Francis three-year accreditation in CT
Grand Island, Neb. — CHI Health St. Francis has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in computed tomography (CT) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR)....
View ArticleSt. Francis hosting Summer Splash, car-seat checkup on June 10
Grand Island, Neb. — The CHI Health St. Francis Child Safety department will host its Summer Splash water safety event from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 10, on the front lawn at St. Francis....
View ArticleSt. Francis recognized as Breast Center of Excellence
CHI Health St. Francis Breast Center/Oncology has recently been recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence in the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers Program™ (NQMBC™). This...
View ArticleCHI Health, UniNet, BCBSNE sign three-year contract
Nebraska’s largest health care system, its clinically integrated network of providers and the state’s largest health insurer have joined to offer new low-cost insurance products based on value-based...
View ArticleSt. Francis Sleep Lab achieves accreditation with ACHC
Grand Island, Neb. — CHI Health St. Francis announces its approval of accreditation status by Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for the services of its Sleep Lab. Achieving accreditation...
View ArticleSt. Francis designated by DHHS as a Primary Stroke Center
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services recently designated 13 hospitals as Primary Stroke Centers. The designation is part of creating a Stroke System of Care across the...
View ArticleSt. Francis Cancer Treatment Center receives $708,000 grant
Grand Island, Neb. — The CHI Health St. Francis Cancer Treatment Center has been notified that it will be awarded $708,454 in the fourth year of a five-year grant to support continued research...
View ArticleSt. Francis Foundation awards $56,470 to area first-responders
Grand Island, Neb. — First responses to emergencies in the area will happen more quickly and effectively thanks to a funding project by the CHI Health St. Francis Foundation. At a news conference on...
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