Citizens Memorial Hospital | Vitality | Winter 2020

The Citizens Memorial Hospital Addiction Recovery Program is one of 30 recipients in the U.S. and the only Missouri organization to be awarded a $500,000 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant to help reduce the incidence and impact of neonatal abstinence syndrome in rural communities. Created in 1982, HRSA is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on improving health care to people who are geographically isolated and economically or medically vulnerable. The grant is part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program that will be used to reduce neonatal abstinence syndrome rates with prenatal addiction treatment services. Pregnant women, women who may become pregnant, and women at high risk for substance use disorder and opioid use disorder are eligible for treatment services. The grant also extends to support services for family members and caregivers of those struggling with addiction, such as grandparents raising their grandchildren. Additional support services, including peer support and counseling, are also available. The grant consortium includes Bolivar-based Alpha House, House of Hope and the 30th Children’s Circuit Court. The CMH Addiction Recovery Program also received a 12-month $50,000 reentry grant from the Missouri Department of Corrections that will cover all substance use disorders treatment costs for those in probation and parole across southwest and central Missouri. It will cover office visits, lab costs, medication costs and counseling for uninsured individuals in probation and parole. The CMH Addiction Recovery Program is located at CMH Southside Medical Center—Behavioral Health, 1120 S. Springfield Ave., Bolivar, with outreach services in El Dorado Springs; Greenfield; and Hermitage, Missouri. For more information, go to citizensmemorial.com/ services/addiction-recovery or call 417-326‑7840 to schedule an appointment. CMH NEWS Citizens Memorial Hospital complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. CMH has arranged for language assistance services free of charge. Call 417-326-6000 . (Spanish) ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al 417-326-6000 . (Chinese ) 注意：如果您使用繁體中文，您可以免費獲得 語言援助服務。請致電 417-326-6000 . Jessica Rogers, R.N., Administrator, Colonial Springs Healthcare Center NEWCOLONIAL SPRINGS ADMINISTRATOR Jessica Rogers, R.N., was named the administrator for Colonial Springs Healthcare Center. She has 22 years of resident care experience and previously was the director of nursing at Colonial Springs for two years. Rogers earned her nursing degree from Cox College of Nursing, Springfield, and is a licensed nursing home administrator. Colonial Springs is owned and operated by Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation, Bolivar. It is a 134-bed skilled nursing facility that includes a 34-bed memory care unit as well as a 16-bed high-function memory care unit, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services, and one- and two-bed independent living apartments. Go to https://bit.ly/3onEbuM to view a virtual tour of Colonial Springs. CMH named to Most Wired list Citizens Memorial Hospital was honored by the College of Healthcare Information Executives (CHIME) as a 2020 Digital Health Most Wired hospital. CMH earned Level 7 certification in the acute care category. The CHIME Digital Health Most Wired program conducts an annual survey to assess how effectively health care organizations apply core and advanced technologies into their clinical and business programs to improve health and care in their communities. A total of 30,091 organizations were represented in the 2020 Digital Health Most Wired program, which this year included four separate surveys: domestic, ambulatory, long-term care and international. The surveys identify, recognize and certify the adoption, implementation and use of information technology by health care organizations. The results are intended to improve patient safety and outcomes by driving change in health care information technology. Addiction Recovery Program receives grants citizensmemorial.com 3