Horizons Mental Health Center Recipient of Federal Grant

Horizons Mental Health Center has been awarded a $3.1 million-dollar expansion grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). SAMHSA is an agency in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in the nation’s capital. Horizons was one of only six community […]

Behavioral Health Unit Remodel

The Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center will be closed for remodeling on March 10th and reopening on or before July 1st, 2021. We apologize for this brief inconvenience as we create a state-of-the-art, patient centered unit. While we renovate our space, please consider using other Inpatient Behavioral Health Units within the […]

Hutch Regional Employees Donate $12,306 to Reno County Non-Profit Organizations

Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System (HRHS) employees donated $12,306 to 12 Reno County non-profit organizations during 2020 as part of the monthly Jeans Day promotion. Jeans Day was established in 2011 at Hutch Regional. Employees voluntarily donate $3 weekly or $10 monthly for the privilege of wearing jeans on Fridays during the year. Funds collected each […]

Indoor Air Quality at HRHS

Indoor Air Quality at HRHS Hutchinson Regional Health System has several protective measures designed into our facilities’ building systems that improve indoor air quality and help protect patients, visitors, and staff. When compared to a school or office buildings, health care buildings generally have a higher design standard as it relates to ventilation and filtration. […]

Health System Vaccine Update

We are very proud to say that Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System has been utilizing every dose of COVID-19 vaccine we receive for our employees. We have not wasted a single dose. To date, this is what the vaccinations have included: We have received 506 Pfizer doses and gave 506 doses. We have received 1800 Moderna […]

COVID-19 statement by Dr. Keck Hartman, Infectious Disease Specialist

Microscopic view of COVID-19 Virus

COVID-19 activity is surging in South-Central Kansas. Reno, Sedgwick, and Butler counties are all seeing a record number of cases and test positivity rates. Hutchinson Regional Medical Center and the Wichita hospitals are at critical capacity. All have been on diversion, which means they have to send patients to other facilities, at some point during […]

Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System Names President’s Quality Award Winners

A record number of 22 projects representing 12 units/entities of Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System (HRHS) competed for honors in the seventh annual President’s Quality Awards. The awards program was established in 2013 to provide departments an opportunity to annually showcase their performance improvement projects. Since the program’s inception, more than 50 projects have been presented […]

Reno County EMS Recipient of National Award

Reano County ambulance at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center

Reno County EMS, an entity of Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, has been named recipient of the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Plus Award for 2020. The award was granted to recognize Reno County EMS for implementing and maintaining quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who suffer heart attacks. Specifically, the award […]

COVID-19 Crisis Requires Patience and Grace

There are no norms in attacking this life-threatening disease, so we break ground every day searching for new ways to fight the pandemic. I can go to any of our Healthcare System organizations at any time with an assurance that our staff is up to the task. Through my work with Hutch Regional, I have […]